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Philadelphia doesn't measure up in creating new businesses

The “Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, 1996-2007. is a report which shows the number of businesses created by individuals in a region. It draws on Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census data to come with an overall business creation rate.

Comcast to begin trial of new high speed Internet service

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Comcast Corp. said Thursday it has made Minnesota's Twin Cities region the first market to get its new high-speed Internet service, which enables users to download data at up to 50 megabits per second and upload data at up to 5 mbps.

TruePosition® Unveils Breakthrough Hybrid Location Solution™ to Improve Accuracy and Reliability for E-911 and all Location-Base

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New Solution Combines Technologies and Dramatically Improves Performance

Berwyn, PA, April 1, 2008 — TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, today announced the TruePosition® Hybrid Location Solution™. This mobile positioning method combines network-based and handset-based location technologies and leverages the benefits of each to gain higher accuracy and reliability than any other single location technology.

InfoLogix, Inc. Announces Coverage Initiated by Global Hunter Securities with a Buy Rating and $5.00 Target Price

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InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG) a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that Global Hunter Securities, LLC. analyst Justin Cable has initiated coverage on the Company. The report projects revenues of $100 million and EBITDA of $2.6 million for the 2008 fiscal year. The report also estimates that InfoLogix will reach breakeven in the third quarter of 2008 and profitability in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket or Are You a Size 2?

Plymouth Meeting based Intellifit was mentioned today in an article on the Discover Magazine website.

The article discusses the use of millimeter wave radar technology as a hands-off approach to weapons screening and body measurements.

Young entrepreneurs are banking on their tech savvy for startup success.

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Catherine Cook, co-founder of myYearbook.com is highlighted in an article on technology startups founded by teens. She discusses the reasons why VC firms will take a chance on her company.

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"Young people have great advantages in business, especially when marketing to their peers, because they relate to their demographic better," says Catherine Cook, who co-founded social networking site MyYearbook.com when she was 15. "You can't expect someone who's 40 years old to know what to do."

Comcast and Nortel to conduct 100Gb Network Trials

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PHILADELPHIA – Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSK, CMCSA), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, is testing a 100 Gigabit/sec optical solution from Nortel* (NYSE/TSX: NT). Comcast** is conducting this test at the 71st meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conference which it is hosting in Philadelphia.

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