- On MinuWireless broadband specialist Craig Settles offered his take on the recent news that the city purchased the rest of the municipal wireless network.
Below, Viddler video says happy holidays from around the country, a new iPhone comic and more.
- Peter Key of the Philadelphia Business Journal goes silly with Rowan University, first reporting that its computer science program now allows students finish a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. Then he reported that the National Science Foundation has given a $600,000 grant to the school’s college of engineering for scholarships.
- eSecurity Planet reports that Penn State University has been plagued by security breaches. H/T Philly Tech News
- Geekadelphia reports that artists Johnny Zito and Tony Trov released an iPhone comic.
- The Inquirer runs a profile of a 20-something from Overbrook who has developed a functioning organization around gift giving to the underprivileged.
- See below, the Viddler camp gives holiday wishes from their varied telecommuted headquarters.
http://www.viddler.com/player/eea95733/
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