Reality bites
American cities' plans for ubiquitous internet access are running into trouble (The Economist)


Real story of citywide wi-fi (Philadelphia Daily News)
To be fair, another point of view from the CEO of Wireless Philadelphia.



Comcast's Triple-Play Slide (Motley Fool)
Discusses the brewing competition between Comcast and FIOS.



3 data-mining firms sue state (Burlington Free Press)


IMS Health, Wolters Kluwer Health and Verispan Challenge State Laws Restricting Access to Critical Healthcare Information (Press Release via PharmaLive)
All three companies' US operations are based in the Philadelphia area.



IDS Scheer Targets Execs with Latest BPM Modules (Managing Automation)

BI Software Expanding Into Even Broader Role (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo News)
The two articles above both focus on the increasing integration or overlap of BI(Business Intelligence) and BPM (Business Process Modeling) applications. This trend could have a significant impact on several major Philadelphia area firms.


Kenexa sues for patent infringement (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Lawsuits all over the place! At least the IP lawyers are doing well.


Virgin Galactic (phillyinc/Philadelphia Inquirer)


EMCORE Announces Consolidation of Fiber Optics Engineering Design Centers (PR Newswire)
Consolidation of its fiber optics engineering and design centers will result in a larger concentration in Warminster. Doesn't say how many additional jobs might be located there, though judging from the size of the operations I doubt it will be many.


Kulicke & Soffa Announces Repurchase of Convertible Notes And Stock Buy-back (BusinessWire)


Tyco Electronics Extends Bridge Loan (Associated Press via Forbes)