Venture investing down but not at unhealthy level (Philadelphia Business Journal)

AMETEK Achieves Record First Quarter Results (BusinessWire)

Area investor tries to build 'the Comcast of Asia' (Philadelphia Inquirer)

HD enthusiasts crying foul over cable TV's crunched signals (Associated Press via Google News)

Avoiding Net traffic tie-ups could cost you in future (USA Today)


Comcast opens up about how it manages traffic (USA Today)

Cherry Hill offers proof that recycling pays (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Grassroots groups nurture creativity (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Shamos: Why e-voting paper trails are a bad idea
( CNET News)
Interview with Pennsylvania expert in evoting systems.

MEDecision Names Tim Wallace Interim President and Chief Operating Officer
Addition of Seasoned Operations Professional Highlights Company’s Focus on Execution, Client Service (BusinessWire)

Computer Sciences launches new health care unit (Associated Press via Forbes)

RCD Technology Names Industry Veteran Philip Lazo to CEO Position
Custom Application RFID Provider Prepares for Market Expansion and Accelerated Growth (BusinessWire)

Staking out a place on the maps
geographIT was one of the first companies in the state to offer GIS services.
(Lancaster Online)

Leading Factory To Dealer Logistics Company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Chooses Quintiq Solution for Worldwide Planning & Space Allocation (BusinessWire)

GPS III Satellite Decision: (Inside GNSS)
Postponed again.

Comcast's big push to repair its image (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Microsoft Tags Mobile RFID (Red Herring)

The $100 Genome
Forget the $1,000 genome. Some companies are looking far past that goal in the hope of creating a really inexpensive sequencing technology. (MIT Technology Review)

Simplicity: What’s Next in Business Software
Vendors must figure out a way to simplify the delivery and usability of their software for today’s enterprise users and buyers. (SandHill.com)
Written by QlikTech's Anthony Deighton.

Oracle to expand SAP lawsuit, may target execs (Network World)

Lubert: "A very large, fear-based problem"
(Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Google, QVC Attempt to Revive QR Codes Looking for a Way to Link Print Ads With Web (Advertising Age)

NFL Network filing complaint with FCC against Comcast (Associated Press via Google News)

Comcast Bulks for Baltimore Ad Trial (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

DH Capital Announces Two Cable TV Transactions (Marketwire)
Harron Communications, based in Malvern, sold most of its cable properties to Aldelphia in 1999. I didn't realize they were still in the business.

On Age... (Redeye VC)

Penn Medicine Names New VP/CIO (Healthcare Informatics)

Comcast Makes Move to Upgrade Networks (New York Times)

IMS Health 1Q profit falls 31 percent on higher expenses (Associated Press via Forbes)

Business Outlook Survey for Philadelphia: April 2008
(Philadelphia Federal Reserve)

Ulticom hires bank for M&A
Comverse CEO Andre Dahan: There is no deal yet, but this is definitely a step towards the sale of the company. (Globes
online)
Ulticom is based in Mount Laurel.

Net Neutrality Hearing Hits Silicon Valley (Washington Post)

National Attention Focused on Science and Technology Makes Franklin Institute's Annual Celebration of Science Relevant and Timely (IBusinessWire)

Anexinet to merge with Virtus (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Proscape Technologies Continues Global Expansion of Business with Four New Locations in North America and Europe (PharmaLive)

Voices of Innovation: Dendrite founder John Bailye (Video: NJ.com)

Stolen laptop has social security numbers of 16,000 Buff State students (Buffalo News)
Stolen from SunGard employee.

Spaceport launches deal with Lockheed (Las Cruces Sun-News)

Warning on Storage of Health Records (New York Times)

Special Report: NetSuite puts hairballs in the Cloud (MyCustomer.com)

2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition Finalists Vie for $70,000 in Prizes, VC Interest (Wharton School)

Introducing NEAT Receipts for Mac (Neat Receipts Blog)

SAP: Did Business Objects Unit Miss Q1 Targets? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

H-1b overload: What’s the cause? (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Life Beyond The Four Largest BI Vendors (Information Week)

Federal Reserve Board: Beige Book-Philadelphia-April 16, 2008 (Federal Reserve Board)

After Stumbles, Boeing Has a Lot Riding on GPS 3 (Defense News)
GPS decision may be announced tomorrow; Lockheed seems to be the favorite.

Journal Register, saddled with debt, is being delisted
(Associated Press via MLive.com)

Comcast, Pando Networks Not Attending FCC’s En Banc Hearing
Stanford University Network-Neutrality Field Hearing Set for Thursday (Broadcasting & Cable)

Astea Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results
Strong Revenue Growth and Profitable Year (PRNewswire)

Rajant Announces New High Performance Wireless BreadCrumb® LX
Portable Wireless Mesh System Delivers Big Bandwidth and Resiliency for Critical Applications (BusinessWire)

Avencia Awarded National Science Foundation SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase II Grant for HunchLab (Directions Magazine)

1-800-FREE-411 and Pennsylvania politics (Redeye VC)

United BioSource Acquires Leading Publication Planning Software and Services Company (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)

StarCite Secures $15 Million of Funding To Meet Rising Demand For Meeting Management Solutions (BusinessWire)

Google, Salesforce Partnership Owes Legacy To Microsoft, SAP, Oracle (Information Week)

Comcast wants 'bill of rights' for file-sharers and ISPs (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Comcast, Cisco Invest In Move Networks
Internet Video Delivery Startup Raises $46 Million In Third-Round Funding (Multichannel News)

Twitter: What are you doing (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Aegis Software Unveils New Global Headquarters in U.S. (I-Connect007)

Journal Register not fighting NYSE delisting (Philadelphia Business Journal)

RecycleBank Confirms Round (Private
Equity HUB)
Not new news; just a confirmation of what was reported a few weeks ago.

Port of Los Angeles Awards Unisys Biometric ID Authentication and Access Control Contract
Pilot Program Will Support Federally Mandated TWIC Initiative (BusinessWire)

B-SAT Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for BSAT-3b Satellite (PRNewswire)

Tyco to buy Collegeville security firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Precyse Solutions Launches Clinical Documentation Improvement Program to Assist Hospitals in Accelerating Revenues (PRNewswire)

SEI Launches Enhanced Integrated Managed Accounts Solution to the U.S. Bank Market
South Carolina Bank and Trust to Implement Integrated Wealth Management
Program (PRNewswire)


TAGSYS Announces New RFID UHF Tag Family Optimized for Item-Level Applications
Complements TAGSYS UHF Readers and Application Stations to Deliver Complete Systems (BusinessWire)

Take a Number
As the NPI deadline approaches, health care providers finalize plans to switch to the new system. (Advance for Health Information Executives)

d8 Labs plans to raise $6-8m USD (Thinking Aloud)

Firm dives in with submersible cameras (Daily Local News)

An Alternative to 'Net Neutrality' (Wall Street Journal)

Recording execs: Dude, where's my industry? (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Clouding the issue: Google and Salesforce.com partner (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP promotes virtualization ecosystem (SearchSAP.com)

SES Calls Satellite 'A Total Loss'
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Imports Davis To Lead Versus As President ((Mediaweek)
Versus relocating to Philadelphia in June.

Nanotechnology: Getting small is getting big (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Aria Systems and Rackspace Team to Provide On-Demand Billing for SaaS Industry
Adds to growing list of service providers building SaaS infrastructure on
Aria System's transaction management platform (PRNewswire)

AMETEK Acquires Reading Alloys (BusinessWire)

Citigroup cuts Radnor trades (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

TruePosition Promotes Frederic Beckley to Executive Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel (Press Release)

Pa. Treasury primary race is mostly low-profile (Philadelphia Inquirer)

L.V. venture capitalists merge to build economy (Allentown Morning Call)

Ikon Office Solutions increases earnings outlook (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams (New York Times)

Nokia says very confident on Navteq buy (Reuters)

SAP: The changing of the guard (MyCustomer.com)

Buzz Abounds That Software Maker Could Be Acquisition Target (Investor's Business Daily via CNNMoney)


Big ISPs push P4P as substitute for net neutrality (ars technica)

Vishay Intertechnology (VSH) Announces Sale of Automotive Modules and Subsystems Business (StreetInsider.com)

Vishay announces new product (Daily Local News)

NYSE to suspend Journal Register shares Wednesday (MarketWatch)

CTN Solutions Upgrades NetCare Managed Services (TMCnet)

N.L. call centre closure throws 200 out of work Canwest News Service via Canada.com)
Cuts made by ITC Group of Langhorne.

Entercom and Lincoln Financial Media Renew with Liquid Compass (BusinessWire via TMCnet)


INTERPHEX, the “One -Stop Shopping” Event for Every Aspect of Life Sciences Manufacturing (ARC Advisory Group)

Colbert gets truthy about Pa. primary
Comedy host talks with the DP about filming at Annenberg next week (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Phila. papers' publisher talks layoffs, if pensions don't merge (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

SAP Addresses IT Skills Shortage
(eWEEK)

More TomrorowNow trouble (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Ex-MBNA execs turn to venture capital
Fund backs Ill., Maine businesses with millions of dollars; establishes Del. office (Wilmington News Journal)

Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over advertising (Reuters)

Verizon Appeals FCC’s Leased Access Rules
Joins Cable Companies In Challenging New Rate Formula For Leased Access Programmers (Multichannel News)

Bentley Opens BE Conference 2008 Registration, Announces Keynotes by Leading Infrastructure Experts (BusinessWire)

Curious? The Franklin Institute Unveils Branding Campaign (PRNewswire)


PA DCED Hosting Korean Business Delegation to Increase Export Opportunities for PA Firms
(PRNewswire)

Weiss Tech House Announces PennVention 2008 Finalists
11 Student Teams Vie to Win Top Prizes in Annual Student Invention Competition (BusinessWire)

C&D Technologies Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Full Year Results
(PRNewswire)

Probaris Shows End-to-End, FIPS 201 Smart Card Issuance at RSA Conference (Marketwire)

Clinton's Plea: Buy A Web Ad In Pennsylvania (Silicon Alley Insider)

3G iPhone guts discovered (Computerworld)

Rush to judgment: Comcast not blocking web traffic after all (ars technica)

Amdocs and Comcast: The cables that bind
An Amdocs purchase raises opportunities with the US firm. (Globes Online)

2.91 Million Homes Wired For Fiber (DSL Reports)

The CableFAX Show: Megabit Madness! (Cable360)

SAP's BI Road Map: Rationalizing and Expanding Beyond CFO (eWEEK)

Rimini Street no longer interested in SAP's TomorrowNow unit (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

The Newspaper Industry Needs to Take a Page from Comcast's Triple Play Book (Seeking Alpha)

Phila. union sues newspapers over pension plan merger (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

NutriSystem Pulls Its Weight
The diet-plan provider forecasts higher-than-expected revenue for the first quarter as marketing efforts bear fruit (Business Week via MSNBC)
Former AOL exec named CEO, expected to increase emphasis on online marketing.

NAFTA: The great trade debate (Daily Local News)
Includes some insights into the Bentleys.

Sarnoff Releases New H.264/AVC Bitstreams for OpenCable (BusinessWire)

Tyco launches WiMAX dual SPDT switch (Semiconductor Today)

Conshy firm merging with Chinese cable operator (Philadelphia Inquirer)

MEDecision Names George J. Marshalek, Jr., Senior Vice President, Client Operations
Appointment Demonstrates Company’s Strengthened Focus on Client Service (BusinessWire)

The virtual Streets of Philadelphia and real-time geo-tagging (Kzero)

Focus On Local Media


Newspapers: Buyer Beware (Forbes)
On Journal Register and other chains in trouble.

Arbitron Updates Philly Sample Initiatives (Radio Ink)

Video: Sprout(R) Makes Viewers the Stars of its New Original Afternoon Block, The Sprout Sharing Show
International hit show PICME debuts in The Sprout Sharing Show Monday, May 5, 2008 (PRNewswire)

Clear Channel Radio Tunes into to Thumbplay to Offer Mobile Entertainment Content on Stations' Web Sites
Largest Radio Company Adds Mobile Content to Boost Local Sites (Businesswire)
The mobile content is now available from the following Clear Channel stations in the Philly area:

105.3 WDAS-FM (www.wdasfm.com)

Q102 WIOQ-FM (www.q102.com)

My 106.1 WISX-FM (www.my1061.com)

Radio 104.5 WRFF-FM (www.radio1045.com)

Power 99FM WUSL-FM (www.power99.com)

Idearc Media’s Digital Billboards Offer Advertisers More Ways to Reach Consumers
New Digital LED Billboards Offer Flexible Messaging; Communicate Important, Local Information (BusinessWire)

Multi Media Consultant Mel Taylor
Working In A Web 2.0 World (FMQB)