Contract will add 400 jobs to Lockheed Martin's Newtown plant (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Lockheed Wins GPS Satellite Contract (Washington Post)

Reward offered for information on Boeing sabotage (Daily Local News)

Court Rejects Comcast's Set-Top Box Appeal (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

Plaxo users worried about privacy in wake of Comcast buyout (ars technica)

Finisar jumps on 4Q sales outlook, Optium deal
(Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)

Finisar goes bargain hunting, buys Optium (Tech Confidential)

Five Things About SAP's Strategy That You Need to Know (CIO.com)

Astea shares tank after swinging to a loss in 1Q (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Home Security No Longer a Killer? (Cable360)

At The Churchill Club: The Top 10 Tech Trends (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Includes observations by First Round's Josh Kopelman

Free Wi-Fi? Not quite
What was supposed to be free for taxpayers has so far cost $2.7 million (Metro Philadelphia)

Finisar and Optium Agree to Combine in All-Stock Merger (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

SunGard to Acquire Strohl Systems (PRNewswire)

Lockheed wins GPS contract worth $1.46 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast And Plaxo Invite You To The Marriage Of Set-top Box & Social Software (paidContent.org via Washington Post)

It’s Complaxtic: Comcast Buys Plaxo to Boost Video Sharing (New York Times Blog)

Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked (Associated Press via Google News)

Lockheed competing for satellite contract (phillyBurbs.com)

Virtualization For Disaster Recovery - SunGard Gets It (Information Week Blog)

EXCLUSIVE: Wireless Philadelphia CEO On Earthlink Bluster — “It’s All Moves” (Philebrity)

Publishing software consulting company Really Strategies raises $1.8M (VentureBeat)

Business Outlook Survey
May 2008 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Suburban office vacancies up; some rents slip (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Oracle To Buy Insurance Software Maker (Information Week)
More details on the AdminServer deal.

WiMax vs. Long Term Evolution: Let the battle begin (Computerworld)

Dish Sibling to Sling Product at Cable
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Bentley Announces Innovative Discovery Subscription Program for GenerativeComponents (BusinessWire)

FlyTunes(TM) Adds Video, Customization to Mobile Content Network (PRNewswire)

Business Beat: Building a Web of help (Metro Philadelphia)

Dynasil Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results (BusinessWire)

Pharmacy Benefit Manager FutureScripts Launches New Website (PharmaLive.com)

Confirmed: Comcast Buys Plaxo (Private Equity Hub)

A Revolution Threatens the Relational Database (Datamation via Earthweb)
And SAP may lead the revolution.

SAP’s SaaS Is Dead. Long Live SAP’s SaaS. (IT Business Edge)

Metastorm files for IPO (Baltimore
Business Journal)
Internet Capital Group owns 32%.

AdminServer catches Oracle's eye (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

New AdminServer Rules Palette Introduced at the 2008 ACORD/LOMA Insurance Systems Forum (BusinessWire)

Comcast shareholders meeting on deck (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast AGM: Everybody hates Brian (Reuters Blogs)

Up A Data Stream, Without A Prattle (Media Post: TV Borard)
On possible leader for Comcast-backed Project Canoe.

Verizon Joins Rival Open-Handset Consortium (PC Magazine)

RedLasso Looks to Rope New Round (Private Equity Hub)

RIP, Free Muni Wi-Fi (Business Week)

Technitrol says China earthquake damaged facility (Associated Press via Forbes)

CDI wins 5-year US Navy contract worth up to $139M (Associated Press via Forbes)

Unisys sells Registered Traveler operations to FLO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Sarnoff and Viocare® to Develop Mobile Phone-Based Food Tracking System
Next-Generation Technology Provides NIH Study Groups with Advanced Dieting and Nutrition Support on the Go
(BusinessWire)

AppLabs appoints Makarand Teje as CEO (BusinessWire)


SES AMERICOM Announces Change In Executive Management (Space Daily)

Journal Register investor offers $25 mln infusion (Reuters)

Oracle buys AdminServer of Chester (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Lockheed likely to win GPS satellite contract: report (Reuters)

Defense contractors with Phila. ties in $4B deal (Associated Press via Philly.com)

How Bad Is The SAP Talent Shortage? (Information Week)

Cobham to buy M/A-COM ops from Tyco Electronics for $425 mln cash (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

In Pennsylvania, Insurers Pay Primary Care Docs to Do More (Wall Street Journal: Health Blog)

NextGen Healthcare Continues Growth in the California IPA Market
Monarch HealthCare joins other California-based IPAs in selecting NextGen® technology (BusinessWire)

Liberty Settles With Diller, Won't File Appeal To Block IAC Breakup (Silicon Alley Insider)

Sprint: Still a World of Pain
The mobile-phone giant's planned turnaround may involve selling off assets to comply with lenders' agreements (Business Week)

Comcast Elevates Kolb To CMO Of E!, Style
Promotion Also Makes Executive GM Of E! Online (Multichannel News)

New Horizons Reports First Quarter 2008 Results (BusinessWire)

Paragon Technologies Reports 2008 First Quarter Results
(PRNewswire)

Cops helping cops (phillyBurbs.com)

EarthLink closing Philadelphia Wi-Fi network
(Associated Press via Business Week)

Another Municipal Wi-Fi Plan Dies (Portfolio.com)

EarthLink To Kill Philly Wi-Fi. Where's Comcast? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2008 (BusinessWire)

HP (HPQ) Close To $12-13 Billion Deal For EDS (EDS) (Silicon Alley Insider)

MedQuist Reports First Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)

RCN Launches InGrid Home Security Services Trial
Offering Will Be Available in Chicago and Philadelphia Metro Areas (BusinessWire)


Operators Feeling Wired As Cable Show Nears
Industry Sanguine Behind Q1 Results, Rising Stock Prices And Wireless Plays (Multichannel News)

Tech File: WiMax offers wider connection, control (San Jose Mercury News)


Motorola Earns CableLabs(R) Approval for DOCSIS(R) 3.0 SURFboard(R) Cable Modems and CMTS (PRNewswire)

Universal Display Isn't Universal -- Yet (Motley Fool)

Comsys says it paid $16.5M in cash for Montco firm (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Jim Ryan Named as CMWare CEO (NJBIZ.com)

MRO Corp. Names Stephen Hynes Interim CEO (BusinessWire)

Dataram Appoints John H. Freeman as President And CEO (BusinessWire)

Sovereign ready to raise $1.5B (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Barcoding Inc. and Apacheta Form Strategic Alliance to Streamline Mobile Field Service and Delivery Operations (PRWeb)

Ben Franklin Tech Partners dedicates building (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Pay Gap Fuels Worker Woes (Wall Street Journal)
Discusses compensation policies at Analytical Graphics.

Innovation Philadelphia to Host Creative Economy Conference May 22nd at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (PRNewswire)

City still looks for Wi-Fi plans (Metro Philadelphia)

Journal Register says risks default by July (Reuters)

The New Philly.com (Recovering Journalist)

Dykstra making business his game
He's a guru of stock picks, and hopes to help pro athletes "keep living the dream." (Philly.com)

Native son on the rise in Delaware
Manheim Township grad Ernie Dianastasis leads effort to foster Delaware entrepreneurs
(Lancaster Online)

HSN retail network chief sets stage for spin-off
(Reuters via The Guardian)
Tie-up with QVC still a possibility.

InGrid partners with cable companies (Security Systems News)

EarthLink to Philly: Run your own WiFi or we’ll shut it down (ars technica)

Will Google and Cable Firms Rejuvenate WiMAX?M (Red Herring)

Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere (ZDNet Blogs)

NFL Network Files Carriage Complaint against Comcast
NFL says cable operator kept network out of reach by putting it on premium tier (Broadcast Newsroom)

Specter remains skeptical
He wants NFL to hear Walsh out (Boston Globe)

Council ponders how to help Phila.'s 'creative economy' (Philly.com: Philly Inc)


Malone Weighs Appeal Of IAC Ruling; Diller Calls It A "Nonevent" (Silicon Alley Insider)

MetroPCS Misses Street On Sales, EPS (PCS) (Silicon Alley Insider)
Launching in Philly in the 4th quarter.

New Method Promises Cheaper RFID Tag Development (RFID Update)

User 927 (John Battelle's Searchblog)

RCM Technologies buys MBH Solutions (Philadelphia Business Journal)

New Release of Sajara® Geographic Digital Asset Management Software Now Supports Scanned Maps (Directions Magazine)


InGrid partners with cable companies (Security Systems News)