AMETEK Acquires Vision Research (BusinessWire)

Stanley Works Buying Sonitrol (Private
Equity Hub)

Comcast Increases Upstream Speeds for Its High-Speed Internet Customers for No Additional Charge
Upstream Speed to Nearly Triple for Performance Customers and More Than Double for Performance Plus Customers (BusinessWire)

MedQuist settles case, appoints interim CEO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Philadelphia Races to Find New ''Wi-Fi'' Provider (KYW News Radio)

Municipal Wi-Fi isn't dead yet
(Maketplace: Audio)
On more successful, realistic Wi-Fi ventures in Santa Monica and other cities.

Redlasso: Let's Hope Some Retired Studio Bigs Can Save Us (Silicon Alley Insider)

Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy (USA Today)

Flipping through the options on health records sites (USA Today)
Mentions MEDecision.

Moto to cut jobs from R&D unit (RCR Wireless News)

SAP's Product Communities: Taking Cues From Open Source
(CRM Buyer)

SunGard Launches New Compliance Dashboard (Wall Street & Technology)

NSX to Use SunGard’s Brass Liquidity Services for Execution and Clearing (SunGard Press Release)

Wachovia buys Del. Web hosting company
Glasgow's HostMySite founded in 1997 (Wilmington News Journal)

GSI Commerce closing Tenn. distribution center (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Shout Out to Ignite Philly Coordinators (100khouse.com)

IPO FILING: Mistras Group, Inc. (24/7 Wall St)
The Mistras Group is based in Princeton Junction.

SAP's Bill McDermott: The Future of Enterprise Software (Knowledge@Wharton)

Redlasso Hires Ex-Studio Execs To Ease Infringement Negotiations (TechCrunch)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book: Philadelphia, June 2008 (Federal Reserve Board)

Quality Systems 4Q earnings rise 32 percent
(Associated Press via Forbes)
Quality Systems owns NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham.

'Wireless Philadelphia'' Project Could Be Back Online (KYW News Radio)
Rather vague.

Fresh off the Wire
A local group is the latest to express interest in our failed wireless network. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Discover seeks $6 bln in case vs Visa, MasterCard (Reuters)

CIBER and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Complete Third and Final Phase of $58 Million IT Project on Time and on Budget (PRNewswire)

Andrews cites benefits of earmarks (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Avencia Develops Connect211.org to Geographically Search for Social Services (GISuser.com)

Technologicology Special Report: IgnitePhilly, Tonight! (Philebrity)

Report: The Top Five Supply Chain Management Vendors (CIO.com)

Encorium Group, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Combine with Linkcon; Expected Expansion Will Create Global CRO (BusinessWire)

Encorium Group, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire Prologue Research International, Inc. (BusinessWire)


Business intelligence: Only the tip of the iceberg (MyCustomer.com)
By QlikTech exec.

U.S. cable ad venture hires ex-Aegis chief - WSJ (Reuters)

Verklin Picked as Cable's Canoe Captain (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

More Firms Go the Way of Tru2way (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Initial Tru2Way Tests a 'Disaster' (Broadband Reports)

Verizon’s FiOS Buildout Could Top Original Estimates
MDUs May Help Telco Top 18 Million-Home Target By End Of 2010 (Multichannel News)

iPhone 3G - $199 wins my support (UPDATED) (Wireless Industry Analyst)

Lenfest comes to Tectonics' rescue
(phillyBurbs.com)

GSI Commerce opens Shepherdsville distribution center
Facility is e-commerce firm's second in Cedar Grove Business Park, third in area (Louisville Business Journal)

InterComponentWare Establishes ICW Labs (PRNewswire)

Carlson Software and Rajant Corporation Announce Partnership to Deliver Mining and Construction Solutions (BusinessWire)

Marchex Takes On Google With Text Ad Network (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

Ignite Philly Tomorrow Night (O'Reilly Radar)

Sarnoff Selected To Provide Advanced Camera Tracking Technology For U.S. Marines Training (BusinessWire)

QSGI Secures $10M Senior Credit Facility (NJBIZ.com)

Ascensus’ New Participant Website Offers an Improved User Experience (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

WWDC: Apple slashes prices for 3G iPhone, shipping in July (Macworld)
I'm still trying to find out more about InterDigital's role in the new iPhone.

Reinventing a Giant, Part 1: SAP's Transformation (E-Commerce Times)

Nation's tallest sustainable skyscraper rises 975 feet (Consulting-Specifying Engineer)

Passport Health Completes $144 Million Financing (BusinessWire)

Kaiser Backs Microsoft Patient-Data Plan (New York Times)

CapMed Connects Its Award-Winning Personal Health Record Technology with Microsoft HealthVault
Strategic relationship with Microsoft helps ensure that consumers’ critical health information is available when and where it is needed most (BusinessWire)

myYearbook Named Third Largest Social Network in the U.S.
426 Percent Year Over Year Growth Shows Closed Platforms May Be the Answer (BusinessWire)

Technitrol’s Electronic Components Plant in Mianyang, China is Back On Line (BusinessWire)

Makeover artist: Face to Face with Sandy Frucher
Sandy Frucher was unable to close the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, so he transformed it (Pensions & Investments)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Strong Year on Year Results (PRNewswire via MSN Money)
But lays off 10% of staff.

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Results
(PRNewswire)

Philly False Airline Ads Draw High Responses, Ethics Concerns (Editor & Publisher)

AGI Analysis Software Supports NASA's GLAST Mission (PRNewswire)

AOL’s Platform-A and Its Behavioral Targeting Solution, TACODA, Join PointRoll Included Program (BusinessWire)

Socially insecure in Downingtown
SCHOOL DISTRICT’S ILL-FATED USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BAFFLING TO COMPUTER EXPERTS ELSEWHERE (Daily Local News)

Comcast Filings Hint At Video Gadgets
Operator Seeks Trademarks For 'AnyReach' Handheld Player and 'XtraScreen' PC Device (Multichannel News)

Customers cry fraud over Comcast P2P meddling in new lawsuit (ars technica)

Reactions Are Mixed On Verizon's Day-Old $28.1 Billion Acquisition Of Alltel (mocoNews.net via Washington Post)

Q&A: Makarand Teje, CEO of AppLabs (Computer Business Review)

WILL INTERDIGITAL AND INFINEON MAKE THE APPLE 3G IPHONE 3G? (DeWitt Capital Management)

Rodale’s Interactive Head Ostroff Leaves; Management Shakeup (paidContent)

Ediscovery profoundly changing lawyering
But some say rules for e-mail and other digital data don't serve justice. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Off the Field, Phil's Durbin Starts an Internet Business (KYW News Radio)

Executive Hirings and Promotions:


Former CNN Exec Goes To Comcast (mediabistro)

Comcast Entertainment Adds Pair Of Research Gurus (Multichannel News)

Rosenthal Leads Digital Content At Entercom

Precyse Solutions Appoints James Matas as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(PRNewswire)

IntegriChain Appoints John Bailye to Its Board of Directors (PRNewswire)

Scopus Hires Cable Vet (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Roska Digital Taps 'Mr. Interactive' to Help Agency Reach Next Level (BusinessWire)

Global Creative Leader Drawn to Vox Medica’s New Vision Ross Thomson Joins Vox Medica as EVP, Chief Ideation Officer (PharmaLive)

Alltel: A Boon for Verizon Wireless
The merger would let Verizon Wireless overtake AT&T as the No. 1 cellular provider. But what would its 80 million customers gain? (Business Week)

Owner of Philly Papers Blames Leak For Interest Payment Story (Editor & Publisher)

Phila. newspapers run ads about fake airline Derrie-Air (Associated Press via Google News)


InterDigital Executives Review Key Accomplishments and Strategic Objectives at 2008 Annual Shareholder Meeting (BusinessWire)
"Will announce a design win in the first half of 2008" for SlimChip. The SlimChip is not expected to be part of iPhone 3G, so
this is probably something else. Other InterDigital technology will play a key role in the new iPhone, most observers think.

News Corp. Sells Its 19% Stake In Macrovision (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Not one of Murdoch's better investments. This is the end result of his acquisition of Triangle Publications.

Lockheed Martin Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon System Destroys Ballistic Missile in Terminal Phase (PRNewswire)

Ignite Philly offers rapid-fire pitching (Philadelphia Business Journal)

C&D fiscal 1st-quarter profit beats predictions (Associated Press via CNN Money)

Motorola, Cisco Steering Cable’s DCAS Project
Vendors Now Performing Most Work That Was Handled By PolyCipher JV (Multichannel News)

SAP fails to settle with Oracle
(SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Sandy Wax - President of PBS Sprout Kids (fun Play Dates)

Unisys Wants Sign On Liberty Two (Philadelphia Will Do)

Suit: Protest check to Comcast makes Internet rounds (Associated Press via Philly.com)

More on Philadelphia Media Holdings' debt problems:

Owner of Philly's 2 dailies misses debt payment
Owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News misses debt payment, seeks relief from lenders (Associated Press via
CNN Money)

Verizon Agrees to Buy Alltel for $28.1 Billion (New York Times)

Private Equity Firm Buys Web Host, HostMySite (TopHosts.com)

HostMySite.com Web Hosting Company, Premieres New Website (The Hosting News)

Interview: Lem Lloyd, VP, Yahoo’s Newspaper Consortium: Reticent On Results, But Wait For AMP (paidContent)
Philadelphia Media Holdings is a key member of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium. Lloyd says that most of the Consortium's success to data has come from HotJobs. Ironically, though, Philly.com doesn't use HotJobs. It uses Monster, which hasn't been
faring too well recently.

PMH negotiating with lenders (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
In "technical default".

Comcast planning super-fast Internet speeds in most markets (Associated Press via Delaware Online)

Optium Corporation Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results
Record Revenues of $45 Million Driven by High-Growth Product Lines and Customer Diversification (Prime Newswire)

Optical Component Market Consolidation – Part I (Seeking Alpha)

Nokia to use IDCC products in future? (Wireless Industry Analyst)

Nokia/Navteq approval assured, no EU charge-sources (Reuters)
Navteq owns Traffic.com

Bensalem firm earns chance at contracts (phillyBurbs.com)

Probaris Wins FIPS-201 Credentialing Contract With Patent and Trademark Office for HSPD-12 Compliance (Marketwire)

Mikros Systems Awarded a Navy Seaport-Enhanced (Seaport-e) Contract
(PRNewswire)

The Web's global reach translates into a business
MTM LinguaSoft will speak the language of your pages (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Pennsylvania DCED Official Says Expanded Bethlehem Facility Will Create Jobs (PRNewswire)

Windows veteran jumps to second Silverlight (The Register UK)

ECRI Institute's Alert and Recall Management System Expands Effectiveness with New Content and Filters (PRNewswire)

SAP Ventures plans to invest in India (Business Standard of India)

SAP may pick up 15% stake in Newgen (Economic Times of India)

SAP India - 'Jewel in the Crown' (CXOtoday)
I'm wondering out loud whether this my have been a bit of a faux paus on Mr. McDermott's part. "Jewel in the Crown" was the
phrase the British used to refer to the importance of India to the British Empire. I doubt the Indian people want their relationship to SAP compared to their relationship to the British Empire.

VCs prefer IPOs even as bourses turn cheap (livemint.com)
Mentions AppLabs as an IPO possiblity.

Some 'angel' investors do answer startup prayers (Newark Star-Ledger)


ARPANet architect: bring "fairness" to traffic management (ars technica)

CNBC: Verizon Wireless in talks to buy Alltel Communications for $27B (Associated Press via CNN Money)

ipCapital Group and Intellisophic, Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance (BusinessWire)

Dataram Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Financial Results
Company Reports Fourth Quarter Net Earnings of $0.05 Per Share (BusinessWire)

OATSystems Selected for Production RFID Implementation; RFID Solution to Be Integrated With SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure Platform (BusinessWire)
To be deployed at Cephalon.

QVC Recalls Tomato Planters (Consumer Affairs)

Police search for 2 men who fled shooting in Comcast van (Associated Press via CNN Money)

Pa. software company sues over Howard Stern's Web site (Associated Press
via York Daily Record)

The Insider: Funding for Entrepreneurs – Philly’s Assets are the Numbers
(Innovation Philadelphia Blog)

ICG Announces Execution of Merger Agreement between Creditex and IntercontinentalExchange (BusinessWire)

SAP's Kagermann says profitability is top priority (Reuters)

SAP’s services dilemma: Ecosystem versus opportunity (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP EMEA Sapphire: planning for performance management (ovum)


Comcast Begins Testing 'Protocol Agnostic' Network Management
Leaked memo identifies Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and Warrenton, Virginia tests (Broadband Reports)

Time Warner Cable To Test Metered Internet Access
Time Warner Cable may start charging customers $1 for each gigabyte of content they download from the Internet over a specified allotment. (Information Week)

Social Networking Is No IT Fad
Ringside Networks' Bob Bickel brings customers closer with social-networking technologies. (Redmond Magazine)

Alfresco and Ringside (ecmarchitect.com)

Gates: Silverlight 2 Beta 2 this week, IE8 Beta 2 in August (ars technica)

Infragistics Releases Silverlight 2 UI Components (Dr. Dobb's Portal)

Philadelphia CIOs Report on Third-Quarter Hiring Outlook
Survey Measures Hiring Optimism Among Local Technology Executives (PRNewswire)

Innotap Selects Aleri to Power Real-Time Decision Lifecycle Management Product for Energy Traders (BusinessWire)

InGrid Alarm Hits Crutchfield’s (TWICE)
InGrid expands into a new channel.

Graphing Social Patterns East (A VC)

$13 Million in New Contracts Awarded to WPCS (PRNewswire)

Clickability Wins Award As Best CMS
(Information Week)
Philly.com uses Clickability as its content management platform.