I've been rated



Apparently, I've been evaluated by Blogged.com, a search engine for blogs that has recently implemented a new human-based rating system. Read more about Blogged here.
Philly Tech News received a rating of 8.0 out of 10 (with 10 being the best, not the worst), which they call "great". Blogs are rated on: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style.
You can see how this blog compares to some other Philly-related blogs here.
Not too bad for now.



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Unisys Announces Second-Quarter 2008 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2008 Second Quarter Operating Results (PRNewswire)

SEI Reports Second-Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)

Tokio Marine to buy Philadelphia Cons for $4.7 bln (Reuters)

Cuomo strong-arms Comcast over Usenet (CNET News)

Nielsen and Wolters Kluwer Health Form Alliance to Measure Healthcare Landscape
(PRNewswire)

The Top 60: Digitas Health
(Medical Marketing & Media)

J&J weighs pruning its agencies (Medical Marketing& Media)

Federal Reserve Bank Beige Book: Philadelphia, July 2008 (Federal Reserve Board)

Call the Cable Guy. Again.
As Comcast Grows, Service Problems Dog Customers (Washington Post)

Comcast worker sparks small fire (Lansdale Reporter)

Comcast Giving Away Free Wiis
In limited markets.... (Broadband Reports)
Includes Philadelphia.

Verizon Juices Up FiOS Internet Gateways
Actiontec and Westell Routers To Provide Up to 175 Megabits Per Second In Home (Multichannel News)

Business Objects Says It's Cracking Midmarket for BI (Intelligent Enterprise)

Learning about QlikView 8.5 (The changing face of BI)

Nanotech Looms Large in Commonwealth's Economy
(Business Facilities)

Penn’s Information Systems and Computing Division Named ‘Best Place to Work’ in Mid-Atlantic, No. 6 in U.S. (University of Pennsylvania)

RAM Technologies Adds Patient Healthcare Record To eHealthsuite™ Web Portal Application (PR.com)



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Comcast to sign New York's anti-child-porn code (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pipeline Acquires COSS Development Corporation
- Timothy Wallace appointed head of iPipeline - (PRNewsiwre)

Rate hikes should come soon: Fed's Plosser (MarketWatch)

At FCC broadband hearing, speeches but no consensus (CNET News)

Lockheed Martin Net Climbs 13%; Forecast Increased (Bloomberg)

USA Technologies Announces First $5 Million Quarter, Up 105% Versus Previous Fiscal Year Fourth Quarter (BusinessWire)

TicketLeap.com raises $2M (Philadelphia Business Journal)
See Press Release

GSI Commerce is laying off about 150 employees at its facility in Sumner County, Tennessee, according to News Channel 5 in Nashville. The company said the closing resulted from the loss of a client, Restoration Hardware. GSI Commerce reports its earnings tomorrow.

Comcast Unit To Handle Web Video For Time Warner Cable Silicon Alley Insider)

QVC 2.0: TiVo users can buy products on their TV through Amazon (BetaNews)

Network users soar now that Wi-Fi’s free
But some still having trouble connecting to Internet (Metro Philadelphia)

ClinPhone Shareholders Approve Acquisition by PAREXEL (MarketWatch)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results (BusinessWire)


CardioNet Announces Public Offering of Common Stock (BusinessWire)

Wolters Kluwer On Shaky Ground (Forbes)
I think this article overdramatizes a minor blip.
Wolters Kluwer Health, a $1 billion unit based in Conshohocken, is apparently doing well.

Really Strategies and TEMIS Announce Technology Alliance (PRNewswire)

Acurian’s Database Eclipses 50 Million Patients; Company Extends Exclusivity for Clinical Trial Recruitment (BusinessWire)

Consumer Electronics Association to Make a Stop at NEAT Receipts for "America Wins With Trade" Tour (Marketwire)





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SAP To Wind Down TomorrowNow Operations By End Oct (Dow Jones Newswires via CNN Money)

Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow (ZDNet Blogs)


AMETEK Achieves Record Second Quarter Results
--Raising Estimates for the Second Half of 2008-- (BusinessWire)

IMS Health profit rises on consulting growth (Reuters)


Area benefiting from influx of Indians (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Larry Mendte charged in email case (Associated Press via Allentown Morning Call)

Comcast pitches IPv6 strategy to standards body
Carrier touts simple, gradual approach to upgrade the Internet (Network World)

Motorola Extends Interoperability of DOCSIS(R) Equipment; Earns Stamp of Approval from CableLabs(R) DOCSIS 3.0 Certificate Authority (PRNewswire)

InGrid Home Security Launches on Amazon.Com (BusinessWire)

VC investments were up in 2Q (Philadelphia Business Journal)

MEDecision’s interim chief steps down (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NextPhase to Launch 802.16e Mobile WiMAX in Philadelphia (PRNewswire)


Experiences Recruiting Venture Capital - Part 2.">Experiences Recruiting Venture Capital - Part 2. (Informed Networker Blog)

If BPM is the new ERP, where are the Hogans, the HBOs and the JDAs? (BPM in Action)

PPA Considers Wireless Sensors for On-Street Spaces (KYW NewsRadio)

Securing the borders (phillyBurbs.com)

Sivox Technologies has relocated from Utah to West Chester (kind of like Shawn Bradley). The company provides interactive training systems for call centers. Sivox been around for a while, but its hard to tell how large it is. The company leased 4600 square feet, which isn't all that much, and I'm not sure if they still have operations elsewhere.







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Experiences Recruiting Venture Capital - Part 1. (Informed Networker Blog)





Informed Networker is a less than one year-old startup based in Langhorne. Its website is sort of a cross between Digg and Slashdot, focusing on serious news for IT professionals, with a general emphasis on networking technologies.
Dave Mackey, a network engineer in his early 20's, started it in his "spare time" and only in the last couple of month has shifted to a full time effort. He has some limited staff support. He says the site is running at a rate of roughly 2500 plus unique visitors and 16,000 plus page views per month.
See NetWork World article on Informed Networker.




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PhillyDeals: Unisys moving to town? Not without a sign (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Venture Financing Drops for Youngest Companies As Older Ones Suck Up More Cash (New York Times: Bits/Free Subscription)

Where will you be working tomorrow?
Delaware's economy shifts gears as entrepreneurial spirit grows (Wilmington News Journal)
Interesting, informative feature on Delaware''s transitioning economy. Also includes articles on Nayatek and Patria Services Corp.


BlackRock To Acquire Analytics Software Company (Wall Street & Technology)

Live Webcast Alert: FCC’s Broadband and the Digital Future; Cuban and Eun To Appear (paidContent)




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People in the News



Comcast Taps Palmer Senior VP, Brand Development (TVWeek)

CardioNet taps former Viasys' CEO as chairman (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Y-Carbon, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Edward L. Erickson as CEO and Board Member ((MarketWatch)

Penn Valley Group Appoints Elliot Levine as Executive Vice President and Expands Sales & Marketing Practice (BusinessWire)

Nutter brings back Arts, Culture and Creative Economy office (Philadelphia Business Journal)

The iSchool at Drexel Names IHI Director (Drexel University)



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Are Microsoft, Yahoo Courting Hell in AOL? (eWEEK)
Lancaster's MapQuest is one of AOL's few jewels.


NJ officials-Stop BlackRock's move to Philadelphia (Reuters)

SAP ‘Mittelstand’ customers upset at new maintenance charges (ZDNet Blogs)

Business Objects support issue will be resolved by next week
(SearchSAP.com)

How the FCC's Comcast ruling could affect traffic management
Decision could open door for enforcement of open Internet principles (Network World)


Verizon Wins Approval For FiOS TV Service In New York (Information Week)

Business Intelligence International Receives Additional Equity Funding to Fuel Expansion (Business Intelligence International Press Release)


ACI Provides Navy's Benchmarking and Best Practices (Surface Mount Technology)
$100 million contract to be performed in Philadelphia.

MDS cutting 210 employees, taking $28M restructuring and writedown hit (The Canadian Press)

Thoughts on social software and events (ecmarchitect)

Open Up Philadelphia Election Results (Keystone Politics)

DBSi Announces New Data Center in Lehigh Valley to Support Growth and "Wall Street West" Initiatives (PRWeb)

Talented immigrants key to tech, professor says (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Philly Web site accuses Colbert Report, Inquirer of stealing photos (Metro Philadelphia)
Filing a lawsuit against a big celeb is a great way to get cheap PR and generate some traffic.

Computer general and a botnet army (stuff.co.nz)

Philadelphia Region Business Outlook Survey, July 2008
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

SAP to reduce R&D budget to 12 percent of sales mid-term - CEO (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

IDS Scheer chairman denies he is in talks to sell 41 pct stake to SAP (Hemscott)

Oracle Enhances Performance Management Offerings (Channel Web)

Comcast Interactive Media Names Karin Gilford Senior Vice President of Fancast and Online Entertainment
Former Yahoo! Vice President of Entertainment to Run Online Entertainment Destination (BusinessWire)

Group warns FCC: Comcast's good behavior just a "trick play" (ars technica)

TruePosition Awarded Patents That Facilitate Location-Based Safety and Security Services for GSM, CDMA and UMTS (BusinessWire)

TruePosition Rapidly Expands Research and Development on Location-Based Safety and Security Solutions
Wireless Location Technology Leader Opens New Facility in Greater Boston (BusinessWire)

Merrill to sell Bloomberg stake for $4.5 billion - Reuters (Finextra)
Also apparently dropping plans to sell Blackrock stake. Blackrock released excellent quarterly results today.

WPCS Announces Guidance for FY2009 (PRNewswire)

Radnor based NewSpring Capital has raised $165 million for a business services venture fund and held a $65 million first close on its health care-focused fund, according to Private Equity Hub

HTH Worldwide Introduces mPassport(sm), Mobile Health and Safety (PRNewswire)

Meet the founder of Ticketleap.com - Chris Stanchak (Phillypreneurs)

Wireless telecoms
Culture clash (The Economist)

MedQuist to Commence Trading on the Global Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
(PRNewswire)

Robert Ghrist: Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor (Penn Almanac)



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E-medical records: What seems to be the problem? (Computerworld)

SAP Will Move Customers to New Support; Raise Prices (Bloomberg)

SAP says 100,000 customer target in 2010 in reach (Reuters)
Also opening research center in Israel.

SAP Launches Co-Innovation Lab in Tokyo (PRNewswire via IT Business Net)

BlackRock close to Pennsylvania move (Newark Star-Ledger)


InvestEdge Partners with SEI to Provide Enhanced Regulatory Compliance Solutions for Banks (PRNewswire)

SunGard to Expand India Operations (CXOtoday)

Journal Register investor may cancel $25 mln offer (Reuters)

New StarCite CEO To Fine-Tune Strategy (Business Travel News Online)

Siemens and NCR Ink Reseller Agreement
Siemens Offers NCR MediKiosk Self-Service Solutions to Customer Base (BusinessWire)

Environmental Tectonics More Than Doubles Revenues, Cuts Loss (PRNewswire)

Chirp Interactive Joins thePlatform
thePlatform Begins New Initiatives in Silicon Valley (PRNewswire)
thePlatform is owned by Comcast.


IPTV Subscribers Pass 15 Million, But How is IPTV Defined? (Media Experiences 2 Go: Motorola-sponsored blog)

Do BPM vendors eat their own dogfood? (Column2)
Some interesting comments on this thread.

All Over the Map (Art Info)
How regional auction houses like Freeman's in Philadelphia benefit from the Web.

Announcing FundingSleuth.com (Redeye VC)

In Pennsylvania VoIP Operators To Pay A 911 Fee (VoIP Watch)



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The PhillyTech Search Engine (always there on the right sidebar) continues to grow in its coverage of tech-related websites in the Philadelphia area. It now numbers more than 700 sites. My goal is to ultimately get it to several thousand , though that will take a while. I'm doing it methodically with a lot of quality control (I hope).
Also, Google Custom Search, on which PhillyTech Search is based, is much improved now, indexing and returning a deeper and more complete set of results for any query. The same is true for the "Search Within This Site" feature.
Please try it out, I think you'll find a more relevant and concise answer set than from using the general Google Search Engine for Philly-centric technology searches. And please recommend any other sites to me that should be included at phillytechnews@gmail.com




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