SAP Reports Earnings,
Raises Full-Year Revenue and Margin Forecast. (Bloomberg)

INTERVIEW-SAP sales chief sees US growth slowing (Reuters)

Friendly Fire: SAP Flubs the Maintenance Business (ZDNet Blogs)

IBM skirts ERP with ILOG buy (Network World)

SDI Acquires Verispan
Acquisition Creates Industry Leader in Patient-Level Data Analytics and Consulting Services (BusinessWire)

LLR Partners Raises $800 Million Private Equity Fund (BusinessWire)

Pennsylvania new equity fund's biggest investor (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Comcast Q2 Earnings Preview (Associated
Press via Forbes)

Comcast Spoiling for Fight With FCC (Wired)

NY AG: Comcast, NetZero Agree To Block Child Porn Access (Dow Jones via CNN Money)

Vishay Reports Results for Second Quarter 2008
(BusinessWire)
Loss due to non-cash write-down of goodwill.

Letting Unisys have its signage will signal city's economic rebirth (Philadelphia Inquirer: Opinion)
I don't know what all the fuss is about. The company may not be around much longer in its current form anyway.

Mergers and acquisitions in the quarter: Smaller, fewer (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Quattrone in Google Embrace Sees Vindication Haunted by E-Mail (Bloomberg)

Rohm and Haas Increases Investment in Taiwan with Expansion of Asia-Pacific Manufacturing Facility (BusinessWire)

WPCS Reports Record Revenue and $0.52 EPS for FY2008 (PRNewswire via Yahoo News)

GPS Gadgets Provide A Techy Tour Of Old City History (The Bulletin)




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AMETEK to Acquire Xantrex Programmable Power (Business Wire)

Verizon Profit Rises on Wireless Subscriber Growth (Bloomberg)
FiOS subscriber growth short of expectations.

'Triple play' getting harder to pull off
After blah quarter, Verizon takes its game to New York (Fortune)


Groups cheer reports of FCC acting against Comcast (Network World)

Motorola Creates New Divisions in Advance of Split (GigaOM)

Motorola Re-org (Media Experiences 2 Go/Motorola sponsored blog)

tru2way Gains Momentum
LG Electronics, Funai Electric formalize support for 'plug-and-play' digital sets. (Broadcasting & Cable)

IBM to acquire ILOG in $340 million deal (CNET News)

Oracle expands charges against SAP in lawsuit (Reuters)
Claims top executives were warned.

SAP defends forced price hike against user anger
'If you don't want it now, you will later' (The Register/UK)

Leftover Ad Space? Exchanges Handle the Remnants (New York Times/free subscription)
Mentions Philly startup Invite Media.

StarCite Launches Strategic Meeting Management Solutions for Small- and Mid-Sized Companies (BusinessWire)

A Means for Publishers to Put a Newspaper in Your Pocket (New York Times/free subscription)

Scopus Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)
Scopus has its North American headquarters in Princeton.

1&1 Offers RatePoint Rep Services (WebHost Industry News)
1&1 Internet's USA base is in Chesterbrook.

Vantage Learning’s Enhanced MY Access! Helps Teachers and Students Make the Grade Nationwide (BusinessWire)




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Mark Cuban: Tru2way Should Be More Open (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
"I don't care what anyone else says, but the Internet is boring." -Cuban.

Motorola to split Home and Networks Mobility unit into three parts (Associated Press via Google News)
Motorola Home and Network Mobility is based in Horsham.

Innovation Still At BI Forefront After Round Of Consolidation (Investor's Business Daily)

Biz Intelligence Has Busy Field (Investor's Business Daily)
Rundown of the major players.

Innovative Software and Technology Partnerships
(Sandhill.com/podcast)
With Bob Langer, President of Qliktech Americas and David van Toor, SVP and General Manager of Sage CRM Solutions

Software giant eyes 65% rise in regional revenue (Emirates Business 24/7)

Get iPhone availability updates every 15 minutes (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
I'm not sure that the app I saw earlier today is still up.

We are running out of places to put things (The Future of Storage-Dell sponsored site)
Includes discussion of potential nanotech data storage solution developed at Penn and Drexel.

$1.7 million Pa. spam scam outlined
Prosecutors say House Democrats used public funds for e-mail with campaign themes. (Philadelphia Inquirer)






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In the News




eResearchTechnology Names New Chief Financial Officer (GEN)

AMETEK Announces Three Executive Appointments (BusinessWire)

ActiveStrategy Names Director of Public Sector Consulting Practice (BusinessWire)

Aon Consulting Appoints New Local Market Leader in Northeast Region (PRNewswire)

Interphase Systems Responds to Increased Demand for Virtualization Services
The company appoints Lew Smith as Product Manager for Virtualization Solutions (BusinessWire)




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FCC set to punish Comcast
(Associated Press via Google News)

Chesco man charged in Iran deals (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Web Site still up.




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Two Interesting Blog Posts about iPhones and the King of Prussia Apple Store



Is this the New Apple? (ZDNet Blogs)


WARNING - Activation Monkeys Will Attack (MacRumors Forums)




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Growing Pains (Forbes)
On MyYearbook.com.

Redlasso shuts access to video clipping site (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
Redlasso Press Release

TomorrowNow's Closure May Not Cure SAP's Pain (InternetNews)

Microsoft's DATAllegro Buyout Could Start a Trend (eWEEK)

Comcast Media Center Lines Up Buckeye For Beta Test (Multichannel News)

Journal Register Company Enters Forbearance Agreement With Banks; Hires Chief Restructuring Officer (Marketwire)

SPECIAL REPORT: RecycleBank set for the UK? (Letsrecycle.com)

Radnor-based Element Partners, a VC focused on cleantech and energy solutions, held a $130 million second close for its second fund. Element has now raised $400 million, and a $500 million cap should be reached soon. (Private Equity Hub)


SAP maintenance backlash grows in UK and Germany (IT World)

WiMAX phobia? AT&T tries to block Clearwire/Xohm merger (ars technica)

Verizon Preps Web Video For FiOS TV
Telco Testing Service to Deliver Content From YouTube, Veoh, Blip.tv and Break.com (Multichannel News)

D&E Communications Partners with Jamcracker to Bundle Business Applications (BuusinessWire
via Fox Business)

Viddler Vidgets Are Video Widgets
(CenterNetworks)

EXTOL Enterprise Adapter Achieves SAP® Certified Integration Status (BusinessWire)




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PA Governor Rendell Says $34 Million Investment Will Fuel Technology-Based Economic Development (PRNewswire via MarketWatch)




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Motorika to receive $9.5 million in funding, Globes.com reports



Motorika, the developer of robotics for physical therapy whose US base is in Mount Laurel, will receive $9.5 million in new funding, Israel's Globes reports.
The money will come from a $150 million fund being raised by Migdal Capital Markets Ltd and Morgan Stanley, which in turn will be allocated to MedInvest, which will manage the investments.The funding appears to be in the form of loans rather than equity.



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How SAP Seeds Innovation (Business Week)

Comcast to integrate phone features with Web, TV services (Associated Press via CNN Money)

Rumor: Daily Candy To Comcast For $75 Million? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Networks Lose Patience; Sue RedLasso Over Online Clips (paidContent)

Sparks fly over plans for a sign (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Changing of guard at Phila. exchange (Philadelphia Inquirer)
NASDAQ acquisition closes.

Rohm and Haas Company Reports Second Quarter Results (BusinessWire)

MEDecision Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

IKON Announces Third Quarter Results (BusinessWire)

CTDI Acquires Access Product Families from Verso Technologies (BusinessWire)

Nielsen and Wolters Kluwer Health form alliance (Medical Marketing & Media)

Journal Register Co. Expected To Default On Loan -- As Shares Drop Below A Dime
(Editor & Publisher)

Technitrol Reports Q208 Results (BusinessWire)

CEA Trade Tour Rolls Into Philadelphia (Dealerscope)

QlikTech opens office in India, eyes to grow busines (The Hindu Business Line)

Aria Systems Celebrates Surpassing Fifty Customer Win/Implementation Milestone (PRNewswire)

Open eHealth Foundation Defines Development Priorities (PRNewswire)

GSI Commerce was up 21% today after its earnings release yesterday
afternoon and an upraded rating from Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
I'm still kind of skeptical, myself. I'd like to see some profitability out of this company first.
See Google Finance profile for GSIC.



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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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