Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) are dying a slow death…

Investors who realize this fact early could cash in on a brand new tech boom that could produce a new generation of high-tech millionaires not seen since the 1990s.

Comcast, Verizon and other government-protected duopolies won’t be around for your grandchildren to enjoy — at least not in their current forms. You see, companies like these are selling outdated services. And they’re more than reluctant to change their business models.

First, consider the home telephone. This beast is becoming scarcer by the day. In fact, mobile phone-only households are becoming the norm. Yet despite huge increases in wireless sales by traditional telecoms, it’s the wireline segment that keeps these blue chips in the black. More than half of Verizon and (NYSE:T) AT&T’s revenue comes directly from wireline sales.

For the old-school telecom giants, it’s all about infrastructure. They want to milk

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Akamai strikes deal with leading on-demand solutions providers

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) announced on June 26, offering of the Web Application Accelerator and IP Application Accelerator to IntraLinks, the leading provider of on-demand critical information exchange solutions. By tapping into Akamai's solution, Intralink will be able to accelerate its business application with Akamai's dynamic content. Additionally, its customers will be able to lower cost, increase productivity as well as speed up processes using its Web Application Accelerator and IP Application Accelerator platform.

According to the Chief Technology Officer of IntraLinks, using Akamai's global network routing and application acceleration services will help reduce the standard network latency over the Internet, helping customers run application within their data center. The company also anticipates that as the user base expands, users outside the U.S. will be able to access the platform at higher speeds - nearly twice

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

American National BankShares Inc (AMNB) Anixter International Inc (AXE) AnnTaylor Stores Corp (ANN) Associated Estates Realty Corp (AEC) Avery Dennison Corp (AVY) Bancolombia SA (CIB) Bancorp Rhode Island Inc (BARI) BE Aerospace Inc (BEAV) Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (BWP) Brooks Automation Inc (BRKS) Cadence Financial Corp (CADE) Callon Petroleum Co (CPE) Casual Male Retail Group Inc (CMRG) Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) Corn Products International Inc (CPO) Corporate Executive Board Co (EXBD) Covanta Holding Corp (CVA) Dassault Systemes SA (DASTY) Eurobancshares Inc (EUBK) First Advantage Corp (FADV) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) Glacier Bancorp Inc (GBCI) Hain Celestial Group Inc (HAIN) K-Swiss Inc (KSWS) KVH Industries Inc (KVHI) Limelight ...

I posted early yesterday morning that I was trimming the fund’s already small (LLNW) position severely, and essentially only have a tiny holding position in the name. Sadly, I pretty much got out at the top as the stock just drifted down for the majority of the day.

I had bought (AKAM) the day before, and added more AKAM on the 4% pullback early, which I noted mid-day.