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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Essential Factors With Excellent Gaming Laptop Computers ...

Choosing great gaming laptop computers should involve certain steps and aspects. Gaming is a well-known activity for children and adults both, and a laptop PC allows people to take the game with them instead of being tethered to a desk top style. Each laptop pc will provide various amounts of storage and processing rates, as well as feasible extra features like advanced graphics and also other technological developments. Some of the latest video games have very extensive needs that may be difficult to meet in a little laptop pc.

When selecting a laptop computer for video gaming the first aspect to consider is the game requirements that must be met. Some games require a specific processing speed or certain graphics card, and if the laptop model does not offer these features then the video game will not play properly. A wide range of features is interesting and will give video gaming flexibility. Laptops can be extremely pricey, especially when all the available components and capabilities are included.

Excellent gaming laptop computers are still restricted in some respects, because these designs must be designed to be light, easy to use, transportable, and powerful. A laptop computer size will not allow for advanced gaming technologies and requirements in many cases. The limited battery life is another problem. Gamers do not enjoy being cut off and it is not possible to create a laptop computer that can run for longer time periods on a single battery charge yet.

One common problem with laptop computers is that these gadgets get too hot easily, often in a really short period of time. Some gaming models may be designed with additional components to eliminate this problem and a few models have a good name for running hotter than others. The screen size and resolution might be an issue if the game being performed requires excellent resolution and advanced image and visual technology.

Some games have very simple needs and do not eat up numerous resources, and these can function well on almost any laptop computer model. New computer games that have prolonged requirement lists may not play very well, even on the very best laptop model accessible to gamers.

Gaming laptops may be different for each person.

Source: http://www.papublishing.com/news/2012/07/essential-factors-with-excellent-gaming-laptop-computers/

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

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Lawsuit Could be a Catalyst for Small-Cap Name Document Security

The buying and selling of patents is big business on Wall Street, along with suing companies over alleged patent violations. In 2011, InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC) shares soared on speculation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may get into a bidding war for the company in order to secure its valuable patents.

Google instead bought Motorola Mobility for $40 per share, or $12.5 billion - a whopping 63 percent premium versus Motorola Mobility's prior day's closing stock price. The deal was done largely to acquire Motorola's patent portfolio. At the time, Google said that "Motorola's patent portfolio will help protect the Android ecosystem."

While blockbuster acquisitions driven by competition for patents aren't an everyday occurrence, intellectual property lawsuits are. In fact, suing infringing companies has become a viable business model. Consider a company called Vringo (NYSE: VRNG). The stock is up almost 300 percent in 2012, largely driven by an article written by investor and entrepreneur James Altucher outlining a patent lawsuit brought by Vringo against Google.

VirnetX (NYSE: VHC) is another company in which the business model is to use its portfolio of patents to generate revenues, largely through lawsuits brought against some of the largest tech companies in the world. That stock has jumped 62 percent in 2012 and is up almost 800 percent over the last 5 years.

Other companies have business models that are falling apart, but nevertheless could be acquisition targets because of a vast patent portfolio. An obvious example of this situation would be spiraling Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM).

So, what does all of this have to do with small-cap stock Document Security Systems (NYSE: DSS)? Well, The company has a lawsuit pending against Internet sensation Coupons.com, which could provide a very meaningful catalyst for the stock price. Specifically, in October 2011, Document Security Systems filed a lawsuit against Coupons.com alleging that it had misappropriated trade secrets and breached confidentiality agreements with the company.

The first hearing in the suit has been moved up to August 16, 2012 in U.S. Federal Court. It had originally been scheduled for October 9, 2012.

A company press release states that "the suit involves DSS's proprietary digital copy protection technology." Furthermore, "DSS contends that this technology has been utilized by Coupons.com on billions of internet generated coupons since 2006."

Patrick White, CEO of Document Security Systems, said "It is our contention that Coupons.com has utilized a copy protection technology which DSS provided to them for review under a strict non-disclosure agreement. Our research indicates that Coupons.com has printed this particular technology on billions of internet generated coupons since 2006."

While there is not a dollar amount in damages currently attached to the lawsuit, the company told Benzinga that it estimates Coupons.com could owe as much as $40 to $45 million per year on a retroactive basis going back to 2006. If Document Security Systems were to collect even half of what it thinks it is owed, it would receive a payday of well over $100 million. At the high end, it could be $250 million. This dwarfs the company's current market-cap of around $81 million.

In January 2012, Document Security Systems hired ipCapital Group, a leading intellectual property strategy consulting firm, "to define an expert strategy for the expansion and protection of DSS's IP portfolio."

At that time, John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman of ipCapital Group said that "our initial engagement with DSS will start with an analysis of their unique IP landscape. We will then use this intelligence to help define an IP protection strategy and expansion program that will allow DSS to drive success for its key business partners and significant revenues for the company.?

On May 15, 2012 Document Security Systems released the results of ipCapital Group's assessment of the company's intellectual property. According to the, press release, the consulting firm valued the company's licensing market potential at approximately $245 million, after completing a "high-level assessment of DSS' technology and intellectual property portfolio."

This valuation considered only the licensing opportunity associated with Document Security Systems' technology and patents and is separate from the lawsuit against Coupons.com. The consulting firm noted that there are a number of other value drivers that the assessment did not cover, including intellectual property lawsuits.

Specifically, under the "Define market boundaries" section, ipCapital Group notes that, "a strong IP position can allow a company to effectively assert its property rights against other market players. IpCapital Group's current assessment does not include any analysis of the pending Coupons.com litigation or any infringement, misappropriation, damages, or any other legal analysis."

In any event, if ipCapital Group's assessment of the licensing value of Document Security Systems' patents and technology is even 50 percent correct, that still adds up to more than $122 million, irrespective of the outcome of the Coupons.com lawsuit. Now, back to the lawsuit.

This month, the Silicon Valley Business Journal noted that Coupons.com "has grown to be the world's dominant digital printable coupon company, hoarding 90 percent of the market share in an industry projected to grow from $6 billion last year to $46 billion by 2015 worldwide, according to analyst firm Juniper Research Ltd."

Furthermore, the company has $230 million in funding from a host of investors. According to a company press release, Coupons.com issued "more than $1.2 billion in digital coupon savings in 2010."

Coupons.com has created so much buzz that Goldman Sachs included it in a list of companies that it thinks will soon hit the public markets with a splashy IPO. Although this is pure speculation, an upcoming IPO could motivate the company to settle the lawsuit brought by Document Security Systems.

For its part, Document Security Systems certainly could use a positive outcome to this lawsuit. In fact, much of the company's value appears to be related to its intellectual property. The company is a solid money loser, although the losses have been getting smaller in recent years.

For example, in 2008, Document Security Systems lost $8.29 million compared to a loss of just $3.22 million in 2011. Revenues have also been headed higher, but are hardly impressive. In 2008, DSS reported revenue of $6.64 million. By 2011, that figure had climbed to $13.38 million.

While the company's operations appear to be headed in the right direction, they don't support its current valuation. If, however, Document Security Systems can realize even a fraction of the potential value implied in the lawsuit against Coupons.com and the licensing of its technology and intellectual property, then this stock could soar.

Already, DSS shares have surged more than 52 percent in 2012 and traded as high as $5.00 in February. With the stock closing just below $4.00 on Friday, shares could be set to break out once again.

The near-term chart pattern is also interesting, as shares of the company have been trading in a tight consolidation range since mid-June. A break-out from this base could send the stock back to the $5.00 level, or higher, as more investors become aware of the multiple potential catalysts outlined in this article.

Tags: Coupons.com, Silicon Valley Business Journal

Posted in: Long Ideas, News, Short Ideas, Small Cap Analysis, Technicals, Legal, Management, IPOs, Markets, Media, Trading Ideas, Best of Benzinga

Source: http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/12/07/2743404/lawsuit-could-be-a-catalyst-for-small-cap-name-document-secur

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Tim Burton's Batman 'Cheery' Compared To 'Dark Knight'

'I got a lot of flak at the time for it being dark; now it's like a wild romp,' Burton laughs to MTV News at Comic-Con.
By Ryan J. Downey, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Tom Hardy as Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1689577/dark-knight-rises-tim-burton-comparison.jhtml

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Friday, July 13, 2012

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AP Source: Drew Brees agrees to $100 million deal

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Saints' 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami. Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, on Friday, July 13, 2012, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees drops back to pass during the second half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Detroit Lions in New Orleans. Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, on Friday, July 13, 2012, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees rolls out to pass against the San Francisco 49ers during the second quarter of an NFL divisional playoff football game in San Francisco. Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, on Friday, July 13, 2012, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2011, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass and breaking the NFL single-season record for passing yardage, held by Dan Marino, in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in New Orleans. Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, on Friday, July 13, 2012, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rusty Costanza, File)

FILE - In thie Feb. 7, 2010 file photo New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami. The Saints won 31-17. After years of scorn from their fans, the Saints finally became Super Bowl champions. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Drew Brees and the Saints reached a deal on par with the quarterback's record-setting play, giving New Orleans' fans some news they can celebrate after an offseason rife with turmoil.

The team announced Friday that it had agreed to a five-year contract with Brees. A person familiar with the deal said it's for $100 million, with $60 million guaranteed.

The deal will also pay the quarterback $40 million the first year, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because financial details had not been publicly announced.

Brees posted a note on his Twitter page reading, "Deal is Done! Love you, Who Dat Nation. See you soon!"

He had been tagged as the Saints' exclusive franchise player and could not negotiate with other teams.

Had a deal not been reached, the tender for a quarterback was worth $16.3 million. Brees would have had to play for that amount or hold out for a better one-year deal, which would have left his long-term future in New Orleans uncertain.

Brees skipped the Saints' offseason practices while holding out for his new long-term contract, which now gives him the highest average annual pay ($20 million) in NFL history. Buffalo defensive end Mario Williams also has a $100 million contract, but for six years.

Now Brees is set to report for the opening of Saints training camp on July 24, a needed dose of good news for a club whose offseason has been plagued by the bounty scandal that resulted in the season-long suspensions of head coach Sean Payton and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, among other sanctions.

"Congratulations are in order for our organization, our city, Drew and (his wife) Brittany and certainly for (general manager) Mickey Loomis and his staff," Saints owner Tom Benson said in a written statement. "Now we must turn our focus to getting ready for the start of training camp and to keeping with our goal of being the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl on its own field." New Orleans is hosting the Super Bowl this February.

Brees' teammates quickly took to the social media website Twitter to congratulate him.

Safety Malcolm Jenkins wrote "Congrats bro ... You've changed the game on and off the field!!! No one deserves it more than you ... See u on the 24th."

Tight end Jimmy Graham tweeted: "Congrats (at)drewbrees ... very happy for you, your family and all the Whodat Nation .... let's go get the trophy."

Even LSU coach Les Miles chimed in, tweeting: "It's a great day for New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Congrats to both Drew Brees and the Saints on reaching a deal. Who Dat!"

The contract, which includes a $37 million signing bonus, also gives the Saints more flexibility under the NFL's salary cap. Because bonuses count against the cap on a pro-rated basis over the life of the contract ? $7.4 million per year in Brees' case ? the quarterback will cost the club only $10.4 million against the cap in 2012. That gives Loomis nearly $6 million more in wiggle room to manage the entire roster than if Brees had played for the franchise tag.

His cap number will rise well above $20 million by the final years of his deal, but Loomis will at least have more time to plan for that, and the current salary cap of about $120 million is expected to have risen by then.

New Orleans had designated Brees, 33, its franchise player in March after the club was unable to reach a new long-term extension with Brees before his previous six-year, $60 million contract expired.

Brees, however, was steadfast in not wanting to play for a one-year deal.

During the past six seasons, Brees has not only led the Saints to their only Super Bowl title, but has completed more passes (2,488) for more yards (28,394) and more touchdowns (201) than any other quarterback in the NFL. His 67.8 percent completion rate spanning the past six seasons also tops the league.

In 2011, Brees set NFL single-season records with 468 completions, 5,476 yards passing and a completion percentage of 71.2. His prolific passing numbers helped the Saints set an NFL high for total offensive yards in a season with 7,474. Brees' yards passing record shattered a mark of 5,084 set by Dan Marino back in 1984.

He led the Saints to a 13-3 regular-season record and second NFC South title in three seasons. New Orleans defeated Detroit in the first round of the playoffs before falling in the final seconds of its second-round game at San Francisco.

Arriving in New Orleans the season after Hurricane Katrina struck, Brees has become arguably the most popular sports figure in the city's history. In addition to leading the club to its lone Super Bowl title for the 2009 season, Brees has become a civic pillar of the community. He and his wife have worked through their Brees Dream foundation to sponsor about $8 million in projects primarily aimed at improving the lives of children in the area through the refurbishing of schools or renovation of athletic fields and facilities. His foundation also has supported the arts, along with hospital facilities for cancer patients.

In the Big Easy, he enjoys the status of royalty, even being invited to serve as the honorary "king" of some of the city's biggest Mardi Gras parades.

This offseason marked the first time Brees had the opportunity to negotiate a major, long-term deal with the leverage provided by a string of injury-free seasons highlighted by a slew of individual and team statistical records, in addition to a championship.

He commanded only second-round money when he was drafted by San Diego, and the Chargers placed the one-year franchise tag on him when that deal ran out in 2005. The right-handed Brees then had an injury the following season that required major surgery to his throwing shoulder, and which left him with few major offers during the 2006 offseason.

He wound up signing the six-year deal in New Orleans that left him playing for well below what the top quarterbacks in the league earned during the past few seasons.

Brees' new deal tops the previous benchmark contract for elite QBs set by the five-year, $96 million deal Denver gave earlier this offseason to Peyton Manning, who is 3 years older than Brees and sat out last season while recovering from neck surgery.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/347875155d53465d95cec892aeb06419/Article_2012-07-13-FBN-Saints-Brees-Contract/id-3716076e250846138f30770958bbe04d

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

APNewsBreak: Tube wear detailed at CA nuke plant

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Federal regulators have released the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant.

Records posted Thursday show the extent of wear in 3,400 tubes that carry radioactive water in the plant's troubled steam generators. The tube wear caused by vibration and friction was found in 15,000 places at varying degrees of erosion.

The report has implications for the fate of the plant shut down since January.

Southern California Edison earlier disclosed about 1,300 tubes were taken out of service, either because of heavy wear or as a precaution. Tubes have to be retired if more than a third of the alloy tube wall wears away.

The records show that in the Unit 3 reactor tube damage exceeded 50 percent in 280 places.

Associated Press

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