Toby Smith Stock Review

[usasingh1]

WFR heard is tobin buy

[MLD38]

LSGP Establishes Presence in Europe

12/03/07: News release on Pegasus' website, "Lighting Science Group Establishes Presence in Europe"
http://www.pegasusinvestors.com/news-detail.asp?item=50
....As part of this effort, Peter Earle and John Lyons, co-founders of Vivid Effect, will join Lighting Science as part of the Company's European operations....

Mentioned in news release, Vivid Effect:
...Vivid Effect Ltd are the European division of LED Effects, Inc. of Rancho Cordova, CA, USA...
http://www.vivideffect.com/vivideffect/index.htm
See 2006's Philips Simplicity event and Vivid Effects news item.

LED Effects, Inc.
http://www.ledeffects.com/index.htm

Lighting Science Group Corporation (ie LED Holdings)
http://www.ledholdings.com/

Companies Associated with LED Effects
http://ledeffects.jkserv.com/links.htm

[Sputnik]

Another opinion regarding VOYT!

http://microcapspeculator.net/2007/07/09/not-interested-in-voyant-intl-voytob/

[Sputnik]

From another message board regarding RocketStream!!!! Very, very interesting!

Recs: 0 Re: Bucket stock
GT47,

on 5/16/07 you wrote:
"Re: Bucket stockMost certainly not a P&D. I have a business associate whose west coast company runs huge files to their Asian offices. They have been working with the rocket stream product in the testing phase. One must understand that large businesses often have totally custom operating systems. Lots of firewalls, etc. Their IT guys are some of the best in the bay area. So far they have said nothing negative about Voyt staff or the support they have received from Voyt. Totally professional. This is not a high priority project at their company but will provide real world experience to back up Voyt claims. Be patient and keep some powder dry."

Do you still have a contact with that business associate? How is that project going?

In response to msg 523 by ladyblrm

Recs: 0 Re: Bucket stock
Terrible. They couldn't get it to work. Their IT people were too busy to keep fooling with it so they gave up. But the CEO bought stock.

[MLD38]

T.S. mentions BQI in MoneyShow video

I do NOT see it when I do a symbol search on C/W's website.

OILSANDS QUEST INC (AMEX:BQI)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BQI+

BQI : BarCharts (mostly indicates sell signals)
http://quote.barchart.com/texadv.asp?sym=BQI
BQI: AmericanBulls (candle stick indicates wait signal)
http://www.americanbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=BQI&MarketTicker=AMEX&TYP=S

...BQI's recent volatility has been greater than normal. This is evidenced by the increased distance between the upper and lower Bollinger Bands. These bands measure volatility using standard deviation and a large width is due to high volatility. Additionally, BQI is trading near its lower Bollinger Band. This suggests that the stock price is low relative to its recent price action....

Riding Three Big Waves of Change
Tobin Smith recommends ways to play three big trends: water, tar sands and storage.
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/investors/playerCust.asp?v=653&sCode=008847

Or view it on MSN (see video screen on the right)
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=money&fg=&vid=4bcbbbd3-ca4f-47aa-b291-a758936684e3&from=15/64StratLab&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:1:tag:hotvideo_money%20top%20ten:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A

[MLD38]

Virtualization: data transfer speeds, etc

Virtualization, bandwidth intensive applications, and an upgrade cycle are essential for corporate spending in an effort to reduce IT budgets and push for higher productivity levels.


The Virtues of Virtualization
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071130_755713.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
...S&P says spending on virtualization software and services is likely to skyrocket, with VMWare, Citrix, and Dell's EqualLogic leading the race...
...Virtualization typically refers to a single computer safely running multiple operating systems and applications simultaneously. Virtualization can reduce the number of servers and related information-technology hardware in the data center, resulting in cost savings in real estate and electricity....
..."Virtualization is an evolutionary step in the information life-cycle management process, enhancing the management of complex disparate applications and the vast amounts of unstructured data being created by consumers and at the enterprise level"...



Virtual environment & capability to accelerate data with zero tolerance for WAN congestion:

acceleration and latency mitigation

http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=6530

...“One of the forthcoming mandates that businesses will adopt will be a virtual environment based on Terminal Services over RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) migrating eventually to a Virtual Desktop Integration platform,....

...for Terminal Services to be properly deployed as a best practice, it needs to have the capability to accelerate data and have zero tolerance for WAN congestion....




Dec 2006: Virtualization Mistakes and Customer Demands for Higher Bandwidth
http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2006/12/virtualization_19.html
...To make the most out of your virtualization environment, the key is to set it up properly from the very beginning. In order to do that, you should avoid some of the common blunders found in virtualization implementation. Once you get your virtualization environment up and running, you might find that you are bandwidth limited. Many satisfied virtualization customers are finding that out as we speak. And QLogic and Emulex are trying to help...


Nov 19, 2007: transport of large volumes of data
http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/1893496.html
..."two demonstrations at the SC07 Conference in Reno, Nev. to show leading-edge capabilities designed for the high-bandwidth needs of the research community worldwide. The demonstrations involve the transport of large volumes of data at rates significantly in excess of 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) by infrastructure built to support the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), over a 40 Gbps network and the use of Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) User to Network Interface (UNI) signaling between routers and optical systems to provision bandwidth on demand"....
...Over the course of the two-day SC07 exhibition session, each participating organization
-- Caltech, ESnet, Fermilab, Infinera, Internet2, Juniper Networks, and Level 3 Communications --
leveraged its unique networking, computation, and storage capabilities to support the demonstration....
Infinera's Digital Optical Networking systems
...use bandwidth virtualization to enable 40 Gbps services to travel over existing optical infrastructures,...



Cisco boosts bandwidth with 'virtualized' switches
http://www.news.com/Cisco-boosts-bandwidth-with-virtualized-switches/2100-1033_3-6217994.html
includes
...paired with a software engine that enables the "virtualization" of the switching hardware, by combining multiple switches to act as one node on the network...
...combining the switches multiplies the bandwidth on the network--which can reach 1.44Tbps (terabits per second)--because those that are virtualized are seen as a single node with one IP address. The management of multiple switches is also simplified...


Nov 19, 2007, Opinion: What you don't virtualize can hurt you
...Congested networks can quickly mitigate whatever initial benefits virtualization delivers...
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Storage&articleId=9049940&taxonomyId=19
...In the frenzy to virtualize servers, companies are forgetting to virtualize an important and yet critical component of their infrastructures: the network addresses and I/O of the Ethernet and Fibre Channel cards on the physical servers that host virtual machines (VMs)....
Virtualized Ethernet and Fibre Channel cards or their I/O is easy to overlook.
...Administrators may correctly assume that there is ample bandwidth on the server's Ethernet and Fibre Channel cards to support the normal workload of the multiple VMs it hosts. The problem is that VM workloads can become abnormal. Spikes in read or write I/O on one VM may immediately adversely affect the I/O performance of other VMs hosted by that physical server. Equally problematic are backups, especially full server backups. Backing up a single VM can quickly congest network pipes and degrade the performance of other VMs on that server....
There are two new ways that companies can use to address this issue:
One is to use intelligent Ethernet network interface cards (NIC) and Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBA) that create virtual NICs and virtual HBAs.
...These cards assign specific virtual NICs and virtual HBAs to each VM, which then logs into Ethernet or Fibre Channel networks using these unique IDs. Administrators may then set policies that limit that VM's bandwidth consumption based on these VM identifiers.
The other option is to eliminate these cards entirely by using InfiniBand.
...InfiniBand virtualizes Ethernet and Fibre Channel I/O, creates virtual NICs and HBAs like intelligent Ethernet and Fibre Channel cards, and delivers more than twice the effective bandwidth of either Ethernet or Fibre Channel cards....
Server virtualization makes sense from a lot of different perspectives,
...but congested networks can quickly mitigate whatever initial benefits virtualization delivers. By using intelligent Ethernet or Fibre Channel cards or virtualizing their I/O with InfiniBand, companies can reap the full benefits of virtualization without some of its unexpected surprises....

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In 2006, there seemed to be several service forums regarding Virtualization and slow data/file transfer speeds.
I do not know if that is still a problem or not.

There was a patent issued 2002-2003 for Wire-speed data transfer in a storage virtualization controller
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20030149848.html
....A storage virtualization controller for transferring data between a host and a storage device at a wire-speed data transfer rate. A downstream processing element adapted for connection to the storage device is configurable coupled to an upstream processing element adapted for connection to the host. A central processing element coupled to the upstream processing element grants permission to the upstream processing element to transfer the data at the wire-speed rate without further involvement by the central processing element...

[MLD38]

(OT) Investment Philosophy

Read this on a message board's poster's profile page and thought it was clever. Hope you enjoy it.

Investment Philosophy:
..."I like to get into a stock at the ground floor.... and then ride it all the way to the basement."...

[Sputnik]

Google to bid for Wireless Spectrum! Here's the horse that I am betting on for aviation broadband. Why? $13 Billion in cash!!

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071201/google_spectrum.html?.v=2

[MLD38]

VOYT's Waldman on WAAV & RS:

Nov 26, 2007 : VOYT shareholder letter
http://voyant.net/company/letter/default.aspx
Dana R. Waldman, VOYT's CEO, wrote:
..."We recently announced a partnership with WAAV, Inc.
I want to highlight the significance of this type of initiative.
WAAV has developed a portable appliance similar to a Wi-Fi hot spot.
It aggregates wireless traffic like a Wi-Fi access node in your home or in your local Starbucks.
Most of those devices send output over a cable modem or DSL connection.
WAAV outputs over cell-phone lines.
With RocketStream, they were able to double their throughput!
Imagine if this concept were transferable to other such devices and situations.
It is very early in our relationship with the WAAV team,
and I want to be clear that we are not sure what we will end up achieving here.
It is, however, an example of the diverse array of powerful applications that RocketStream can address."...

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WAAV and RocketStream Demonstrate Ability to Double Cellular Upload Speeds
...Airbox X2 and the RocketStream software will be demonstrated at WAAV's booth #931 at the Government Video & Technology Expo 2007 in Washington, DC, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007....
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071115/0329115.html

WAAV and RocketStream Demonstrate Ability to Double Cellular Upload Speeds
Thursday November 15, 8:00 am ET


Upload Speeds Average 1.2 Mbps Over Two EV-DO Rev A Connections


CAMBRIDGE, MA and SANTA BARBARA, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 15, 2007 -- WAAV, Inc. and RocketStream, Inc. (OTC BB:VOYT.OB - News) today announced they have achieved average file upload speeds of 1.2 Mbps over two EV-DO Rev A network connections. A 31 MB file accelerated by the RocketStream(TM) data transfer acceleration software suite through WAAV's Airbox X2(TM) multiple-connection cellular router was uploaded in only 3 minutes and 19 seconds.

The ability to upload such huge files in short periods of time opens enormous opportunities for large file transfers from remote locations and moving vehicles. Users have been limited to the average upload speeds of 400-600 kbps over today's EV-DO Rev A networks. The AirBox X2, WAAV's multiple-connection cellular router, is now able to double that upload speed when used in conjunction with RocketStream's proprietary PDP file transfer acceleration technology. Media companies and large enterprises with remote file upload needs, have expressed significant interest in such a solution.
The AirBox X2 establishes two EV-DO Rev A cellular Internet connections and balances outgoing traffic over both interfaces. The RocketStream Protocol is able to simultaneously utilize both of these cellular connections to double the upload speed. The combination of the Airbox X2 and the RocketStream software will be demonstrated at WAAV's booth #931 at the Government Video & Technology Expo 2007 in Washington, DC, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007.

Availability:

The AirBox X2 is available now directly from WAAV and authorized WAAV distributors nationwide. The RocketStream file transfer acceleration suite is available directly from RocketStream and from a network of value-added resellers in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Testing Information:

Testing was performed on the Sprint EV-DO Rev A network in Cambridge, Mass. Similar results would be expected in other Sprint EV-DO Rev A coverage areas.

About WAAV:

Based in Cambridge, Mass., WAAV is a leader in innovative products for mobile Internet connectivity. Formerly Omniwav Mobile, the company introduced the first Wi-Fi hotspot for a vehicle in January 2005. This year at CES, WAAV released the world's first multiple-connection cellular router, the AirBox X2. More information can be found at www.waav.com.

About RocketStream:

RocketStream develops cross-platform technologies and solutions to enhance collaboration, file transfer, and media delivery over any IP-enabled network, including LAN, WAN, satellite, and mobile communication infrastructures. The company has developed scalable, software-based servers and cross-platform client implementations that support high-concurrency message routing and secure delivery of digital payloads over its proprietary RocketStream Protocol. RocketStream is a subsidiary of Voyant International Corp. (OTC BB:VOYT.OB - News). More information can be found at www.rocketstream.com and www.voyant.net.

[MLD38]

TO singh: re WAAV


singh, you wrote: ..."it' says no symbol WAAV"...

WAAV is a private company. ie not publically traded, so it has no symbol. You might want to do some research online for information like, but not limited to, last year's CES, WAAV's website:

2007: WAAV was at the CES
...The videos from CES are all posted...

Jan 2007: (again this is from last Jan)
..."John Faulknier talks about WAAV, which makes cellular routers that connect to a cellular network and create a WiFi hotspot. John also talks about their new product that takes two cellular connections and turns them into one WiFi connection"....
Video is found here:
http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2007/01/ces_john_faulknier_w.html

On a WAAV webpage, they write:
http://www.waav.com/About_Us.html
..."WAAV®, formerly Omniwav Mobile, debuted the first broadband router for use in a fast moving vehicle in 2004. The AirBox® cellular router enables broadband Internet connectivity in remote or mobile environments, and turns any vehicle into its own Wi-Fi hotspot.

WAAV has continued to innovate with enhanced software, remote management, and GPS fleet tracking.

In 2007, WAAV debuted the AirBox X2, the world’s first multiple connection cellular router. The X2 is designed for wide bandwidth applications like real-time video streaming or use in buses and mass transportation to accommodate many users at once. It also provides redundancy and the combined coverage area of multiple cellular carriers.

WAAV's Breakthroughs

2004 – WAAV (formerly Omniwav Mobile) debuts the first broadband router for use in a fast moving vehicle, the MBR-1100. This EV-DO cellular router turns any vehicle into its own Wi-Fi hotspot.

2005 - WAAV releases the second generation cellular router, the WavBoard. With all of the great features of the MBR-1100, the smaller WavBoard includes an optional GPS receiver for fleet management.

2006 - WAAV introduces their third generation cellular router, the AirBox CM3. The AirBox CM3 packs all of the features of the WavBoard into a smaller form factor at a significantly lower price.

The AirBox CM3 can connect to HSDPA, UMTS and EV-DO Rev. A networks in addition to EV-DO Rev. 0. AirBox CM3’s are currently being used on many different cellular carriers around the globe.

2007 – WAAV introduces the AirBox X2, the first cellular router with two simultaneous connections. Two connections can be used on the same provider or separate providers for increased bandwidth, coverage area, and reliability. "...

[MLD38]

WAAV may be exhibitor at 2008 CES:

WAAV may be an exhibitor: Booth @ Sands, 72843
http://myces.bdmetrics.com/CDT-4319506/WAAV/Details.aspx
2008 International CES, Booth: Sands 72843

Booth 72843 is WAAV: next to concession stand & Symantec's booth is near WAAV.
http://www.cesweb.org/expocadvr2/shows/ces08/start.html
Floor plan (can search by name, booth number, etc) --- and can zoom in or out.



Companies: 2008 International CESExhibitor Directory.
(Doing a quick search, I did not see either Voyant or RocketStream, but could have missed them.)
https://myces.bdmetrics.com/Portal/GeneralSearch.aspx
You can also Select Product Categories & click to expand.
At the bottom you can sort using drop-down menu by country and state.

CES website:
http://www.cesweb.org/

...Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers will deliver a keynote address at the Leaders in Technology Dinner, to be held at the 2008 International CES. Produced by CEA, the 2008 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, will return to Las Vegas, January 7-10, 2008....
http://www.cesweb.org/press/news/default.asp


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Previously: WAAV & VOYT's partner RocketStream

Government Video & Technology Expo 2007: WAAV's booth was #931

...Airbox X2 and the RocketStream software will be demonstrated at WAAV's booth #931 at the Government Video & Technology Expo 2007 in Washington, DC, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007....

WAAV and RocketStream Demonstrate Ability to Double Cellular Upload Speeds
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071115/0329115.html

WAAV's booth #931 was second box of booth's on the left of the Collaborative Conference Pavilion and close to SeaChange booths. SeaChange's booth was#1033 & next to the Collaborative Conference Pavilion (two rows down from the GV Film Festival).

Government Video & Technology Expo 2007
Keynote speakers are John McCoskey (CTO of PBS) and Col. Ricky R. Sims (Soldiers Media Center Commander).
http://www.gvexpo.com/
Expo:
... latest information in video, audio, multimedia, conferencing technologies and broadcast, whether you work for federal, state and local governments or law enforcement and education or religious and the non-profit sectors, GVExpo is where you'll find all your equipment and educational needs....
...explore an exhibit hall with over 300 vendors, participate in free educational sessions with today's industry leaders, plus take part in one-of-a-kind individual conference programs with the purpose of bringing government buyers and vendors together....

The GV Film Festival is Back!
...GVExpo will once again host the only event that brings together Independent Film Festivals from around the country to showcase new tricks and techniques used by filmmakers today....
Presentation and Keynote Theatre:
...Our Free Show Floor Education arena where Industry Gurus and Leaders present their insights and knowledge on today's most important issues...
Focused Pavilions to suit your needs!
...GVExpo brings you all the information you need to thrive with our targeted Show Floor Pavilions. Find everything you need on Collaborative Conferencing, Digital Signage, Digital Asset Management and Streaming Media on our Free Show Floor....


Booth 931 in the Exhibitor list was WAAV and on floor plan it is listed as WAAV. Here is the description of WAAV:
http://gvexpo.com/exhibitorDetails.php?details=466

[MLD38]

TO singh: re ZHNE, Newhall & NEA

singh, you wrote: ..."where else do you post? take a look insid einfo. no one knows 38% owned by this guy http://fatpitch.ecoin.net/news/2007-11-13/NEWHALL_CHARLES_W_III_ZHONE_TECHNOLOGIES_INC_ZHNE_000118143107068673.php "...

I post on several website message boards.
Thanks for the insider info link.
It appears the information is also available using Yahoo and other websites.

For example, Yahoo's
NEWHALL CHARLES W III: Declared Holdings
http://biz.yahoo.com/t/43/4243.html
ie New Enterprise Associates

Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), headquarters in Oakland, CA
http://www.zhone.com/about/
....a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leader in enabling VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fiber access lines,...

ZHNE - Zhone Technologies
http://riggedmarket.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/update-on-stocks-2/
...has been my worst performers due to a lower than expected Q 3 revenue report. Yet insiders Kramlich C Richard, Barris Peter J, Newhall Charles W III, and Perry Mark W all affiliated with New Enterprise Associates have purchased over $6,500,000 worth of ZHNE stock since August 2007. I am still very much behind ZHNE and have taken this opportunity to purchase more stock....

June 19, 2007 RiggedMarket Stock Pick - ZHNE
http://riggedmarket.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/june-18-2007-stock-pick-4/
includes:
..."Zhone Technologies has had a lot of recent insider purchasing, in fact directors and 10% owners have made 39 purchases of Zhone technologies in the open market, and even more surprising there has been absolutely no insider selling this year. These purchases add up to over $7,500,000 and were made by Kramlich C Richard a director of the company, Perry Mark W a 10% owner, Barris Peter J a 10% owner, and Newhall Charles W III. a 10% owner.

What was interesting about these purchasers is they are all closely related: Kramlich C Richard is a General Partner of New Enterprise Associates, Peter Barris is a Managing General Partner of New Enterprise Associates, Chuck Newhall is a General Partner/Co-Founder of New Enterprise Associates, and Mark Perry is a General Partner of New Enterprise Associates.

Since all of the purchasers are from New Enterprise Associates here is a little information about the firm. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is one of the world’s leading venture capital firms focused on information technology and healthcare investments. NEA was founded in 1978 by Chuck Newhall, Frank Bonsal and Dick Kramlich and has over $8.5 billion under management, making it one of the oldest and largest venture firms in the world. NEA has been a consistently top performer, and its latest funds (NEA 10 and NEA 11) are top decile performers. NEA has backed transformational companies such as Apple, TiVo, and Juniper. NEA’s management team has invested in over 500 companies, of which approximately 200 have gone public and 195 have been acquired NEA has offices in Reston, Virginia, Menlo Park, California and Baltimore, Maryland.

To find out more about NEA check out their website http://www.nea.com/Home/ "...

New Enterprise Associates : portfolio companies
http://www.nea.com/PortfolioCompanies/

ZHNE: sorted by communication and current using drop down menu along top of table
http://www.nea.com/PortfolioCompanies/Results/index.cfm?SF=1358&CF=&IDIS=S1&SA=1

[MLD38]

(OT) NFL Network Live:
http://www.nfl.com/live

Can't watch the Packers and Cowboys square off on NFL Network Thursday Night Football?
http://www.nfl.com/live?icampaign=live_ed0001
...Turn to NFL.com/LIVE on the web or NFL Mobile on your Sprint phone for exclusive in-game action, highlights, studio analysis, and more all bundled with the best programming NFL Network has to offer....

NFL.com/LIVE on the web
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d804905d8

[MLD38]

VOYT: U, N, & D volume trades
http://www.profitspi.com/stock-quote/voyt.aspx

Volume = 760,065

Last Volume = 1,900

Up Volume

= 68,035
Neutral Volume

= 407,727
Down Volume

= 284,303

Average Trade Size = 10,000

* NOTEs:

Up Volume -
is the total volume for all trades during the day where the trade was done at a higher price than the previous trade.

Neutral Volume -
is the total volume for all trades during the day where the trade was done at the same price as the previous trade

Down Volume -
is the total volume for all trades during the day where the trade was done at a lower price than the previous trade

[MLD38]

emerging Watch Now instant-viewing :

NOTE: This is not a recommendation to buy shares of Netflix, but a look at the potentials of a business model that includes Watch Now instant-viewing. MLD38

In the section, "A fix of Netflix" in TMF's "5 More Unloved Growth Stocks" By Tim Beyers November 29, 2007
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2007/11/29/5-more-unloved-growth-stocks.aspx

Near the bottom, it says ..." Bear in mind that this isn't a list of recommendations. Instead, I offer these stocks as candidates for further research."...


Included in section, "A fix of Netflix"
..."the other TV stock on our list, Netflix, better for two reasons:

Capital requirements.
Cash flow.

What I mean is that Netflix, because of its lower capital requirements, produces a ton of free cash flow that is being used to fund growth and protect its franchise."...

and includes:

..."thanks to its emerging Watch Now instant-viewing service, I see a far richer future for Netflix than others might. Here's why:

IPTV, which is tech-speak for delivering the Internet to your TV, is real and being delivered by AT&T.

Chip makers such as Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) are making it easier to create set-top boxes that deliver IPTV signals.

Roughly half of American households have broadband access today, and the number is growing.

See the pattern here?

The pace of innovation ensures that you'll someday be broadcasting Web content via your TV.

What you'll broadcast remains the question.

I have a radical idea.

How about TV shows?
How about any TV show, any time of day or night?

That's what Netflix is in position to provide.

Right now, for example, you can instantly watch all 23 episodes of the first season of Heroes.

If only Netflix could deliver new movie releases this way, eh?

Yeah, but don't worry too much about that. DVDs won't go away soon, and the company's rent-by-mail business should provide years of free cash flow."...

And includes this on improving the Watch Now service:

..."Expect CEO Reed Hastings to put that to work on improving the Watch Now service, to the point that you'd pay a small fee to stream your favorite shows in the format that best suits your TV, budget, and tastes -- with or without ads, high-definition or regular, unlimited-menu or pay-as-you-go.

Doesn't that sound like a business model worth owning?"...

[MLD38]

TO singh & others: NOTE from MLD38

Just to repeat something I have written before:

My mission, now as in the past, has been to try to provide research type posts to help individual investors and traders.

Since 1999, my posts have tended to be informational in nature with links, when available. I believed then, as I do now, that the Internet is a great place for individuals to use for researching and sharing information to level the Investment Field against the deep-pocketed monied crowd.

Long ago and faraway when I first started financial research, the material was usually out-dated and found on the dusty bottom shelves of libraries by candle light. OK, maybe candle light is a stretch.

The Internet is much better and faster.

However, please do not rely on Internet message boards or Internet articles for advice or clarification. If you invest or trade on information from the Internet, and the material is incorrect or a hoax or etc, you have no recourse, except to eat your loss.

If you have questions, you should consult with your financial advisor, tax advisor, brokerage firm, etc. Discuss your strategy with your broker. If you get incorrect advice, then you will have a way of receiving a refund.

However, I do think the Internet has finally opened up enough to allow a large flow of great ideas from various individuals and the tide may have turned in our favor, so we do not have to rely on biased and spoon-fed items from the media and their talking heads.

Good Luck to all who post and lurk on this board. MLD38

[MLD38]

TO singh: re hiding

singh, you wrote: ..."MLD38 went to hiding?"...

I have been posting as MLD38 since 1999 and have never gone into hiding

The individuals who asked me to research T.S. and C/W items have moved on to other interests. Therefore, I do not do detailed research using the C/W disclosures, C/W promos, C/W free content, Fox Bulls & Bears, MSN Challenge, CAPS, etc as much. I just take a peek now and then for my own interest.

If I see something on one of the many message boards I scan for ideas, I might bring the C/W items back to this board, but not as often.

To you and the others who post or lurk on this board, I hope you had a great holiday and enjoy profitable portfolios. MLD38

[MLD38]

(OT) Dec Mkt Results re 2007 Stk Traders' Almanac

From page 106:

#2 S&P and Dow month average gain 1.7% since 1950 (see page 44)

#3 NASDAQ 2.0% since 1971

2002 worst Dec since 1931Dow & S&P: Dow & S&P down over 6% and NASDAQ down 9.7%
(see pages 152, 155 & 157)

"Free Lunch" served on Wall Street at month end (see page 110)

Small caps start to outperform larger caps near middle of month (see pages 104 & 108)

"Santa Claus Rally" visible in graph on page 106 and on page 112

In 1998, was part of best fourth quarter since 1928 (see page 167)

Only two down Decembers last 14 Pre-Election Years (see page 130*)

*Presidential election/Stock mkt cycle : The 173-year saga continues

Page 130 includes a table and these comments:

..."It is no mere coincidence that the last two years (pre-election year and election year) of the 44 administrations since 1833 produced a total net mkt gain of 745.9%, drawfing the 227.0 gain of the first two y;ears of these administrations.

Presidential elections every four years have a profound impact on the economy and the stk mkt.. Wars, recessions, and bear mkts tend to start or occur in the first half of the term; prosperous times and bull mkts, in the latter half.

After nine straight annual Dow gains during the millennial bull, the 4-year election cycle appears to be back on track.

2001-2005 have been textbook examples.

A traditional Mid-term bear mkt bottom in 2006 and a banner Pre-election 2007 would not surprise us."...

[vizsla4084]

No, she is still around, just less often.

[usasingh1]

MLD38 went to hiding?

[b_b_cat]

GTOP - Thanks Singh to bring this stock to our attention. Good luck

[usasingh1]

GTOP may be picked by BIGGies next DNDN

[MLD38]

Actions have consequences

Here is a quote from the end of Greg iles novel, The Quiet Game:

..."Our actions have consequences that last long after us, entwining the present with the future in ways we cannot begin to understand. I have resolved a simple thing: I will do those things which make me happy today, and which I can also live with ten years from now."...

[MLD38]

11/06/2007: Itching to Load Up on Microcaps, re C/W Microcap

I am not a subscriber, so all I can access is the title, but using the list developed from promos, message board posts, etc, here are the ones that may have been mentioned in C/Ws "Itching to Load Up on Microcaps". If you have knowledge of other C/W MicroCaps you want to add to the list, please do.

Using this list:
ABP, AIS, BMD, CUR (was NRLS), INO, ITKG.OB, LSGP.OB, NXXI, OCLS, OMNI, RPTN.OB, SPPI, TREN.OB, VOYT.OB, XCHC.OB, and doing a CW website symbol search ....

Probably mentioned:
ABP, AIS, BMD, INO, ITKG, LSGP, NXXI, OCLS, OMNI, RPTN, SPPI, TREN, VOYT, XCHC

Probably not mentioned:
CUR

[MLD38]

DBTK investor presentations

I thought the idea of doing an investor presentation with the SEC filing, etc was a helpful addition to earnings reports and a good promotional tool. MLD38

6 month chart: IPO was in Dec 2006
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=DBTK&t=6m&l=on&z=l&q=b&p=v,m50,m20&a=m26-12-9&c=


Double-Take Software ( DBTK )
http://investor.doubletake.com/stockquote.cfm
....Double-Take Software develops, sells and supports affordable software that reduces downtime and protects data for business-critical systems. We believe that we are the leading supplier of replication software for Microsoft server environments and that our business is distinguished by our focus on software license sales, our productive distribution network and our efficient services infrastructure....



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Double-Take Software: investor slide presentation

Nov 6, 2007 filing with 99.1 Double-Take Software, Inc. Investor Presentation.
http://investor.doubletake.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=950133-07-4425

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Previous Presentations:

Sept 2007 :
http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRq.u3mp.d.htm#1stPage


May 2007 :
http://google.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1?SessionID=N25uW5Eo2m1AQy0&ID=5141594

[vero]

anyone keeping an eye on USU? it has been heavily shorted, and there has been great news. I remember this one was on Tobin's picks not too long ago, and the charts look pretty good for an upward movement.

[usasingh1]

mld38 check out GTOP next DNDN

[MLD38]

SIMG: insider and also guru trades

NOTE: I have no position (long, short, option, etc) in SIMG, but thought some of you might be interested in the following information, with links to verify. MLD38

Search by Symbol : using SIMG
Soros listed as Gurus Trades with SIMG = new holding of 380,000 shares
http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?symbol=SIMG

Insider Buys/Sells list is just below the Guru list:
Aug 2007: President and CEO bought 20000 shares at $5.31
Feb 2007: President and CEO sold 69,375 shares at $9.364

The above info is also found here:
http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1003214.htm
There is also a list of, "Stock options: Exercise, Award, Grant, Conversion"

Bottom right: insiders (NOTE to see each list, click on name, then notice dates)
http://www.hotstocked.com/companies/s/silicon-image-inc-SIMG-55772.html?action=showInsiders


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George Soros » Stock Picks (buys, etc)
Total: 108 Pages --- most recent date to oldest
http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?action=buy&GuruName=George+Soros
Menu next to his name lets you select how to sort. Ie (Buys Sells HoldingsIndustry Weightings)


Got to the list webpage by using link to Score Board:
http://www.gurufocus.com/ListGuru.php?GuruName=George+Soros
(see underlined number)
Soros bought 259 stocks during the last 6 months, average returned 2.06%.


GuruFocus Home
http://www.gurufocus.com/

List of Gurus
http://www.gurufocus.com/ListGuru.php

[MLD38]

Video Prophet, Fat File, Ubiquitous Courier

Is it dot-com blather, a folly, stock swindle, etc?

NOTEs: I do not have a position in AKAM, but thought these might be of interest. While Video Prophet (very long 04.23.07 Forbes Cover and story) & Fat File Paradox & Cyberworld's Ubiquitous Courier, are mainly about AKAM, the history and detail reveal the struggles involved in startups and shine some light on content delivery, etc..

Video Prophet
On The Cover/Top Stories by Scott Woolley 04.23.07
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0423/068.html

Starts off:
..."Paul Sagan has ridden hard over the wildest extremes of the Internet economy. In 1999 he stumbled into a $700 million fortune--on paper--by joining a brilliantly conceived startup called Akamai Technologies, which provided superfast digital delivery services to dozens of new Web sites. Then Sagan watched as the dot-com boom blew up. Akamai's Web site customers went bust, and Akamai plunged toward bankruptcy. Shareholders filed ten lawsuits, alleging a stock swindle."...

And then came the worst blow of all:
....Daniel Lewin, the brilliant young founder at the heart of the company, was killed on 09/11/01 by terrorists. He left a wife and two young sons. He was 31....

Later in the article, you will find:
..."Danny" is Daniel Lewin, Akamai's founder, an MIT-trained mathematician who conceived the algorithms and concepts that would form the business. On Sept. 11, 2001 Lewin, Akamai's chief technology officer, boarded the American Airlines (AMR) flight from Boston to Los Angeles, on his way to a business meeting. Lewin settled into seat 9B in business class. One row ahead of him, on the other side of the aisle, sat Mohamed Atta.

A pair of hijackers got up from their seats in the second row and forced their way into the cockpit. They were followed by Atta, the only trained pilot in the group. No one knows for certain what happened next, but according to the 9/11 Commission, Lewin--a former commando in the Israeli army--likely tried to fight four hijackers singlehandedly, unaware of a fifth, seated directly behind him.

Flight attendant Betty Ong radioed the news of Lewin's battle to stunned co-workers on the ground: "Somebody's stabbed in business class." Half an hour later, at 8:46 a.m., the Boeing (BA) 767 slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Daniel Lewin left a wife and two young sons. He was 31.

Paul Sagan, like the rest of Akamai's devastated employees, was left to question whether Danny Lewin's company had any chance of surviving his murder. Akamai had $101 million in cash, enough to last just over a year. Its stock, down 99%, was in danger of being delisted from Nasdaq. Lewin's vision of Akamai remaking the Internet suddenly seemed more like hubris than genius. "People told us what we were doing was both crazy and impossible," Sagan says. "It was a horribly dark period."

Yet through it all Sagan and others stubbornly clung to their belief in "the Big Idea"--Danny's idea"....

Includes this: (re was it dot-com blather, a folly, stock swindle, etc?)

..."With startups going broke by the hundreds, Sagan realized Danny's grand vision sounded to the world like all the other dot-com blather. At best Akamai looked like the folly of academic theorists who were not as clever as they thought.

At worst it looked like a stock swindle built on a mountain of mathematical nonsense. The ten investor lawsuits accused the company of defrauding the public during its wildly profitable public offering, as well as of other misdeeds.

In the week following Lewin's death, Sagan spoke frequently with Conrades and Leighton; with Lewin, they always had run Akamai by committee, says Martin Coyne, a board member. "They were and are inseparable."

With Danny dead, they considered giving up. The trio began to ask one another hard questions. Their current customers were disappearing: Could they be replaced? After some debate each of the three agreed they could.

"Look around the room," Conrades said. "Do you believe we have good people?" That one was easy.

Then Conrades asked the most important question: "Do you still believe in the Big Idea?"

Danny's now ridiculed vision of building an infinitely powerful Internet--could they make it real?

Conrades, Sagan and Leighton looked one another in the eye. Despite the trauma and turmoil that Akamai had endured, they still believed.

And there was this: "We had to do it for Danny," Sagan says"....


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In Pictures, "The Cyberworld's Ubiquitous Courier" Slide Show starts off:
http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/05/akamai-itunes-cyber-tech-cz_sc_0405akamai_slide_2.html?boxes=custom
...Even before iTunes debuted in 2003, Akamai collaborated with Apple to figure out a smooth and scalable delivery of music files, and now movies, games and podcasts. Thanks to Akamai, iTunes customers have to date downloaded 2 billion songs, 50 million television episodes and some 1.3 million feature-length films....

Ubiquitous
existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered ; omnipresent

widespread
widely diffused or prevalent

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Sidebar: A More Clever Internet
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0423/068a.html
Akamai is founded on the notion that the Internet’s basic rules are too dumb for the modern age and need improving. The company’s algorithm writers constantly suss out new ways to get digital data where it’s going in a hurry.

Flash Crowds

BEFORE: A video of a cute tiger cub is loaded onto a computer in India. Word of the video spreads virally around the world. Requests to see it swamp the computer in India.

AFTER: Akamai’s computers deduce where copies will be wanted, make copies of the video and store it around the globe. The more popular it becomes, the more copies Akamai makes.

Fat File Paradox

BEFORE: A user in L.A. requests a movie from New York. Under the Internet’s archaic rules, after sending 128,000 bits of data the computer in NYC must wait for a confirmation it all got to L.A. (In the old days that rule kept the Web from getting clogged with misdirected bits.) Now, an hourlong, billion-bit movie might require 8,000 back-andforth acknowledgments. Even though the data travel most of the way at the speed of light, this can still add a delay of half an hour.

AFTER: Akamai sends the movie between two of its own servers, ignoring old Internet rules and zipping across the country in seconds. The movie travels only the last few miles on the public Internet.

Line Cuts

BEFORE: When a tsunami snapped undersea cables in Asia recently, regular Internet traffic stacked up. For a week 25% of packets sent to Asia were lost.

AFTER: Akamai’s complex algorithms deduce optimal routes, learning which paths to avoid. Even after the tsunami, fewer than 1% of packets sent via Akamai failed to reach their destinations in Asia.

[MLD38]

DBTK (?): re C/W WaveWire

Free Content: see Virtual Software, Real Profits --
http://www.changewave.com/tradingcenter/viewarticle.html?source=/wavewire/2007/8i117_Virtual_Software_Real_Profits.html
starts off:
..."This rant is about virtual software and hardware, but there's nothing virtual about the big profits we've already made in this space! And those very real profits are nothing compared to the ones we're going to make.
We just received the results of our latest ChangeWave Alliance survey on the virtualization phenomenon. While I won't bore you with the technical details, I can tell you that what we're seeing is very similar to Apple's (AAPL) breakout thanks to the iPod and its move to Intel (INTC) processors.

includes:
....And the Winner Is …

Storage software. With all of the virtual servers running at the same time, you'll need real-time storage.

In this space, we've added a new stock to our ChangeWave Investing Buy List that you definitely want to own. It's a company with around an 18 P/E, and its new product deals purely with the virtual world. It's just getting started, and hasn't hit its earnings flow at all, but it will be in a big way in '08 and '09.

We're buying this stock under $24, and we think it's worth $40 to $44.

There are very real profits to be made in the Virtualization Wave.

This is one of those S-curve-type changes, which you don't see very often. The last big one we had was the Apple Wave. And this wave is going to be even bigger because it's a much broader market.

Bottom Line: It may be virtual, but the profits are very, very real....

[MLD38]

10/23/07: Comcast Admits Delaying Some Traffic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21444566/
related links:
http://www.comcast.com and http://www.eff.org


Comcast Acknowledges Delaying Some Internet Traffic, Denies That It Amounts to Blocking


NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged "delaying" some subscriber Internet traffic, but said any roadblocks it puts up are temporary and intended to improve surfing for other users.

The statement was a response to an Associated Press report last week that detailed how the nation's largest cable company was interfering with file sharing by some of its Internet subscribers. The AP also found that Comcast's computers masqueraded as those of its users to interrupt file-sharing connections.

Internet watchdog groups denounced Comcast's actions, calling it an example of the kind of abuse that could be curbed with so-called "Net Neutrality" legislation. It would require Internet providers to treat all traffic equally -- as has largely been the case historically.

Comcast has repeatedly denied blocking any Internet application, including "peer-to-peer" file-sharing programs like BitTorrent, which the AP used in its nationwide tests.

On Tuesday, Mitch Bowling, senior vice president of Comcast Online Services, added a nuance to that statement, saying that while Comcast may block initial connection attempts between two computers, it eventually lets the traffic through if the computers keep trying.

"During periods of heavy peer-to-peer congestion, which can degrade the experience for all customers, we use several network management technologies that, when necessary, enable us to delay -- not block -- some peer-to-peer traffic. However, the peer-to-peer transaction will eventually be completed as requested," Bowling said.

The explanation is not inconsistent with the AP's tests. In one case, a BitTorrent file transfer was squelched, apparently by messages generated by Comcast, only to start 10 minutes later. Other tests were called off after around 5 minutes, while the transfers were still stifled.

Comcast's statement did not mollify Markham Erickson, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Open Internet Coalition, a group that counts Google Inc. and eBay Inc. among its supporters.

"What applications work, what don't, and at what speeds? Only Comcast really knows," he said. "Comcast is making arbitrary bandwidth allocation decisions slowing use of basic (programs) without being clear to consumers what they really get when they buy a broadband connection."

The Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed the AP's findings with its own tests -- including spotting forged messages sent by Comcast's computers to shut down connections.

While BitTorrent connections may eventually resume after being shut down by Comcast, other file-sharing programs like Gnutella may be more severely affected by the interference, preventing any kind of upload, said Peter Eckersley, staff technologist at the online civil liberties group.

"Characterizing that as delaying traffic I think is ... a stretch. What they are doing is spoofing traffic or jamming traffic," Eckersley said.

"I think they are trying to create as much confusion about this story as they can because they've done something really scurrilous and out of line for an ISP, and I'm sure they've been burned by the community's reaction to it," he added.

Applications like BitTorrent and Gnutella are often used to illegally share copyrighted files, giving the applications themselves an image of shadiness. Recently, however, several companies have started using BitTorrent to distribute legal files.

However, users also reported Comcast blocking some transfers of e-mails with large attachments through an application that is fully in the legal sphere: Lotus Notes, an IBM Corp. program used in corporate settings.

Kevin Kanarski, a network engineer for a major law firm, noticed the disruption in August and eventually traced the problem to Comcast. But he got the cold shoulder from the company's customer support department.

On Tuesday, Bowling acknowledged the problem, saying it was unintentional and due to a software bug that has been fixed. Kanarski said transfers started working again last week.

"These are the kinds of software bugs you get when you have ISPs messing around with hacking techniques to get some applications running on their networks and not others," said EFF's Eckersley, who is himself a Comcast subscriber.

"The bottom line is that if ISPs start regularly engaging in conduct like this, then kids in their dorm rooms or small startup companies that are trying to develop innovative new uses of the Internet are going to have to come and get permission from players like Comcast to get their protocols working properly," Eckersley said. "That kind of veto over innovation would be very bad news."

[MLD38]

Enterprise Systems article - "Accelerating File Transfers in the Mid-Size Enterprise"
About Enterprise Strategies starts off:
..."newsletters provide real-world business and technology information for managers of large, high-volume-transaction, high-availability, high-performance computer systems and infrastructures."...

A link to the article is found on VOYT's RocketStream Community webpages (article has graph ie figures).

OR go here:
http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=2860&pg=1

[MLD38]

T.S. MicroCap Update :ITKG, LSGP, RPTN, VOYT

video's link:
http://www.changewave.com/microcap/videos/ask-toby/AskToby_PAID_MicroCapUpdate_101907.html
...This special edition of Ask Toby focuses on stocks from our Microcap Investor service. Watch the video to learn Toby's latest thoughts on Integral Technologies (ITKG), Raptor Networks (RPTN), Voyant (VOYT) and Lighting Science Group (LSGP)....

NOTE: Link above was provided by mrgroceryalberta on R.B.'s VOYT board.
To verify origin of link, go here:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VOYT&read=30607


Here are the four stocks if you want to watch for any share price action:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=ITKG.OB,LSGP.OB,RPTN.OB,VOYT.OB&d=v1

[usasingh1]

tobin? buy SWTS next JSDA in long term imho

[Rob75]

maybe change wave ... name of TS company

[MLD38]

re VOYT's RocketStream: "Big Mac Attack"
re RocketScience blog entry is by RocketMan

I am not providing the clickable link here or on R.B.'s VOYT board, since the reader comments tended to be unrelated to RocketStream.

Those who want to read the blog, know how to find it.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments and the well wishes.
MLD38

[vizsla4084]

CW = ChangeWave Investing Newsletter by Tobin Smith

[stumpper98]

Thanks Rob... I will look into
What is CW that MLD38 is talking about?

[Rob75]

sounds like RPTN

[vizsla4084]

Thanks MLD...

... and good luck in the future.

[MLD38]

TO the board:

Just wanted to let everyone know, the person who had interest in C/W promos, free content, etc., has decided to move on to other investing ideas/interests, so I will not be researching and posting much on the C/W subjects and possible C/W stocks.

Good luck to everyone and it has been fun and educational.
MLD38

[stumpper98]

Who's know what stock this is?
This Dollar Stock Is Going to $10
It’s an incredibly elegant piece of technology, in the form of a simple plug-and-play switch that requires virtually no maintenance. And get this: This company’s switches will work in any kind of network and are compatible with every kind of technology.

Thanks

[MLD38]

LEDs: 10-story video wall on Chanel's Ginza Tokyo building
http://www.ledeffects.com/installations/ginzaskyscraper.htm
...is the first integration of LED lighting with a skyscraper's curtain wall. The customer is so pleased with the system they use it on three other buildings...

The webpage includes Videos, Project Overview, etc

NOTE: it is linked to LEDholdings, ( ie Lighting Science Group Corporation re LED Effects)
http://www.ledholdings.com/

Custom Solutions still opens LEDeffects:
http://www.ledeffects.com/home.htm
It says watch for new and improved website and still has a link that lets you visit the old website:
http://ledeffects.jkserv.com/
...LED Effects designs and manufactures custom LED lighting and digital lighting controls for customers worldwide. The main headquarters are located near Sacramento, California, and we have offices in New York City, Texas, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Scotland. Founded in 1993, we are one of the oldest LED lighting companies in the business and one of the few to offer truly digital control technology. We are also one of few companies that perform all design and production in-house without outsourcing offshore....
Some of LED Effects' customers on the old website:
http://ledeffects.jkserv.com/aboutus/about_us.htm#customers
The People of LED Effects
(clickable links to mgmt, etc bios & even has a link to staff members ie "The Important People")
http://ledeffects.jkserv.com/aboutus/about_us.htm#people

[MLD38]

LSGP: 1 for 20 reverse stk split

LSGP: 11-Oct-2007 Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material
includes:
...In conjunction with the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a 1 for 20 reverse stock split, which will be submitted to the Company's stockholders for approval. Because LED holds approximately 80% of voting power of the Company, the Company anticipates that the reverse stock split will be approved....
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/071011/lsgp.ob8-k.html

[MLD38]

Gradient Analytics: CREE, etc

I do NOT have a free clickable link to, "On October 5, 2007, Thomson Financial - Gradient upgraded CREE, INC. from HOLD to BUY", but check with your brokerage firm for the news item, it is probably listed. Also, I could NOT find the information in any word searches on the web, in the news, nor in blog entries.

Gradient Analytics
http://www.gradientanalytics.com/
news room
http://www.gradientanalytics.com/news.html

Analyzing Gradient Analytics
2006 blog entry:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/8663-analyzing-gradient-analytics-bvf-rack
....Gradient is a research firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona. They focus on forensic accounting analysis of public companies....

[MLD38]

VOYT: "Qualcomm" of 700MHz space?

VOYT re Qualcomm, etc: see
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VOYT&read=29481
...Voyant wants to be The Qualcomm of 700MHz space.(that was the stated goal)...

2006 article re Qualcomm: FCC Green Lights 700MHz
http://www.dailywireless.org/2006/10/13/fcc-green-lights-700mhz/
Starts off:
....Qualcomm can operate its MediaFLO mobile TV service in markets where TV broadcasters are currently using the 700 MHz spectrum, the FCC voted on Thursday. ...
....Qualcomm owns UHF channel 55 licenses across the United States. The FCC said the company must protect broadcasters on Channels 54, 55 and 56 from interference. It established engineering guidelines that were something of a compromise between those prefered by broadcasters and those sought by Qualcomm...
...In its vote (pdf), the FCC agreed to allow Qualcomm to offer mobile TV services in markets where TV broadcasters are currently operating, as long as Qualcomm follows established engineering guidelines for minimizing interference. Under the ruling, Qualcomm cannot cause more than 0.5 percent of interference the first year, but over the next several years that threshold will gradually increase to 1.5 percent. Qualcomm had initially asked for a 2 percent threshold...
...Qualcomm’s $800 million endeavor to deliver TV to cell phones began three years ago in FCC auction 44, Qualcomm won a $38 million bid for UHF Channel 55 throughout 80 percent of the nation. Qualcomm later bought the rights to Channel 55 for the rest of the nation in a private transaction....



Above article includes comments re cognitive radio device technology, etc

[Rob75]

gk - thanks I have been watching the price drift down and it looks like a good buying opportunity- wondered if there was a problem

[gktignol]

Rob75, RE: NXXI

Date 2007-10-02

"Nutrition 21 reported fiscal Q4 (June 30) revenues of $12 million, a 380% jump over the year-ago number. For the fiscal year, NXXI reported total revenues of $42.1 million compared to $10.7 million last year. Net loss for fiscal year 2007 was $19.1 million, compared to a net loss of $10.3 million in 2006.

Nutrition 21 has grown revenues in each of the last four quarters, excluding a one-time charge in the fourth quarter. And with the investments made during this past year and the recent $17.75 million financing, NXXI is in the strongest position it's ever been to build its brands and to generate sustainable growth in 2008 and beyond.

Bottom Line: Nutrition 21 begins fiscal 2008 with a clean slate, having transitioned from an R&D-focused company to a marketing-driven one selling branded consumer products targeted at diabetes, cardiovascular health, obesity, joint health and other age-related ailments.

At less than $1, NXXI is a very attractive buy. We're looking for the company to transform to profitability in the second half of 2008."



NXXI is currently sitting at its 52 week low.

regards,
gktignol

[Rob75]

MLD heard anything form TS on NXXI

[MLD38]

GE to Close Some Lighting Plants, focus on LEDs, etc
Oct 4, 2007
...demand for the incandescent bulb has declined over the past five years due to new technology and efficiency standards...
GE to ...focus on the development and production of new, innovative lighting products like LEDs, organic LEDs,...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21137745/
Jim Campbell, president and chief executive officer of GE Consumer & Industrial, said:
..."It doesn't make sense for us to continue with an inefficient model,"...
..."The proposed plan would allow us to continue to reinvent our production model to use our global factory more efficiently and effectively."...
..."The company can now purchase components at more competitive prices, making it more expensive to continue making the lighting-product components in-house,"...
..."The restructuring we are proposing, while very difficult due to the impact on employees, would be one of the most important things we've done in the 100-plus-year history of GE's lighting business,"...
..."We are increasing our focus on the development and production of new, innovative lighting products like LEDs, organic LEDs, our new high efficiency incandescent light bulbs and other products that our customers will increasingly demand and require,"...