Newport Digital Technologies, Inc (fka NPDT)

[JanYu]

* Approximately 27 Million Shares Have Been Shorted In 2010
* Next Short Squeeze Expected Above $0.0175

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BUYINS.NET, http://www.buyins.net , a leading provider of Regulation SHO compliance monitoring, short sale trading statistics and market integrity surveillance, has initiated coverage on Newport Digital Technologies (OTCBB:NPDT - News) after releasing the latest short sale data through March 15, 2010. The total aggregate number of shares shorted in 2010 is approximately 27 million shares. The SqueezeTrigger price for all shares shorted is $0.0206. The next short squeeze is expected to begin when shares of (OTCBB:NPDT - News) close above $0.0175, where approximately 1.4 million shares shorted between $0.0163 and $0.0175 will be out-of-the-money.

Click here to view Report: http://www.buyins.com/reports/npdt3-16-10.pdf

Click here to view SqueezeTrigger: http://www.buyins.com/images/npdtstr3-16-10.jpg

Click here to view Friction Factor: http://www.buyins.com/images/npdtff3-16-10.jpg

Friction Factor is used to calculate if a fair market is being made in the shares of NPDT 44% of the previous 24 trading days are positive or bullishly-biased and 56% of the trading days are negative or bearishly-biased. Buyins.net will monitor NPDT market makers daily for compliance with Fair Market-Making Requirements. Friction determines how many more shares of buying vs. selling it takes to move NPDT higher/lower by 1 cent.