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Accounting for Software Costs	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting for Software Costs	5. Accounting for Software Costs The Company accounts for the costs of software within its products in accordance with ASC Topic 985-20 “Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed”, under which certain software costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility are capitalized and amortized over the estimated lives of the related products. The Company determines technological feasibility to be established upon the internal release of a detailed program design as specified by Topic 985-20. Upon the general release of the product to customers, development costs for that product are amortized over periods not exceeding five years, based on current and future revenue of the product. Net capitalized software costs totaled $2,778 and $3,776 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s amortization expense for capitalized software was approximately $998, $631 and $235, respectively.

Accounting for Software Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

5. Accounting for Software Costs

The Company accounts for the costs of software within its products in accordance with ASC Topic 985-20 “Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed”, under which certain software costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility are capitalized and amortized over the estimated lives of the related products. The Company determines technological feasibility to be established upon the internal release of a detailed program design as specified by Topic 985-20. Upon the general release of the product to customers, development costs for that product are amortized over periods not exceeding five years, based on current and future revenue of the product. Net capitalized software costs totaled $2,778 and $3,776 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s amortization expense for capitalized software was approximately $998, $631 and $235, respectively.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for costs incurred to (1) establish the technological feasibility of a computer software product to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed; and (2) produce product masters after establishing technological feasibility. This accounting policy also may apply to purchased computer software. This policy also may address the entity's amortization policy for its capitalized computer software costs and how it evaluates such capitalized costs for impairment.

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