Much like characters in a real-life video game, the companies that make video game consoles – Sony ADR (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nintendo ADR (OTC: NTDOY) continue bashing each other as they battle one another for the largest share of the video game console market.

Most investors are well aware of this battle going on between these three rivals, so no surprises there. The real surprise in the games console market, of which most investors are unaware, is occurring in the area of handheld games consoles. It is this surprise which may lead to a profitable investing opportunity.

The challengers to the traditional handheld game console makers, like Sony and Nintendo, are the smartphone makers, such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

Handheld game console makers face increasing pressure from the rise in popularity of mobile phones with processors and graphics that are equal of their own devices, and with “app stores”

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Sony Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNE) is facing the first consecutive annual loss of its 63-year history.

The Tokyo-based company lost $1.1 billion (98.9 billion yen) last year, and it expects to lose another $1.4 billion (120 billion yen) in its fiscal year ending March 31.  That would be Sony’s first back-to-back annual loss since the company went public in 1958.

And despite renewed optimism within its ranks, Sony still faces a plethora of challenges, including a questionable direction, cost-conscious consumers and a strengthening yen.

The onetime bellwether of the electronics industry has seen its market share crumble in almost every category: Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s (OTC ADR: NTDOY) Wii game console has supplanted Sony’s PlayStation brand, Sony has given up its lead in portable media players to Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is now the world’s largest seller of televisions.

Hoping to turn the

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As traditional print media continues its steep declines in advertising sales and circulation, publishers are struggling to come up with new and creative ways to generate revenue.

Ad revenues in the newspaper industry plunged 16.7% last year to $37.8 million r, according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). The 2009 take is estimated to fall another 17.3% to $31.6 billion according to Alan Mutter, a Silicon Valley executive who once lead the newsrooms of the Chicago Sun-Times and San Francisco Chronicle and now writes a blog titled “Reflections of a Newsosaur.”

Mutter’s estimate would put ad revenues at their lowest levels since 1965, when the industry took in $4.42 billion, or $30.22 billion when adjusted for inflation, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) reported.

While the worst economic downturn since World War II has eviscerated the fortunes of print media companies like The New York Times Co. (NYSE:

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Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) last Thursday charmed investors when it revealed its Cliq smartphone, which will compete head on with Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry.

Motorola’s stock is up nearly 12% since the announcement, as investors are hoping the new phone will be enough to win back some of the company’s lost market share.

However, saving Motorola’s mobile division – which the company plans to spin off – is a daunting task. The company – which invented the cell phone, as well as a plethora of other communication devices used by police and military – has seen its global market share of wireless phones fall to 2% in its second quarter this year from 31% in 1995. Mobile phone sales accounted for 33% of Motorola’s second-quarter revenue, down from 41% a year ago.

Motorola

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South Korea's incumbent wireless operator, SK Telecom (SKM), is set to launch T Store, the first mobile open market in Korea, on Sep 9. The upcoming on-line store will feature applications that are optimized for smartphones and other select regular handsets.

T Store will provide an open platform where content developers can sell their applications to users of mobile handsets based on the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI), which allows cell phones to run applications regardless of manufacturer or carrier. Customers can download from a large assortment of multimedia content (approximately 6,500 applications), including games, phone decoration, music, broadcasting/movie and language/education that are categorized under eight main menus.

Registered content developers can sell their applications against a yearly registration fee, which is expected to be waived by the company by end of 2009 to boost developers' participation. The current revenue split is 70%/30% for the developers and SK Telecom,

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Internet phone service provider, Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG) recently said that its mobile voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application will be used by Apple Inc. (AAPL) for its iPhone and iPod Touch devices.   Vonage also said that it is currently conducting a beta test and expects to announce the availability of the mobile voice app shortly. There were no further details regarding the type of services to be provided or the price and timing of the launch. 


Apple had earlier approved iCall, FriendCaller, Nimbuzz, Skype and Spotify app for its devices and now Vonage has been added to Apple’s App store.   All of these VoIP services use WiFi services to make calls. The apps that compete with Apple’s own services had been rejected earlier. However, Apple allowed VoIP apps that can work over WiFi only.   We believe that Apple will be benefited from the strong

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Tuesday August 18, 2009

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PrismOne (OTCBB:PMOZ) is happy to announce the opening of our new 3600 sq.ft. Corporate headquarters in downtown Winter Garden. The new offices occupy the north side of the third floor of the newly built Garden Building that is LEED certified and also incorporates a state-of-the-art hydroponics roof-top commercial agricultural concern. Samir Burshan said, “As a trained architect, I really appreciate the great effort and love that the building owners placed into the design and execution of the building, and I wanted PrismOne to be part of it.” To support the efforts, PrismOne modified their plans accordingly such that all the interior lighting on our

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Thursday July 30, 2009

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NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today reported net income for the three months ended June 30, 2009 of $433 million, or $1.56 per diluted common share, compared to $127 million, or $0.48 per diluted common share, for the second quarter last year. The current quarter’s results benefited both from the May 1, 2009 acquisition of Reliant Energy, which contributed $233 million in after tax income in its first two months of NRG ownership, and from a $128 million after-tax gain on the sale of MIBRAG. Last year’s second quarter net income included a $168 million after-tax gain on the sale of Itiquira Energetica S.A., or ITISA. Income

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Entrust (Nasdaq: ENTU), a world leader in securing digital identities and information, today announced that RiskMetrics Group (formerly Institutional Shareholder Services), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommends that Entrust stockholders vote “FOR” the Company’s amended merger agreement with an affiliate of Thoma Bravo, LLC (”Thoma Bravo”) at the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 28, 2009. As previously announced, under the terms of the amended merger agreement, an affiliate of Thoma Bravo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Entrust common stock for $2.00 per share in cash. This is an increase of over 8% over

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Entrust (Nasdaq: ENTU), a world leader in securing digital identities and information, today announced that RiskMetrics Group (formerly Institutional Shareholder Services), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommends that Entrust stockholders vote “FOR” the Company’s amended merger agreement with an affiliate of Thoma Bravo, LLC (”Thoma Bravo”) at the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 28, 2009. As previously announced, under the terms of the amended merger agreement, an affiliate of Thoma Bravo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Entrust common stock for $2.00 per share in cash. This is an increase of over 8% over the $1.85 per share cash purchase price contemplated by the parties’ original merger agreement previously announced on April

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