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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment Depreciation Rates |
|  | % |  |
Computers and software |  |  | 20 - 33 |  | (Mainly 33%)
Office furniture and equipment |  |  | 6 - 15 |  | (Mainly 10%)
Leasehold improvements | over the shorter of the period of the lease or the life of the assets |
Motor vehicles |  |  | 15 |  |
Real estate |  |  | 4 |  |
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions |
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Risk-free interest |  |  | 1.34 | % |  |  | 1.17 | %
Dividend yields |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 0 | %
Volatility |  |  | 83 | % |  |  | 96 | %
Expected option term |  | 3 years |  |  | 3.83 years |
Forfeiture rate |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 24 | %
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Selling and marketing |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 39 |
General and administrative |  |  | 107 |  |  |  | 161 |  |  |  | 178 |
Total stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | 217 |

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