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Note 5 - Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] |
5. | Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | January 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Office furnishing and fixtures |  | $ | 605 |  |  | $ | 619 |
Equipment |  |  | 973 |  |  |  | 2,294 |
Purchased software |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | 66 |
|  |  | 1,644 |  |  |  | 2,979 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (1,630 | ) |  |  | (2,859 | )
|  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 120 |
We held equipment, primarily tooling and fixtures at various contract manufacturer locations in China related to our customer, Lenovo. As of January 31, 2014, we retired all fixed assets at these contract manufacturer locations. As of January 31, 2013, tooling and fixtures equipment with a cost basis of approximately $1,300,000 and with a net book value of approximately $45,000 was located at various contract manufacturer locations in China. During fiscal 2013, nearly fully depreciated office furnishings and equipment with a cost basis of $400,000 and $275,000, respectively, was retired through a process of physical inspection and management inquiry. We recorded a loss on retirement of assets of $11,000 related to these transactions. Depreciation and amortization expense for fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 totaled $55,000 and $97,000, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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