Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Total	Additional Paid in Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	Series A-1	Series B	Series C	Common Stock	Treasury Stock
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2011	$ (357)	$ 97,715	$ (111,839)	$ (43)	$ 880	$ 7,380	$ 3,569	$ 1,981	$ 0
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2011					880	9,250	3,547	198,188	0
Common Stock received as settlement of 16b claim	(325)								(325)
Receipt of 6.5M Common Shares in settlement of the 16b action, shares								(6,500)
Series C Preferred issued in settlement of indemnity claim	417						417
Series C Preferred Shares issued in settlement of an indemnification claim related to the 16b settlement, shares							278
Stock-based employee compensation	376	376
Common shares issued in connection with the cashless exercise of warrants		(202)						202
Common shares issued in connection with the cashless exercise of warrants. shares								20,186
Common shares issued in connection with the exercise of warrants for cash	212	138						74
Common shares issued in connection with the exercise of warrants for cash. shares								7,439
Common shares issued in connection with the exercise of stock options option for cash	9	7						2
Common shares issued in connection with the exercise of stock options option for cash, shares	184							184
Common stock issued as restricted stock	2	2
Common stock issued as restricted stock, shares								46
Common shares issued in connection with the conversion of Series B Preferred Shares		107				(140)		33
Common shares issued in connection with the conversion of Series B Preferred Shares, shares						(140)		3,232
Common shares issued in connection with the conversion of Series C Preferred Shares		22					(39)	17
Common shares issued in connection with the conversion of Series C Preferred Shares, shares							(39)	1,729
Accretion of Beneficial Conversion Feature on Series C Preferred Shares issued in settlement of the indemnification claim		(417)					417
Accretion Of Benefitial Conversion Feature On Preferred Stock Dividends Issued In Kind		(551)				263	288
Preferred shares dividends, paid in kind		(491)			54	437
Preferred share dividends, paid-in-kind, shares					54	701	287
Comprehensive income:
Net loss	(2,376)		(2,376)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	5			5
Total comprehensive loss	(2,371)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2012	$ (2,037)	$ 96,706	$ (114,215)	$ (38)	$ 934	$ 7,940	$ 4,652	$ 2,309	$ (325)
Ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2012					934	9,811	4,073	224,504