The two companies are already developing a range of cheap and portable Internet appliances that will enable people to use on-line services as routinely as they make a telephone call.

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As we have discussed above, the police may not storm the post office and intercept a letter, and they are likewise forbidden from using the phone system to make a clandestine recording of a telephone call unless they get a warrant, that is.

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"The police may not storm the post office and intercept a letter, and they are likewise forbidden from using the phone system to make a clandestine recording of a telephone call unless they get a warrant, " Judge Danny Boggs wrote in the 98-page opinion.

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Users download the free application off the Web, but instead of typing a text message, they use a headset, telephone or microphone and speakers to make a high-quality, two-way voice call to anyone else running the application.

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