"Phone.com is going against some well-capitalized and profitable entities -- Nokia (NOK) and Ericsson, " says Jupiter's McAteer.

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There should be a debut for McAteer's Sunderland team-mate Tommy Butler, the young midfielder drafted in from the Under-21 squad on Monday.

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The incident may not simply have been confined to Keane and McAteer.

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But with captain and midfielder Steven Gerrard and striker Fernando Torres coming off injured during the Cup defeat, McAteer is fearful for the remainder of the campaign.

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"I'm not convinced that the prospect for universal messaging on one mailbox can handle all your needs, " says Seamus McAteer, senior analyst at Jupiter Communications (JPTR).

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Det Con James McAteer, 38, from Strathclyde Police, who examined the flat told the trial at the High Court in Glasgow that he noticed "a few different floorboards".

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Even Ferguson cannot deny the evidence of his own eyes, and the sight of Keane shoving Phil Neville, snarling at the journeyman McAteer, then finally getting a red card was ugly in the extreme.

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Even on Saturday, when Keane had been suckered into a red card by Jason McAteer - hardly the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to the game's black arts - Ferguson's first instinct was a defensive one.

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