Yes, there was more on display, but we've decided to spare you the sight of every walkie-talkie, cable modem, set-top box and cellphone in Moto's lineup.

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He came to her house, and armed with a modem, he set up an e-mail account and hooked her up to the university's computer system.

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Many of the set-top boxes supplied by NTL have a cable modem inside that could do the same job.

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