In this version, Mr Pop may look like he's consumed the contents of several pharmaceutical cabinets, but his voice, when it comes, is extraordinary.

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"There are already several companies using the name iPhone for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) products, " said Apple spokesman Alan Hely.

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It announced several new Xbox Live functions, including an online voice-based chat room and a feature that can alert and invite other players to join in online contests.

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He went on to found several tech companies and launch groundbreaking products, including a voice recognition system Interpath in 1981, McAfee in 1988, and the instant messaging pioneer Tribal Voice in 1996.

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More than anything else, I realized, it had to be boring to be crazy, to think the same sequence of thoughts and come up with the same set of bizarre conclusions, to voice those conclusions using the same words, several times an hour, day in and day out.

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He went on to found several tech companies and to launch groundbreaking products, including the voice-recognition system Interpath Inc. in 1981, McAfee in 1988, and the instant messaging pioneer Tribal Voice in 1996.

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With the rise of opposition parties to a full voice in parliament and, indeed, to power in several states, Malaysia enters a delicate and potentially fractious period.

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Iwata also demonstrated several of the DS's new software titles featuring the innovative features of the DS: voice recognition, touch-screen control and, of course, WiFi.

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