While some of the documents concerning the matter have not yet been filed publicly, clerks at the federal court in Ocala confirmed to Forbes the request, its text, the order and Snipes' acquiescence.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Seattle-based Zipwhip's Textspresso can send and receive, allowing coffee drinkers to text their order directly to the machine to pick up later.

BBC: Zipwhip's Textpresso

Viewers who need information on how to update their TV equipment in order to access digital channels and digital text services should call Digital UK on 08456 50 50 50 for independent advice.

BBC: Northern Ireland completes UK digital TV switchover

The method requires a series of advanced laboratory procedures, microarray chips and a high-speed gene-sequencing machine to assemble the strands in the proper order, correct any errors and then read the final text.

WSJ: Harvard Researchers Turn Book Into DNA Code

When queried by a new piece of text, the database retrieves the appropriate bits of speech and assembles them in the right order.

ECONOMIST: Learning the meaning

The President also issued an Executive Order instructing federal agencies to ignore earmarks unless included in bill text that has been reviewed and voted on by Members of Congress.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of OMB Director Nussle

However, Microsoft acknowledged that group calls using more than two computers did pass through its servers which were used to "aggregate the media streams", and that text-based messages were also stored on its computers for up to 30 days in order to make sure they were synchronised across users' various devices.

BBC: Skype graphic

In practice, this means that all telephone, text, fax and email messages passing in and out of Sweden will be subject to monitoring without a court order or warrant once the legislation comes into effect in January 2009.

ECONOMIST: A new surveillance law causes a rumpus in Sweden