Allard hopes people will eventually watch, pause and rewind television, play videogames, purchase music and movies--even talk on a videophone--using Microsoft's software.

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Perched atop a tower overlooking Arafat and getting a live broadcast signal out through a videophone presents technological challenges that would test anybody's patience.

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Cisco also sells videophones, which are always on and connected to the Web, and allow you to see the person calling you if that person also has a videophone and wants to be seen.

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Decked out in red, white and blue, the vehicle's interior serves as a TV control room -- complete with computer, video, satellite and videophone equipment -- where the network's crew can create, rework and transmit data around the world.

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What about the long-awaited videophone?

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