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Mr. Singh demonstrates the speak2tweet program at Google's Mountain View , Calif., headquarters The service takes phone messages and links them to Twitter

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Ujjwal Singh, here with fellow Google employee Steve Crossan and Twitter Vice President Katie Stanton, devised a way of letting fans share voice messages with celebrities; it has been repurposed to help Egyptian protesters.

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Verizon Wireless store salesman Antione Haynes looks out the front door of a Verizon store with an Apple iPhone advertisement in foreground in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Verizon Wireless said Friday, Feb. 4, its first day of taking online orders for the iPhone produced record sales. (Associated Press)

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The five-bedroom home at 2451 Kemper Road in Crofton's Walden community is on the market for $479,000. Built in 1996, the home features a one-car garage and two bay windows.

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The main level features hardwood floors throughout, including in the living room, which is brightened by one of the home's bay windows.

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This artist rendering provided by NASA shows Kepler-11, a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. A planet-hunting telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, including more than 50 potential planets that initially appear to be in habitable zones. (Associated Press/NASA)

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Rupert Murdoch, right, Chairman and CEO of News Corp., and Eddy Cue, vice president of Apple, attend the launch of the Daily, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in New York. The Daily is the world's first iPad-only newspaper. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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This image provided by NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Yasi as it approaches Queensland, Australia, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/NASA - Jeff Schmaltz)

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The cast of "The Social Network" from left, Armie Hammer, Andrew Garfield , Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg on stage at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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A.J. Bowen of Schupp's Line Construction, Inc. works on fiber-optic installation in Norton, Vt., on Oct. 2, 2007. Bolstered by billions in federal stimulus money, the effort to expand broadband Internet access to rural areas has parallels to the electrification of rural Appalachia in the 1930s. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 31, 2009, file photo, director David Fincher is shown backstage at the Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles. Fincher was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for "The Social Network," on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. The Oscars will be presented Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo, a projected image of the Comcast logo is seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV company, says it will complete its takeover of NBC Universal at just before midnight Eastern time, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. The deal will give Comcast Corp. 51 percent of the fourth-ranked broadcaster NBC, a bevy of cable channels and the Universal Pictures movie studio. It caps a yearlong regulatory review that resulted in conditions meant to keep it from stifling the growth of online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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An Egyptian protester flashes Egypt's flag as anti-riot policemen use water canon against protesters in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. (AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis)

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General view showing Egyptians protestors clash with anti-riot policemen in Suez, Egypt, on Thursday, Jan.27, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a third day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. (AP Photo

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A man uses his mobile phone near the sign advertising Samsung Electronics Co's HD TV screen at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Samsung Electronics said net profit rose 13 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 amid higher sales of semiconductors and smartphones as the technology giant rounded out a record year for profits and revenue. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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Hynix Semiconductor Inc.'s 44nm 4Gb DDR3 modules are shown at its office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Hynix Semiconductor's fourth-quarter net profit plunged 83 percent amid lower chip prices and a one-time charge related to a legal case. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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FILE - In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)

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** FILE ** A Google sign is pictured in April 2010 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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