New Service Eavesdrops on Internet Calls

September 24, 2007 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers' computer screens based on what's being talked about.

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