Prosecutors claim that between April 9 and April 21, 2002, while Milly was still missing, Ms. Brooks, Mr. Coulson, Mr. Kuttner, Mr. Mulcaire, Mr. Miskiw and Mr. Thurlbeck conspired to hack into her mobile-phone messages.

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And now the same thing could be about to happen to mobile-phone text messages, following the launch this week of Hotxt, a British start-up.

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Putin took questions from the hall's floor, with live cameras positioned in towns and cities across Russia, and he also responded to phone calls, e-mails and mobile SMS messages.

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Meyer created a communications system that works on any telephone network and can be accessed on any mobile handset, PC or landline phone using voice messages, e-mail or SMS text.

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