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By Adam Gaffin
Network World Fusion 04/04/03

The BBC reports:

"Mobile phone users will be "swamped" by text messages advising them what to do in the event of a terror attack, MPs have been told."

Dan Gillmor notes that SMS messages were the first real indication of a new health problem in South China - people started exchaning notes about sick people over their mobile phones.

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