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Technology

14 June 2003

ILLEGAL WEAPONS

A row has erupted over a crowd-control rifle developed by the US army. Its patents reveal that the weapon can fire gas grenades containing chemical or biological weapons. The army now says it will expunge all mention of the illegal applications from its patents.

JUNK EMAIL

In the internet age, should the dangers of email spam feature in the chat parents have with their kids on the facts of life? A survey of 1000 Californian children aged 7-18 by internet security company Symantec found that 80 per cent received unsolicited emails pushing everything from mortgages to Viagra.

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