High-tech cocaine
Drug barons in Colombia have reportedly developed a genetically modified coca plant that resists the herbicides used by law enforcers, and also produces four times as much cocaine. The claims appear in a Colombian police file obtained by the Financial Times.
Spam vigilantism founders
A controversial attempt to give spammers a taste of their own medicine has ended barely a week after it started. On 3 December, web company Lycos Europe withdrew its downloadable screen saver designed to launch denial of service attacks on spammers’ websites. The project had been criticised as irresponsible and potentially illegal.
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