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Commentary: How do you know when a technology has come of age? When people stop complaining about all those 'upper-class tech-heads' using it and start complaining about how the technology is being used to rip them off.
Spam sent by text message could become a bigger problem than e-mail-based spam unless the industry takes action, according to an independent mobile phone regulator.
With the rollout of 3G promised "any time soon" many people are becoming concerned about the negative aspects of linking mobile phones to the Web.
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