In recent years, however, a new ritual has introduced itself into the celebrations here: sending an SMS.

然而，在近些年却有一种新仪式加入了中国的庆祝活动：发送短信。

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Researchers at the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday showed how hackers could take control over iPhones simply by sending special codes via SMS messages.

上周四在拉斯维加斯举行的Black Hat电脑安全大会上，研究人员展示了黑客简单地通过手机短信发送特定代码就能控制iPhone手机。

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Texting is perhaps the most effective means of mass communication in Pakistan: two of every three Pakistanis have a mobile phone and the cost of sending an SMS is among the cheapest in the world.

在巴基斯坦，短信也许是大范围交流的最有效方式：三分之二的巴基斯坦人拥有一部手机，而且短信的费用在全世界都是最便宜的。

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Early reports suggest that most features operate just fine, but that sending SMS from Messenger can sometimes stop working.

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Vivian Fonseca collaborated in the development of a system for sending SMS messages to poor and elderly diabetics to help them control their disease.

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Multiplying this number by 0.05 gives us that the traffic charge when sending an SMS text message next door is 383, 000 US dollars per gigabyte.

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