Available Google Earth 6.1 with new controls in Street View

For several days there is a new release of Google Earth, now in version 6.1. The news is reported by the blog dedicated to the official Google services "Map" and Peter Birch, Google Earth Product Manager, presents the main changes introduced.

The first innovation made in this version of Google Earth covers the panel My Place, which collects links to routes, places deemed interesting by the user, or other items you want to keep for any future views. In the new version of the software are available some tools to better manage this information: you can manage this data by type, or alphabetical list. There is also a search box dedicated to the information in "My Places" which is very useful in cases where there are a large number of elements.


Were also improved the controls for the Street View feature, especially with the improved zoom functionality. But not only does Google Earth 6.1 is virtually possible to move from one place to another with a single click in MODL Street View.

For users of Pro versions of Google Earth have been improved printing capabilities with the ability to insert an indication of the scale and direction of the North. In addition, the mechanics of measuring paths are now better integrated with elevation profiles.

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Xbox 360: new transfer kit (Xbox 360)

Blog Major Nelson that can be considered as a sort of official Xbox 360 blog we talk about the new version of the Xbox 360 transfer kit. This accessory allows you to quickly transfer the contents of a hard drive Xbox 360 S to a second Xbox 360.

Obviously, it is the only solution for transferring data between the console, as is still possible to connect a USB stick or simply swap the hard drives of the two consoles.

To transfer content to the new console with the hard drive transfer kit make sure that the console software is updated.

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AMD Catalyst Drivers 11.10 for Battlefield 3 Preview

While waiting for the official debut of Catalyst drivers 11.9, waited for the next day, AMD has released version 11.10 of its drivers Preview. It is a specially developed for the debut release of Battlefield 3 Open Beta, so very similar to what was done yesterday by NVIDIA with the drivers Forceware 285.38.

The driver download, compatible with operating systems Windows 7 32bit and 64bit, is available at this address. Here are the notes supplied with:
AMD Catalyst drivers 11.10 Preview:

Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta Release for Both Non-Anti-Aliasing, and Anti-Aliasing enabled application cases on the AMD Radeon ™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon ™ HD 5000 Series GPU configurations for single

Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta Release for Both Non-Anti-Aliasing, and Anti-Aliasing enabled application cases on Cross Fire configurations using the AMD Radeon ™ HD 6000 and Radeon ™ HD 5000 Series AMD

Enables support for Infinity 5x1 display (portrait and landscape) configurations using the AMD Radeon ™ HD 6000 and Radeon ™ HD 5000 Series AMD

Vision Engine Control Center: User Interface Enhancements Have Been Implemented for the Cross fireX, GPU overdrive, and Information Center pages.

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Back in Ireland for Intel 15nm

Intel Corporation has chosen its campus in Leixlip Ireland instead of Fab 28 in Kiryat Gat in Israel as a facility that will receive an update for the production technology to 15 nanometers , as reported by the website EETimes recovering from a report in Israeli newspaper Globes.

The choice of Ireland instead of Israel seems to be the result of a small altercation between Intel and the Israeli government: the giant of Santa Clara would in fact support the requested value of $ 600 million for the expansion of manufacturing operations in the country, but the government of Israel was only able to offer 1 billion shekels, equivalent to 290 million dollars.

A representative of the Israeli government said: "Intel will officially announce its decision at the end of the year, but we believe that the spirit of the talks will be back in Ireland." The Santa Clara company, however, has still not closed all the doors and would be willing to create new jobs in a factory in Bait She’ an the construction of new facilities.

Currently in Ireland there are three factories operating in the giant processors: the Fab 10, Fab 24 and Fab 24-2. During the summer of 2009, Intel has decided to end operations at the Fab 14 in Leixlip, near Dublin. In January of this year Intel has addressed an investment of 500 million to restore the old plant's Fab 14, but does not reveal about their plans for activities in the production structure that, at this point, will be updated for 15-nanometer production in 2013.

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The dune buggy Gordon Freeman Renegade Ops

Sega made it known that the dune buggy used by Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 2 will be present in the Steam version of Renegade Ops, which will be available from 14 October at a price of € 12.99. The buggy will challenge the enemies on Renegade Ops as did the ant lion Freeman in Half-Life 2.

"Working with the team of Steam and Half-Life makes this game special," says John Clark, director of PC Digital. "Gordon Freeman is one of the most famous of the gaming universe and we are very proud to have him in Renegade Ops".

Renegade Ops is an interesting shooter with a bird's eye view developed by Avalanche Studios, best known for the series Just Cause. The game puts in the shoes of a special unit sent behind enemy lines to knock out Inferno, a shady individual with ambition for global domination.

During the operations you can use a wide range of vehicles and firearms, while deciding whether to take part in single-player action, use the support of a friend via split-screen or online co-op participate in the company other three users.

Renegade Ops is the first step of Avalanche Studios in the world of digital download games and is competitive based on proprietary technology Avalanche Studios already seen in Just Cause 2. It will be released in September on Steam, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network


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Samsung Omnia W announces Windows Phone Mango

The Korean mobile giant Samsung has officially announced its first handset equipped with the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone Mango. The solution will be called Samsung Omnia W and, as expected, will replace the first Windows phone in the range of the house, or Omnia 7.

The first Windows smart phones from Samsung Phone, distinguished by the initials i8700 was released about a year ago, to coincide with the debut of the new OS. The new Omnia takes largely on the lines of the old version but incorporates a number of solutions updated hardware than its predecessor.


Among the most significant voices of the sheet there is a single-core processor operating at a frequency of 1.4 GHz, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of memory dedicated to storage. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps download and GPS. The back cover features a 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash, while the front is a second VGA camera for video calls. The display which will feature a panel Omnia W Super-resolution AMOLED WVGA 3.7-inch diagonal.



The Asian manufacturer has stated that the terminal will be available from next month in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa simultaneously. The price of Omnia W has not yet been announced but we could assume a position around 400 €, a figure needed to win even HTC Radar (currently the closest competitor for specific).

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Microsoft Windows 8 and customizations saved in Live ID

Continue Tour, week after week, the new features that will characterize the future and the new operating system at home Microsoft, Windows 8 . Here then appear on the official blog, explaining how to manage access across Windows 8 Windows Live ID.

The ability to access the operating system through a Windows Live ID allows you to go save the customizations made in the cloud, tying them to our profile. In this way, every time they are logged on with our account, no matter which PC, the settings are automatically loaded. Any information you have entered, and collecting from the system, it will be made available wherever you are: changes to the operating system, changed backgrounds, in our favorite browser, but also multimedia elements that were in play during our last session, left to the exact second where we put them on hold.

Everything, of course, provided that there is an internet connection, which Windows 8 will go to gather the information and settings stored by the user.

To make the experience more fluid can be used also when access is made from a second PC to the collection of personal information occurs in the background, once the system has booted. In use, therefore, will surface little by little our customizations: desktop wallpaper, favorites and personal shortcut created on the interface Metro.

The creation of an online profile, on balance, you can go to sync all your customizations for your operating system: once the changes are made personally do not have to make them again.

The ability to save information online is a trend now well established that, day after day, finds new deployments: a critical element of this particular technology is, however, by security. Microsoft is aware of the weakness, writes in the post dedicated to the new features of Windows 8:

"The saved data are not available to other services from Microsoft or third parties. In addition, before giving access to sensitive information to another Windows PC with 8 for the first time, you will need to provide more evidence to prove the identity. The system would be to provide Microsoft with a special code that can be sent to your mobile phone or an e-mail alternative. "

The video shows to follow, in practice, the operation of the new technology:


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Soon the stop to the Athlon and Phenom

AMD would have outlined the suspension of production of the solutions of the Phenom and Athlon CPU families, according to advance from the website fuzzily to this address. AMD expects to accept for part of these CPUs, the fourth quarter of 2011 as the last period of shipment to customers.

The rest of the CPU will remain on the market several months; will be starting in the second quarter of 2012 of the fact that AMD will suspend the acceptance of all orders from customers. In fact, therefore, expected a quick exit from the scene for the AMD Phenom and Athlon processors: the future of the U.S. passes through the proposals for the FX segment of high-end desktop market, complemented by solutions A and E GPU and CPU integrated segments of mid-range and entry level.

It now remains to be seen whether and how AMD intends to continue to carry out the Athlon brand . Recently, the American company has introduced a new CPU, Athlon X4 II Model 631, which is not compatible with AM3 motherboards but with those for solutions of the family FM1 Llano.

This processor, in particular, is nothing more than an APU based on the architecture of the family in Llano, which is disabled while the component integrated GPU architecture for the quad core CPU.

By suspending the marketing of solutions for AMD Phenom and Athlon done for their solutions will only use 32-nanometer manufacturing technology. The only exception, at least for the moment, is represented by the proposals of the E-series entry level, built with 40-nanometer production technology from Taiwan's TSMC.

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Trojan for Mac OS X in a PDF file

The well-known security firm F-Secure public on his blog a warning about a new Trojan for the operating systems Mac OS X , which is hidden within a file PDF : This Trojan-Dropper: OSX / Revir. A installs the backdoor Back door: OSX / Mac user on the system Imuler. A fell victim to the attack.

The Trojan is spreading, as mentioned, disguised as a PDF file that shows a document in Chinese in order to hide their activities behind the scenes. As we read Blog F-Secure, the remote control center of this backdoor would be a simple install Apache, but currently the backdoor does not communicate with anything.

At the current state of affairs the threat does not seem to be particularly serious, but the situation could change if the file were to spread in a numerically large. The F-Secure researchers are now investigating ways of spreading this Trojan. The best hypothesis is the normal circulation in the form of an email attachment.

To check if your system is infected by backdoor simply open the application "Activity Monitor" and, as F-Secure says the same, check the list of running processes is present the process "Check Vir". In case of positive feedback, close the process and delete restart the system.

The best advice, however, is to accept and download PDF files only from a certain order to prevent infection.


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Sony warranty will change the NEX-5N during the video affected by click

Sony NEX-5N is the most accessible of the two mirror less presented by the Japanese giant at the end of August, this model has focused on the new AVCHD video format to differentiate from 2.0 Progressive top of the range, offering the ability to record HD video at 50 fps at 1080 progressive format. Precisely in the field of video, however, some problems have emerged for NEX-5N. Has aroused some interest easily overheat sensor, although this is a fairly common problem, and has made more headlines on the problem of ' clicks 'audible when rapidly changing frame during video recording.
Seen clearly audible in the video playback, which in turn are ruined by the defect. This defect has aroused so much interest to see Sony immediately ran for cover. With a note on its website the Japanese giant has indicated that he is willing to perform, within the warranty period at no cost, an amendment to reduce the problem to anyone who requests it.


Sony, however, take you to specify how the problem presents only in case of rapid movements of the machine, while the most common situations of use can see a lot softer movements to change and make a dolly shot.

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Intel confirms the attention to the brand Atom

Away from the Intel Atom brand? This indiscretion, revealed last week that we reported this news, suggests that Intel will abandon the brand from the debut of the next generation architecture, known by the codename of Cedar Trail.

Director of Marketing for Strategy and Brand Management and responsible for managing Intel's Atom brand, has confirmed its intention to Intel to continue to develop the brand for 2012 and subsequent years

Despite the impressions so that they see the brand Atom perceived as synonymous with reduced processing power, Intel intends to continue to offer this type of solutions to their audience convinced of the value that this represents not just in computing but also with reference to traditional solutions for consumer electronics.

At the last Intel Developer Forum, held 2 weeks ago in San Francisco, Intel has outlined its development strategy for the next generation of CPUs. The trend emerged is that of a progressive convergence between Atom and Core architectures, starting in the first place by the use of production technology that is common. Until now, the Atom solutions have always been those who have benefited from a more sophisticated production technology after Core proposals, in some cases even with sensitive timing differences.

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5 iPhone, what can we expect? Introduction

Much ado door, very often, you hear things in a distorted way. Too much noise from 'bother and irritate. And when it comes to Apple, in the case of the iPhone, the noise is quite deafening.

We are weeks away from launching the new terminal next year and the company from the bitten apple, and even if we do not know when it really comes, one thing is certain: he will talk about himself. For better, for worse, will talk about him self. Amidst all this hustle and bustle of information, this succession of rumors and appear to render more or less credited then we try to take stock, analyze critically, objectively and calmly what has emerged in past weeks and it is therefore permissible to expect from the new terminal from Apple.

The silence that Apple is used to hold, with great mastery, on the occasion of its product launches directly feeds the growth of the rumors. But not only. It also shows how much the company is able to control the flow of information and, above all, in extreme secrecy to maintain their products.



To understand how Apple do this to maintain confidentiality about their products, we take an example rather emblematic, found in favor of the press in recent days. Business insider known portal of information technology, has had the opportunity to speak with a leading developer of apps for iPad, who told what your experience was. As often happens it is important for companies to provide, prior to launch its new devices to developers: the touching and feeling right hand can be sure that a given application functions. And this, of course, also happens to Apple.

Here, then, that the developer of the above was found to have in hand before the two iPad official launch date: to be able to succeed, however, had to bow to Apple's strict rules. Requests dell'azieda Cupertino provide a room that has no windows, they themselves will change the lock. But not only.

Only three developers, in addition to the developer who talks about his experience, had access to the room. Apple has demanded the names of developers and social security numbers of those concerned: the devices were then secured to the desks with suitable safety chains. As a further precaution, in addition, the devices were placed in custom frames, not to reveal the final form, as a last form of protection Apple has taken photographs of the work environment, focusing on the surfaces: if they appeared on the network exclusive shots, scribe was thus possible to easily get to the manager.

This short story can make people understand why, Apple products, you do not know much until the official debut. In the next few pages we'll cover some aspects that emerged during the weeks, trying to shape the future of Apple's smart phone.

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Intel Atom ready to abandon the brand?

The rumor is reported by well-known website Digitimes concerns and Intel and its product strategy: the well-known American company, in fact, he plans to leave the Atom brand, which has characterized the CPU for net books and solutions with low-end performance by years now.

According to a source from Intel would be willing to abandon the name starting next year , with solutions based on the architecture Cedar Trail. It then opens the possibility that the first CPU models Cedar Trail arrive this year and are identified as Atom, a brand that will then be disposed of during 2012.

At the moment there are reasons that would be revealed behind that decision: as suggested by the site, although this is conjecture, sales of net book and net top solutions would also fallen for the bad image that the brand Atom would be built over the years .

This view, widely held among many, is still true; Atom has become in recent years been synonymous with particularly low performance, and often do not satisfy the end user. The choice of Intel would, in this sense, tied to the hope of reviving a market segment particularly tight.

Cedar Trail could therefore be the turning point and drop the Atom brand, but with what benefits? If the solutions with the new architecture will be able to have an integrated GPU that can correctly handle HD video streams (historical Achilles heel of the Atom solutions), the CPU should not take this huge step forward in terms of performance.

During the morning, however, Intel has denied rumors that indicate how the possible abandonment of this brand, a company spokesman has confirmed its intention to continue to focus on future solutions for Atom.

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Upgrading to 2.3.4 for Sony Ericsson Xperia Gingerbread Play

One of the biggest news in 2011 introduce in the world of telephony has certainly been SEZA Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The terminal, which had made its debut before the talk about over and over again is, in fact was the first smart phone equipped with the PlayStation brand. From the home console Sony Xperia Play it inherits the controls of the game controller as well as a series of games adapted for the characteristics of the mobile solution. Summing up a sort of Play Station Portable with phone module, and the Android operating system.



At launch on the international market version of the OS brought a dowry from the Gingerbread solution was Sony Ericsson, updated to firmware 2.3. However, in these hours came the news that the owners of this terminal will soon be able to update the software of your phone to the latest version of Gingerbread available, or 2.3.4.

In addition to the resolution of a few small bugs, the update will make it possible to capture video in high definition. Through the camera 5 mega pixel camera users can now take pictures at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. It is not clear why this feature was not implemented natively, but the fact remains that the news of the availability of this new tool will definitely happy Play Xperia owners.

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Core i7-2700K: the debut in late October

We have reported in recent days, the debut next possible Processor Intel Core i7-2700K, a proposal that clock frequency is positioned directly above the CPU Core i7-2600K.

Specifications unchanged, except of course made for increasing the clock frequency of 100 MHz up to 3,500 MHz total. The socket connection is the LGA 1155, while the quad-core architecture with the presence of Hyper Threading Technology for a maximum of 8 threads that can be processed in parallel.

The new processor is expected to debut next October 24, but this launch is not expected to change in price level, comparable with what is now present in the list. The Core i7-2700K will be sold at a price higher than the model i7.2600K Core, which will therefore continue to remain always at list.

What will this cost? It reported a figure of U.S. $ 331 as the official value of 1,000 lots Intel processors, as shown in the official price list Hague American. The Core i7-2600K is proposed at $ 317 list and is likely to continue to remain on this level.

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Kodak Easy share M5370 Touch screen and simulation films

Kodak has launched the renewal of its Easy share series Touch with M5370, a compact camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens with 5x optical zoom and 16 mega pixel sensors. The sensor uses the CCD size 1 / 2, 3 " , while the lens covers focal lengths equivalent to 28 to 140 mm . Equipped with Micro SD slot to contain the size, the machine typically has a target consumer: its points of force against the public are less jaded interface touch screen, ease of use and simplified procedures for sharing of images and movies using the Share button, now the prerogative Kodak fixed at home.



Among the special features that aim to attract the old fans of the historic U.S. producer of films we find the creative filters that recreate the effects of the most famous emulsions: KODAKCOLOR, KODAKCHROME, EKTACHROME, T-MAX, TRI-X , with the addition of the inevitable Sepia effect.

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Windows Phone Mango: the release in the next two weeks

Missing now very little to the release of the first major release of the mobile operating system Microsoft Windows 7 Phone and, as happens every time in the vicinity of a major release, rumors abound about the date of the event.

In these hours have appeared online directly from the official blog of Windows Phone rumors that the update Mango will be released over the next two weeks ("to start rolling it out in the next two week"). A definitely good news for those who are in possession of a terminal Windows phone as for those who want to buy one during the next week.



As mentioned during the presentation of the event held last June, the update will be issued free of charge for all WP7 terminals on the market today, then will stand for operators and manufacturers to define the timing of the actual distribution. To check availability in relation to your service provider Microsoft has made available to users of the page to this address.

The availability of the update will be notified directly on the terminal display but to get the new release will need to connect your phone to your PC and upgrade the suite through the Zone.

No problem, however, for the next output terminals, which will come on the market with the latest version of the OS preinstalled. Among the solutions that will bring a dowry from birth Mango are for the moment IS12T Toshiba Fujitsu, HTC and HTC Titan Radar, apart from the products Nokia of which still do not know the names but that should make its debut in the fourth quarter this year.

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4K resolutions supported by the GPU of Ivy Bridge

We were able to provide plenty of information about Ivy Bridge architecture from Intel, code name that identifies future generations of Intel CPUs built with 22-nanometer production technology, and expected to debut during the first months of 2012. Among the details revealed at IDF last week point out something specific related to the integrated GPU.

The GPU is the component in which Intel has invested more in the development of Ivy Bridge, from performance point of view it is conceivable that we will see net gains in the passage from Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, combining this with support for DirectX 11, which will be implemented first.

The integrated GPU in Ivy Bridge is compatible with video resolutions up to 4.096x4.096 pixels , of course, using a single connection, this feature was implemented thanks to the ' engine or MFX Multi Format Codec integrated. A resolution of this type is the highest currently available not only for integrated solutions, but also taking as reference the discrete graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD.

On the other hand, at least at the present time is not display on the market capable of handling this kind of resolution, let alone video content available for this resolution if no materials specifically developed. The integrated GPU allows, according to advance by Intel, supports the streaming of 4K video streams simultaneously different. A distribution of video material is linked to the availability of 4K Red One camera, which was adopted specifically for this type of screen resolution

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iPhone 5: Waiting for the presentation on October 4

The new iPhone will be presented Tuesday, Oct. 4 . And 'This is the date, according to information collected by the authoritative site All Things Digital, where Apple will unveil to the public 5 iPhone. It is very likely hypothesis that seems to be reflected in the findings of an internal documentation of Best Buy, according to which the new terminal of the apple would be presented during the first week of October.

Two additional considerations reinforce the veracity of All Things Digital dell'indiscrezione: the specified date is a Tuesday, traditionally favored by Apple to make their ads, and secondly the presentation of the new phone earlier this month of October to allow Apple can have the product on the market for the entire December quarter (provided that it is available immediately or at short distance from the launch), during which they are recorded as sales of the Christmas period.


The spotlight, however, will focus only on Apple's new phone: the launch event will be in fact the first "public appearance" of the new chief executive officer Tim Cook, who took the reins of the company after the resignation that Steve Jobs announced the public at the end of August. Cook, his eyes fixed on him the public, will be able to convey an image of continuity, thus confirming that the direction of the company will not be different than those operated by Jobs during these years.

Probably, as Jobs has done the same in all the latest events, Cook will leave room for other key executives of the company, such as the Head of IOS Scott Forestall and senior vice president of Software and Internet Services Eddy Cue; but will still play a central role in the context of the presentation.

It 'confirmable, it' deniability, meanwhile, a possible appearance of Steve Jobs : the decision to participate or not the event will be linked to his health, and will be taken close to the date fixed by Apple. But it is possible that the space for the traditional "One more thing ..." can be reserved for former CEO.

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A flaw in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion lets you change the user password

The latest operating system Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is suffering from a serious security bug that allows anyone to be able to change the current user's password without being prompted for authentication. To explain the details of the problem is Defense in Depth, a blog about computer security.

The author, Patrick Dustan, explains how to trace the user password is possible to use a technique already described in the past to force Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier, and which provides, in summary, to extract the password hashes from a specific file Shadow of the user, located in a specific location. The shadow files are files whose access is allowed only to the user with higher privileges, in other words the root user. By Tiger on, each user has their own shadow file, whose data are accessible only by root, or at least it should be.

It seems, however, that in the redesign of the authentication schemes of Lion have gone unnoticed a rather important detail. Although non-root users do not even have the ability to directly access the shadow file, Lion currently allows them to see information on password hashes, extracting them via Directory Services. The most problematic aspect is the fact that this flaw allows to directly changing the password of the user logged in without being prompted for authentication.

This problem, in certain situations, could easily be a way to escalate privileges, especially if the victim of the attack is a user with administrator rights. The limitation of the standard utility dscl is currently a temporary measure that can contain the problem, waiting for that Apple is about to release a corrective patch.


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