MSN Hotmail hits 1GB storage limit
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday announced a global storage upgrade for MSN Hotmail accounts by increasing the storage limit from 250 MB to 1 GB. Also extended was the expiration period for inactive accounts from 30 days to 60 days for accounts that are more than two years old.
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17.11.2006 MSN Wallpaper Manager from Windows Live Download
Many users love to have high quality beautiful wallpapers on their desktop and often we get bore with old wallpapers and we need to search and download more wallpapers from internet. It’s not easy to get such high quality wallpapers.
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21.7.2009 Review: Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3650 1GB
In fact, the one thing that I constantly keep in the back of my mind when evaluating any product is how well it stacks up in terms of value and its competitors.
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21.5.2008 MSN to Relaunch as MSN Media Network?
The LiveSide folks are reporting that MSN is looking to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network. We figured the MSN team would have to do some kind of rebranding, given that most of their properties are now operating under the "Live," rather than the MSN banner. LiveSide says the MSNers are looking to expand their franchises to include
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7.2.2006 MSN (may) becomes the MSN Media Network
Several sources have indicated to us that MSN plans to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network, whilst at the same time expanding its range of interactive and content rich services. As well as continuing to deliver content through MSN.com and MSN Music, the MSN Video team is evolving to include Movies and TV. Both these sites have already been revamped at the end of last year and feature show times and reviews as well as the latest entertainment news.
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8.2.2006 Windows 7 hits Milestone 3
I have seen the future — specifically Windows 7 Milestone 3 (Build 6780).
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16.9.2008 Xbox Live Hits 6 Million
Microsoft today announced that Xbox Live has hit 6 million registered members four months ahead of its schedule.
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6.3.2007 Windows Live hits second generation
Microsoft is adding photo sharing and Web-based hosted storage to Windows Live on Wednesday, though for now the services will be limited to a few thousand preselected testers.
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27.6.2007 Office 2008 Hits RTM
Here’s the latest official word – Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)!
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15.12.2007 Vista SP1: The hits just keep coming
Amid reports by some users of endless-loop reboots and less-than-impressive performance gains with Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, now there’s a new SP1 gotcha.
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22.2.2008 Amazon hits Microsoft in the clouds
Microsoft is gearing up to go big with its plans for its own version of its hosted development platform later this month. But Amazon.com isn’t sitting idly by, waiting for Microsoft to rain on its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
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2.10.2008 Microsoft Goes Back to Hotmail
Just on the heels of another great release for the beta (M9), I’d like to share some interesting news to our loyal users. When we launch the mail service worldwide, it will be named Windows Live Hotmail.
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8.2.2007 Web IM in Hotmail!
Yes, you’ve been asking us, and we promised you’d get it soon. Well, the moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: instant messaging from the web is here!
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21.4.2009 Free Opera Hits 1 Million Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera Software removed the ads and license fee from its popular Web browser, Opera 8.5 has been downloaded by over 1 million people, the company said Thursday. The number is double Opera's previous download record, which it achieved in April with version 8.0.
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Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Brings More of the Best for Less
From gamers looking for fun with the family — such as volleying with tennis pros — to those who want hardcore action — such as leading an elite Ghost Recon squad equipped with cutting-edge weapons and communications systems — anyone in search of a great game experience can find a blockbuster title with Platinum Hits for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system.
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23.2.2007 Zero-day flaw hits Windows XP
A new zero-day flaw has been reported in a system component of Microsoft's Windows XP.
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19.9.2007 Microsoft hits 10,000th patent
Microsoft has surpassed its next milestone in the race to patent its operating system.
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10.2.2009 New Hotmail Beta Features Revealed
Microsoft has released to the public a full list, with pictures and FAQ, on how to use the new Hotmail Beta system. Similar to Microsoft Outlook, the new "Mail Beta" takes on a new ease-of-use look and feel. Check out the full featured release from Microsoft below.
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Microsoft to bring Hotmail onto the desktop
Microsoft has started beta testing software that will take its Web e-mail onto the desktop.
This week, Microsoft served up the first test version of Windows Live Mail Desktop, a free Windows program that will let users manage multiple e-mail accounts. The software is designed to work with Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail that is also in beta testing.
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31.3.2006 Hotmail used to launch extortion scam
A Hotmail user logged into their account this week to find that scammers had deleted all their e-mails except for one, which was from a hacker demanding cash in exchange for restoring the lost information, according to Websense.
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15.12.2006 Nokia N97 hits U.S. flagship stores today
According to Engadget, Nokia's most powerful handset, the Nokia N97, will be hitting flagship stores in New York and Chicago.
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9.6.2009 Hotmail users report connection issues
Several users of Microsoft's Hotmail service reported having problems with the free e-mail service on Tuesday. Microsoft late Tuesday confirmed the issue and said it has been fixed.
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19.4.2006 Windows Live Hotmail Set for May US Release
Microsoft is preparing to launch Windows Live Hotmail in the United States by next month, although customers in India and Belgium will begin seeing the updates later this week, the company is expected to announce Tuesday.
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17.4.2007 Windows Live Hotmail Launches in US on Monday
As first reported by BetaNews in mid-April, Microsoft is on track to launch Windows Live Hotmail in the United States on Monday, sources are now confirming.
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5.5.2007 Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
We has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online.
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5.10.2009 Security flaw hits Safari for Windows only hours after release
Thanks to marct for this article. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser on Windows only hours after the software was released.
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12.6.2007 Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News
Update: As a clarification, Microsoft previously had a Google News competitor, named MSN Newsbot, which no longer exists.
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17.4.2008 XP MCE 2005 Hotmail Add-in Due Soon
According to Sean Alexander (Microsoft Group Product Manager Windows Vista) an add-in for Hotmail functionality in Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is due for release next week.
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Microsoft Prepares to release Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail (previous named Windows Live Mail) testers have received an e-mail from Microsoft with the words "we're getting ready to launch" although there is no notice of a date.
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2.5.2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide
Built from the ground up, the new Windows Live Hotmail is now safer, more powerful and available virtually anywhere.
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7.5.2007Updated: Hotmail users getting locked out
As a follow-up to last week's story on
Hotmail users getting locked
out, the second account mentioned has been restored.
Last Wednesday, Hotmail account holder Will showed CNET an e-mail
verifying that he notified Microsoft on May 2 that his Hotmail password had been changed without his knowledge. Microsoft support staff responded with
the following message: "Thank you for your message to MSN and Windows Live Privacy. I understand you are having difficulties accessing your MSN
Hotmail account because you believe someone has gained unauthorized access to your account. For assistance with this issue, please contact the MSN
Support staff using the (following) form."
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05.06.2008Windows Live Services to be Rebranded as MSN
For those who were shocked
about Windows Live Mail being
re-named Windows Live Hotmail,
you may want to cover your
ears (Or eyes in this case).
We just
recently received exclusive
news from a close source that
many, if not all, Windows Live
services will not be released
under the Windows Live name,
and instead, will once again
be branded as MSN.
The decision
apparently came late Friday,
when many from both the MSN
and Windows Live divisions of
Microsoft met to discuss the
future of several services,
and how they would be branded.
At this
time, we are only aware of one
service that will undergo the
rebranding. Windows Live
Hotmail will once again be
branded as MSN Hotmail,
however we are aware that
several others are planned to
be rebranded as well. Though
with the rebranding of MSN
Hotmail, we can only assume
that Windows Live Mail Desktop
will be rebranded as well.
This is
not the first time this has
happened. Many Windows Live
services have been rebranded
as MSN in the past, the most
recent of which would be
Desktop Search.
This is a
developing story, and we will
update you with the latest as
it comes in.
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01.04.2007Here comes MSN.com v11 “ new look, hotmail integration, more
Looks like well be seeing a new MSN.com homepage soon,
even though it leaves Mini-Microsoft cold:
And some of the projects he's (ed: Kevin Johnson)
interested in and driving just leave me cold ( e.g., the upcoming MSN UI revamp. It puts the F in WTF )
The new home page
features Windows Live, with Hotmail, Messenger, and Spaces tabs on the front page, in a Vista Sidebar looking design. Heres the new page...
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28.07.2008Microsoft Launches Live Hotmail Worldwide
Microsoft Corp. today
announced that Windows Live
Hotmail, the successor to MSN
Hotmail, is launching globally
in 36 languages. The most
significant upgrade for
Hotmail since it pioneered the
webmail industry in 1996, the
new service has been built to
be a vast improvement over the
previous Hotmail offering,
having incorporated input from
more than 20 million beta
testers.
Windows Live Hotmail will
deliver a safer, more powerful
and productive e-mail
experience than previous
versions with flexible access
via the Web, on a mobile phone
or with an e-mail client.
Microsoft also announced that
later this month Windows Live
Hotmail customers will be able
to access their Windows Live
Hotmail e-mail and contacts
for free using Microsoft
Office Outlook 2003 or Office
Outlook 2007 via the new
Microsoft Office Outlook
Connector beta.
As Windows Live
Hotmail begins rolling out on
May 7 and continues over the
coming days, consumers will be
able to visit
Hotmail.com<
/a> to sign up for a new
Windows Live Hotmail account.
Current MSN Hotmail customers
can also update their existing
account to Windows Live
Hotmail by logging into their
account and clicking on the
green Join Windows Live
Hotmail button.
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07.05.2007MSN Postmaster Services
Launches
Microsoft on Tuesday
officially launched MSN
Postmaster Services, which
provides tools and information
to ISPs on how they can work
with Microsoft's e-mail
filtering to ensure their
messages reach Hotmail
customers. ISPs can also
review complaint reports and
track e-mail sent to MSN that
has been tagged as junk...
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18.04.2006Breaking: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail
accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers
to share code snippets. The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and
most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists.
Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and
@live.com accounts.
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05.10.2009Microsoft upgrades Hotmail storage to 1GB
Neowin members (thanks
DJLunacy for the initial post)
are
reporting that Microsoft's webmail
service, Hotmail, is currently
upgrading users from 250MB to
1GB . Windows Live Mail
has a maximum of 2GB storage,
but many users don't wish to
use it, and therefore were
stuck on 250MB.
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18.11.2006Microsoft still battling Windows Live and Hotmail outage
A major outage to Microsoft Windows Live services has left an unknown number of users unable to access MSN Messenger, Hotmail and other services since
earlier today. Progress is being made on resolving the situation, the company says...
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27.02.2008Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users
Windows Live users are reporting on February 26 that they are unable to access Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger, two of
Microsoft’s key consumer Internet services.
Microsoft’s MSN.com portal also is extremely slow to load.
A number of
users on Microsoft’s Channel 9 Web site report
having been affected by the outage.
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26.02.2008Microsoft: We Are Not Ripping Off Users With MSN Premium
Microsoft reacted to reports comparing MSN Premium with Windows Live Hotmail, defending its subscription web-based service centered around email. The
reaction from the Redmond company came to criticism that the features, functionality and capabilities it is offering via MSN Premium for approximately
$10 per month have equivalents that are available free of charge to all Windows Live Hotmail users running either Windows XP or Windows Vista. Of
course, Microsoft has rejected the criticism claiming that there are multiple reasons why MSN Premium users are charged for the service. As a
consequence, the company has explained the subtle differences between what MSN Premium has to offer and what Windows Live Mail brings to the table.
"MSN Premium was designed to appeal to a different audience than the free Windows Live services and we continue to support this
service and our subscribers. MSN Premium
offers customers a single integrated client experience that simplifies web access, multiple accounts,
service integration, and access to information via the 'Dashboard'. While Windows Live includes many comparable services, MSN Premium includes
software as part of the subscription, including Encarta Premium, and offers additional functionality such as download manager and SpySweeper. Many
customers are also attracted to MSN Premium's advertisement-free experience, while Windows Live services are ad-funded", Microsoft replied as cited
by
SeattlePI.
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04.01.2008Windows Live Prepped for Cell
Phones
Microsoft is preparing to beta
test a new software client for
Windows Mobile 5.0, which will
replace the Pocket MSN
application with Windows Live
based services formatted for
smartphones. Pocket MSN
features currently include
one-click access to Hotmail
and Messenger, along with
viewing alerts...
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04.04.2006Hotmail users get a storage bump
"Today, these new features
will begin to roll our
gradually to all our customers
over the next few weeks, so if
you dont immediately see them,
be patient, theyre
coming!"
Microsoft on Monday made a
series of updates to its
Windows Live Hotmail service,
chief among those being an
increase in the size of its
inboxes. Standard users now
get 5GB of storage, while paid
MSN Premium and Hotmail Plus
accounts now get 10GB of
storage.
The move follows Yahoo's
decision to offer its mail
customers unlimited storage.
Google's Gmail currently
touts 2.89GB worth of free
storage for its accounts.
Apple also recently upped its
.Mac storage limit to 10GB,
split between mail and file
storage.
In addition, Microsoft
said that Windows Live Hotmail
is also adding the ability to
accept and decline meeting
requests from Outlook accounts
as well as a tool for
eliminating duplicate contacts
and an easier way to switch to
Hotmail from another mail
service. ..
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14.08.2007Why are these ads for MSN, not Windows Live?
The identities of Microsoft's two online brands, MSN and Windows Live, have been a subject of confusion since the company launched the latter a few
years ago. So it was interesting -- and a bit perplexing -- to see these billboards show up in Seattle recently.
Here's why:
Microsoft has positioned MSN as a destination for "programmed content," such as the MSN.com portal, MSN Video and MSN Games. Windows Live, on the
other hand, has been designated as a place for communications (Hotmail, Messenger), user-generated content (Spaces), and information
retrieval/question answering (Live Search).
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21.03.2008Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide
Microsoft Corp. today
announced that Windows Live™
Hotmail®, the successor to
MSN® Hotmail, is launching
globally in 36 languages. The
most significant upgrade for
Hotmail since it pioneered the
webmail industry in 1996, the
new service has been built to
be a vast improvement over the
previous Hotmail offering,
having incorporated input from
more than 20 million beta
testers. Windows Live Hotmail
will deliver a safer, more
powerful and productive e-mail
experience than previous
versions with flexible access
via the Web, on a mobile phone
or with an e-mail client.
Microsoft also announced that
later this month Windows Live
Hotmail customers will be able
to access their Windows Live
Hotmail e-mail and contacts
for free* using Microsoft®
Office Outlook® 2003 or Office
Outlook 2007 via the new
Microsoft Office Outlook
Connector beta.
As
Windows Live Hotmail begins
rolling out on May 7 and
continues over the coming
days, consumers will be able
to visit
http://www.h
otmail.com to sign up for
a new Windows Live Hotmail
account. Current MSN Hotmail
customers can also update
their existing account to
Windows Live Hotmail by
logging into their account and
clicking on the green Join
Windows Live Hotmail
button.
"We're
thrilled to deliver Windows
Live Hotmail to the more than
280 million active MSN Hotmail
accounts around the world,"
said Steve Berkowitz, senior
vice president of the Online
Services Group at Microsoft.
"Windows Live Hotmail
represents an extremely
compelling end-to-end e-mail
experience that makes it easy
for customers to get
best-of-breed e-mail access
across PCs, mobile devices and
the Web. Windows Live Hotmail
is a cornerstone online
service for Microsoft and a
critical part of our online
advertising business because
e-mail is a key point of
influence for consumer
purchases. We're pleased to
announce the launch of the
service to advertisers in
addition to consumers on the
eve of the Microsoft Strategic
Account Summit."
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07.05.2007Hotmail's maximum storage size increases to 500 GB
As part of its Wave 3 update announced back in 2008, Windows Live Hotmail was to have "ever increasing storage", and now as reported by LiveSide,
the current maximum mailbox size for Hotmail is 500 GB, and this includes e-mail accounts as part of Windows Live Admin Center, Office Live, and MSN
Premium. The new maximum size is shown in the two screenshots below courtesy of PicturePan2 from LiveSino: Screenshot from MSN Explorer where you
check your inbox folder sizes. It shows the max size being 512000 MB (Note: 512000 MB translates to 500 GB). Screenshot from Office Outlook
Connector, where it shows you the size of your Hotmail mailbox. It too shows the max size being 500 GB.
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21.07.2009Microsoft to revamp MSN, include stronger Bing ties
According to CNET, MSN is looking to revamp the MSN homepage, and it will have stronger ties with Bing. Two MSN revamp concepts are currently under
testing. One version, that is being tested in France shows fewer channels, more video, and a direct connection to a user's Hotmail in-box. Another
version, being tested in Brazil shows a more radical overhaul that has social media bar that users can use to share video with their social circle. As
part of the revamp, Microsoft is looking to add a limited amount of personalization as well as more social media features.
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20.06.2009Microsoft Adds Antiphishing to IE Toolbar
Add-ins to MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search available now.
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01.09.2005Windows Live rooted in MSN's
past
Is Windows Live just
another name for
MSN?
Of
the eight or so services that
Microsoft showed off Tuesday
at the launch of Windows Live,
its new Web-based consumer
tools, the vast majority are
reincarnations of products
that the company had either
released or tested under the
MSN
brand.
"A
lot of the Windows Live
services are things that had
already been in development by
MSN," Directions on Microsoft
analyst Matt Rosoff said.
The main Live.com
Web page is similar to the
Start.com page that has been
in testing since earlier this
year. Windows Live Mail is a
long-planned update to Hotmail
designed to make the service
more like desktop e-mail
software. Other existing
products, like Microsoft's
MSN Spaces and its OneCare
security service, are also
joining the Windows Live
party...
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04.11.2005Windows Live hits the toddler stage
Like most other 2-year-olds, Windows Live is just starting to walk and talk on its own.
After months of learning to crawl, the
service is beginning to move away from its MSN roots and carve out its own identity. In recent months, Microsoft has taken the beta tag off Windows
Live Hotmail, added the Windows Live Photo Gallery and SkyDrive services, and completed mobile versions of Live Search and other services.
"I really feel great about where we are with the product and the release, but also overall with the online services business," said Chris
Jones, corporate vice president for Windows Live. "I think that there is obviously more for us to do and more opportunity, but that's what makes it
fun."
In an interview, Jones talked about how things are going with the effort. He also discussed where he thinks Windows Live
fits into the social-networking world, considered the company's struggles in search, and gave praise to the iPhone.
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06.11.2007Microsoft confirms Hotmail POP3 access for US and Brazil
Earlier, you may remember Neowin reporting that the Windows Live team had added POP3 functionality to their Hotmail service. Unfortunately, it has
only available in select countries, but now they've expanded. A blog post from the Windows Live Hotmail team has confirmed that you can now get
POP3 Hotmail access in the United States, and Brazil. Microsoft has been adding more features to Hotmail over the last week and had promised POP3
access for the US and Brazil would be coming this week, and they have delivered. Previously, United States users of Hotmail had to change their
country to get access on mobile devices. Now it's natively supported, ready to go.
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