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With the Smart Grid predicted to become a $200 billion industry over the next five years, it’s not surprising that many IT companies — Google, Microsoft, Intel and others — have reached for their own piece of the pie. But all of them are going to have to make room for a new giant: Apple. The iconic maker of the iPod, iPhone and now iSlate has just patented its own home power management panel.

As novel as this sounds, Apple isn’t introducing any brand new technology. Its home energy management dashboard will be based on HomePlug’s system. HomePlug makes panels that plug into basic wall sockets. In a matter of minutes, this devices connect with every outlet in the house via broadband internet. This type of technology is better known in Europe. But for now, Apple’s power management device is nothing more than a couple of patents — it’ll be a while yet before they’re turned into anything more.

The idea behind a possible device would be to connect a central interface to smart appliances around the home. Users will be able to view how much energy they are using in real time, as well as how much it is costing them. This could give them incentive to change their behavior to conserve both energy and money. Whether an Apple product would allow people to see this information via a special Apple device like a compact monitor, or your television screen or internet browser (like Microsoft Hohm and Google Powermeter) remains unknown.

It makes sense why Apple would choose to pursue home energy management. Of all the businesses related to the construction of a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid, home energy monitoring systems are the slickest and most consumer friendly of the bunch. Just look at AlertMe and its line of high-design devices for measuring energy use, or Control4 which makes a dashboard interface shockingly similar to that of the iPhone.

On one hand, this segment of the industry is prepped to become the first cleantech bubble (a la one of our 2010 predictions) — there are simply too many companies after the same brass ring. On the other hand, Apple has the manpower, design sense and brand recognition to become the dominant force in the space if it so chose. It’ll be exciting to see what the company comes up with.

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Here’s the latest action:

Rockstar Games San Diego wives revolt — The spouses of Rockstar Game developers say the company is overworking employees.

Attack method against Google now public — McAfee says that Operation Aurora, the means by which Chinese hackers attacked Google, has now been exposed.

Barely getting by — Snappy Touch developer lays bare how much money he manages to make on the iPhone.

Apple tablet in full production? — AVI Securities analyst Matt Thornton says the tablet is making its way through the supply chain and it may boost demand for flash memory chips. Meanwhile, a multitouch patent for the so-called iSlate emerged.

Mobile calling plan prices drop — Verizon Wireless said it was cutting its basic cell phone rates by $29.99 a month to $69.99 a month, launching a battle with AT&T, which promptly matched Verizon’s move.

Analyst predicts Nintendo DS 2 — EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich says the DS 2, the successor to Nintendo’s 100-million-plus selling DS/DSi handheld game platform, will ship in 2010.

Tech IPOs come back, and so does Quattrone — Famed investment banker Frank Quattrone (right), free of legal entanglements, is coming back to service IPOs with a new firm, Qatalyst Partners.

Et tu, Woz – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak may not get the best seat in the house at Apple’s next announcement, especially after he admitted he’s a fan of Google’s Nexus One phone.

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Don’t look for it to replace your Droid — or even your CLIQ — but Motorola’s got another Android phone coming up here that’s likely targeting a decidedly different market. The so-called “Ruth” — model number MB511 — has been unearthed via Motorola’s own user agent profile database, revealing a decidedly HTC Tattoo-like QVGA display, GSM / WCDMA radio of some sort, and Qualcomm MSM7200a processor. What’s more, we’re seeing a mention of Android 1.5 in the browser specs section of the profile — so whatever this is, whatever GSM carriers around the world pick it up, let’s hope there’s already an Eclair-flavored update in the pipe.

Motorola ‘Ruth’ specs outed, likely company’s least interesting Android phone yet originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’m not sure how we missed these charming little PS3 and Wii sniper rifles (you know, for kids) at CES. However, as Technabob points out, both look like AK-47s, which aren’t very useful as sniper rifles.

You can buy these for about $40 and it seems they’re on Amazon right now for pre-order.

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When discussing “free” and its use as a promotional marketing tool, we often point to the fact that it’s hardly a new concept at all — and the idea of “buy one, get one free” or “free coupons” has been used successfully in the restaurant business for ages. Yet, it appears that some in the food business are going through the same debates that we find ourselves in around here concerning the use of “free” within a business model for the sake of promotion. I would imagine this has become an even bigger issue as many restaurants and restaurant chains experimented this year with big time “free” promotions.

A few weeks back, reader Josh sent in this analysis from someone in the pizza industry about why “free” makes a lot of sense as a piece of a larger marketing strategy. What struck me is how similar the discussion is to the discussions we have here. There are people who complain that giving away free food “devalues” the food. You have people complaining that the “cost” of free food is too high. But, in the end, the guy makes a good case for why free is a great system, for bringing in new customers, who can turn into loyal paying customers:

Many times I hear, “Giving away free food diminishes the value of my brand.” My response is usually laughter, followed by a question: “Are you kidding me?” The goal with free food is to drive qualified prospective customers into your establishment to try your food, service and experience.

Of course, the economics with food is quite a bit different than with content. With food, each “free sample” has a direct cost in that the same items cannot be sold. With content, the argument in favor of using “free” is even stronger, because you are just giving away copies — and each copy is free to make and distribute, even if the original copy cost money.

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Zynga’s FarmVille, with over 70 million monthly users, won the Crunchies Award for best social application last week. To celebrate, they are giving everyone on FarmVille a virtual gift in the form of the award.

There’s a story about the gorilla award that we give out to the winners. It was inspired by the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the gorilla’s first use technology/tools (bones) after discovering the monolith. The full story, and a picture of the actual award, is here.

Anyway, I added the virtual Crunchie award to my somewhat neglected FarmVille farm, right between my chicken and my dairy farm. You can see it below. It’s not a bad likeness.

Make sure to add yours when you use FarmVille. And if you don’t like it, you can always sell it for 100 coins.

Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

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By Anjali Cordeiro and Ellen Byron, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal

Procter & Gamble Co. plans to launch an online store that will sell key brands, aiming to study consumer buying habits as it counters moves by traditional retailers, which have reduced the variety of brands they carry.

P&G spokeswoman Tressie Long said the company sees the new online store as more of a “learning lab,” where it can study consumers’ online buying habits, rather than as a direct source of sales growth. P&G, which already sells its products online through the Web sites of such retailers as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), says it will share what it learns with retailers that carry its brands.

P&G’s new “eStore” will start as a pilot using 5,000 consumers in coming days. The site will carry only P&G products but will be owned and operated by PFSweb, an e-commerce service provider. Pricing on the site will be at the discretion of PFSweb, P&G says.

Not every P&G product will be available via the site initially, although big brands including Tide, Pampers and Olay will be sold there.

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When Verizon Wireless (VZ) announced in February of 2008 that it would offer unlimited mobile phone calls for a flat rate of $99.99 a month, it took AT&T (T) a matter of hours to craft a similar rate plan and issue an press release touting it. No surprise then that Verizon’s announcement this morning of a $69.99-a-month nationwide voice plan and a $89.99-a-month voice and text plan, was quickly followed by AT&T’s announcement of similar offerings. They are:

▪ Feature Phone customers may choose unlimited talk for $69.99. Family Talk customers (prices assume two lines) may choose unlimited talk for $119.99 per month.  Texting plans remain unchanged at $20 for unlimited plans for individuals and $30 for Family Talk plans.

▪ Quick Messaging Device customers may choose unlimited talk for $69.99 and Family Talk plans may choose unlimited talk for $119.99 per month (for two lines). These plans require a minimum of $20 per month for individual plans and $30 per month for Family Talk plans in texting and/or Web browsing packages for new and upgrading customers.

▪ All smartphone customers, including iPhone customers, may now buy unlimited voice and data for $99.99.  For smartphone customers with Family Talk plans (prices assume 2 smartphones), unlimited voice and data is now available for $179.99. Texting plans remain unchanged at $20 for unlimited plans for individuals, $30 for Family Talk Plans.

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Looks like the Wii Fit has got itself a competition in this program. A 17-year-old Georgia boy claims that he shed off half his weight thanks to his “video game diet.”
 
 
 

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Chrysler, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Nissan, Saab, Smart

We cover a lot of automotive ground here at Autoblog every week, but even with our obsessive watch on the industry, things still get away from us. So we hereby present the Autoblog Weekender, a place where we might be able to leave no story unturned.

This week Hannibal and Face stop by along with some freaky hip dude called Reggie White, the Tucker Torpedo Convertible controversy is not over, the Nissan GT-R challenger for the FIA GT1 series takes a bow in high-res photos, as does Heffner’s R8 Twin Turbo, somebody puts wood paneling on a Smart Fortwo, and who knew Bentleys could tow in reverse?

And that’s not even the half of it. Follow the jump for the week’s leftovers, and let us know what you think of the first Weekender in Comments.

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The Tata Nano has power windows for the driver and front passenger. Anyone sitting in the rear seats, though, will have to make do with manual controls. Of all the things we learned about the world’s cheapest car during its official North American unveiling in downtown Detroit yesterday, the way Tata Motors’ engineers split the difference between feature and basic functionality with its windows best exemplifies how this car got to be so inexpensive.

In person, the Nano doesn’t exude cheapness. It doesn’t look or feel expensive, to be sure, but there is a bit of heft to the doors and the Nano gives off a vibe that this it is, in fact, a real car – if a truly small and simple one. While the Nano on display at the Detroit Science Center was static, Tata did let us sit inside, and as it turns out, the interior is surprisingly roomy – bubble roofs do a lot to reduce claustrophobia. The Nano isn’t a car we’d want to go cross-country in, but to move four people around a city, it could work quite well. Especially at the absurd price – maybe – of around $5,000 once it can be manufactured to U.S. standards and tastes. Find out more after the jump.

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Predictions about phones overtaking PCs at one task or another are hardly anything new, but research firm Gartner has gotten a bit more specific than most with its latest forecast — which, among other things, foretells of a day when cellphones will be the most common device used for browsing the web. That momentous event will supposedly happen by 2013, when Gartner expects the number of browser-equipped phones to exceed 1.83 billion, compared to 1.78 billion old fashioned computers in use. According to Gartner, however, while browser-equipped phones will outnumber PCs by then, they won’t actually be most folks’ primary browsing device until sometime in 2015. In other prognostication news, the firm also says that fully three billion of the world’s population will be able to make electronic transactions via mobile or internet technology by 2014, and that by as soon as 2012, 20% of businesses will “own no IT assets” — meaning that employees would be using their own personal computer, and that the businesses themselves would be relying on cloud-based services.

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To be clear, I’ve no influence in Cupertino, and the closest I’ve ever been to Steve Jobs was when I wore a black turtleneck skiing. But that said, there were a few developments at CES that got me thinking about a killer feature for a tablet. So here are the specific three developments from CES that stood out to me, and how I’d combine them in a disruptive tablet.

First, small, portable computing platforms were hot. No surprise to anyone, but Netbooks were all over the show, in creative new formats, layouts, OSes, and component make-ups. This sector has already proven to be a consumer favorite, and the OEMs are responding in force. Tablets, slates, and new formats were being shown by a variety of vendors hoping to get the jump on Apple, notably Microsoft in what could be described as an anemic Keynote by Ballmer.

Second, e-Readers were exploding out of the booths. There were new e-Readers on display from Huawei, Spring Design, Plastic Logic, Entourage eDGe and many more. Many analysts predict growth in the e-Reader sector, largely predicated on the notion that the readers use crystal clear e-ink screens, which greatly extend battery life, are easier on the eyes, and can be read indoors or out. Devices with standard LCD screens like Netbooks or iPhones churn through batteries too quickly to pose a direct threat to e-Readers. Thus, for now, this sector is seen as "protected" from the cheaper or more versatile Smartphones, Netbooks and tablets.

Third, there was an immense amount of innovation in screen configurations across Netbooks, TVs, laptops, etc. We saw two-screen laptops, touchscreens, tablets, double screen e-Readers, MEMS displays from Qualcomm, and more. Among the cool new screen technologies was one from PixelQi (discussed at GigaOm). The PixelQi (pronounced Pixel Chee) screen can operate in two modes: one which is like a standard backlit LCD laptop screen, and a second that closely resembles the e-ink of the Kindle. In this high-resolution, black-on-white mode, power consumption is cut to ~1/3 of a regular laptop screen. This mode also is easier on the eyes, and can be read easily in sunlight. PixelQi technology is cool in and of itself, since, as processors get more efficient, screens are becoming a relatively larger portion of the power budget – any savings here could have a dramatic impact on battery life. One could switch a laptop into "ink mode" and extend battery life at the expense of color.

I think you see where I’m going. If I were Jobs, I’d launch a tablet that used the iPhone OS, had access to the app store, iTunes, Safari browser…AND had an 8-10" dual-mode screen. Such a tablet could suck the air out of the room for e-reader makers. A company like Apple has the clout to get access to a wide range of book content, including the NYT bestseller lists. If so, Apple’s tablet could quickly end the dedicated reader era. Consider a tablet that offers the value proposition of an e-Reader, a Netbook, GPS, and 100k apps. That’s the kind of product that could justify a price premium over a $300 Netbook or Reader.

Either way, I see the dedicated reader market fading in the future, much as PDAs did. Not that they’re not in demand, but the dedicated Readers will evolve and be subsumed into general-purpose tablets, or will be beaten by tablets that can do more. If it’s not Apple or PixelQi next month, it’s going to be somebody else within a year. Either way, buyers win: we’re all going to benefit from the active innovation in the screen/display category, and more functional devices with better battery life.

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It was a long time ago but I could swear that Resident Evil came out on the Playstation. Yes. I’m sure now. Definitely not the Nintendo Entertainment System. Then why is there a Famicom cartridge with some sort of quasi-Resident Evil available on eBay? Ah — piracy.

Not that NES game piracy is a big issue these days, at least not in cartridge form. And although this RE clone is pretty unexpected to find in a physical medium, this kind of game is increasingly common. “De-makes,” as they are called, are all over the place, from Left 4 Dead to Gang Garrison II — TIGsource had a whole competition based on them.

There are a ton of these “pirate originals” cartridges, but unfortunately it looks like they’ve recently been taken off the auction block. Ah well. Now you know what to search for.

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Business review service Yelp will update its mobile apps soon to include a feature called “check-ins,” a feature similar to one that several smaller location-based social networks have built their businesses around. This according to several other blogs that were given early access to the feature – blogs that, co-incidentally are less likely to mention complaints about Yelp, like that it is hated by many business owners, is believed by some to be full of extortionists and is believed by many to be filled with self-absorbed, chronically snide hipsters.

Those common criticisms aside, Yelp is pretty awesome and the addition of check-ins could make it even more awesome still. Or it could be really annoying. It’s hard to say for sure, but it’s definitely going to be a big deal.

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Only Apple knows for sure when the update will be live for the Yelp iPhone app but when it does, here’s what it will look like:

• You’ll be able to click a button to “check-in” when you’re phsyicaly present at a location listed on Yelp.
• You’ll get a badge marking you as a regular when you check in regularly from one location and your review will reflect that status.
• You’ll be able to get an iPhone push notification when a friend of yours from the site checks in someplace.
• Check-in data will eventually be available on the website in addition to the mobile application

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What does this mean? It means that many more people around the world will be able to enjoy the very cool ideas that smart little services like Foursquare and Gowalla have come up with but had limited userbases to score network effects with outside of a few large cities.

It means you’ll want to launch the Yelp iPhone app more often and that the app will be pestering you with friends’ check-ins, reminding you to pay attention to Yelp. It means you’ll be more likely to make friends on Yelp. It means you’ll be walking down the street in your town, find out a friend is nearby and you’ll change your plans in order to go hang out with them.

If implemented well, it’s probably going to be a whole lot of fun. A good implementation might include shut-off times for push notifications and intelligent integration of your friends, favorite places and other information.

What are the smaller companies in this space going to do? That’s a tough call. Most social networking activities are a lot more enjoyable if a larger number of people and a larger number of people of your friends in particular are participating. That means Yelp.

There may be important cultural differences, though, that leave space in a larger market for smaller players. Yelp may remain dominated by a certain crowd considered distasteful (perhaps so tasteful it’s distasteful) by enough other people to make alternatives economically viable.

We’ve got different TV and radio networks for people with different tastes today, might we not have different location-based social networks for people with different tastes tomorrow?

We’re about to find out, because leveraging location data on the mobile phone is about to become a much more common thing to do.

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By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s, Tech Trader Daily

Intel (INTC) last night reported Q4 results that were, by any measure, well above expectations. Q4 revenue was up 28 percent year-over-year, and EPS beat by a dime, even before backing out the company’s one-time payment to settle its litigation with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The big beat figured to set up the market to rally this morning; but as it often does, the market has defied expectations, and tech stocks are selling off big time.

Several of the more bearish Intel analysts noted this morning that the company’s impressive Q4 gross margin–64.7 percent, up 7 points sequentially and 12 points year over year–may be as good as it gets. Auriga analyst Daniel Berenbaum this morning wrote in a research note that “gross margin arguably peaked for the cycle in Q4, which could prove a headwind for the stock.”

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If you’re reading this post in a Web browser, you’ve probably already noticed that something is a little… different. This afternoon we pushed the second half of our Ars Version 5.5 that went live back in December. As you poke around and use the site over the next few days, you should notice a large number of design (and quite a few functional) updates from the way the site used to look and operate.

From the category pages, to author bios, to our comments, there’s not a nook or cranny that’s been left untouched by Aurich Lawson’s nimble Photoshop fingers. You’ve probably seen quite a few new bits already, but I thought it might be helpful if we presented some of the biggest changes side by side with their older counterparts.

Category pages

An old category page “top”

The new category page “top.” Note the cool new category headers, the restyled sidebar links, and the new treatment of articles.

An old category page.

A new category page. Note how we highlight features here like we do on the front page.

Articles

An article in the old design.

A newly styled article. Note how the content starts higher on the page, and the restyled article links in the sidebar.

How the bottom of an article looked in the old design.

The new bottom of an article. Note the new comment bar, and newly minted sharing links, now featuring Facebook and a ton more (including email) in the “Share button.”

The Ars Premier Experience

How an article looks to an Ars Premier Subscriber.

How the front page looks to an Ars Premier Subscriber.

Author pages

An author page on the old design

Author bios on the new design. Coming soon will be additional links for an author, like Twitter pages, personal blog, and more.

Footer

The old crusty footer.

New, super-fresh footer.

Comments

Comments on the old design.

Super sweet new comments. The overall design is, we feel, a lot easier on the eyes. We’re also calling out authors and staff members much better now.

Sidebar

The latest top stories sidebar box in the old design.

The latest top stories box on the new design. Much cleaner look overall. We’ve removed the ability to use this box on the front page, as the whole front page replicates this functionality (and more) now.

Forums

Fresh new icons at the bottom of the forums.

Feedback

As with all our projects and changes here, we highly value the input of our readers. If you have comments or constructive criticism, please feel free to leave them in the comments below. If you prefer to use email, you can send your feedback to [email protected].

Thanks

None of this project would’ve been possible without the work of our Technical Director Kurt Mackey, our Creative Director Aurich Lawson, our HTML/CSS Guru Greg Hines, our Developer and Project Manager Extraordinare Clint Ecker (that’s me), or without the support, direction, and feedback from nearly the entire editorial staff here at Ars Technica.

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The Google-China debacle has finally spilled over into Sino-American relations. The U.S. State Department said today that it plans to demand a Chinese government investigation into the cyberattacks on Google’s (GOOG) computers, which the company claims originated in China.

“We will be issuing a formal demarche to the Chinese government in Beijing on this issue in the coming days, probably early this week,” said State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley. “It will express our concern for this incident and request information from China as to an explanation of how it happened and what they plan to do about it.”

What they plan to do about it?

Not much, if yesterday’s comments from Beijing are any indication. Consider this report from Xinhua News, the official press agency of Chinese government:

… cyber attacks are a commonplace issue across the globe even if countries have been making every effort to combat hackers.

On Tuesday, China’s largest Internet search engine Baidu, which is also Google’s major rival in the Chinese market, suffered an hacker attack that paralyzed its website for more than three hours.

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has said that “There are attacks every day …We’re attacked every day from all parts of the world and I think everybody else is too. We didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.”

So it’s far-fetched to blame China as a scapegoat for cyber attacks just because Google said something about that.

In addition, it’s quite natural for a multinational company to shift its market strategy or even pull out business from a certain area.

Since Google.cn was launched in January 2006, it has seen a continuous rise in its market share in China. But it is still unlikely for Google to rock Baidu’s status quo as a superpower in the Chinese search market.

Baidu and Google took 63.9 percent and 31.1 percent of shares, respectively, of China’s Internet search market in the third quarter last year, according to data from Analysys International, a leading advisor on technology, media and telecom industry in China.

While Google’s global share is over 90 percent, according to web analytics company Stat Counter.

Till now, Google’s real intentions to quit China are still not clear.

There is no sense blowing things out of proportion and turning a business issue into a political or diplomatic dispute.

Above all, Google’s decision is no bigger than a corporate action, no matter where the company comes from or how powerful it is.

Clearly, Beijing has no plans to compromise–at this point, anyway.

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Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Hybrid, Performance, Japan, Toyota, Tokyo Auto Salon

Back in November, the rumormill was set ablaze when reports began to surface that Toyota was working on a new MR2 packing hybrid power. Today, those rumors have been laid to rest… kinda.

In addition to the G Sport Series FT-86 and Prius, Toyota trotted out a concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon based on the third generation MR-S (ZZW30). Although the MR2 was nixed in the U.S. in 2005 (and in Japan in 2007), Toyota and its partners at Gazoo saw fit to resurrect its midship drop-top by fitting a 3.3-liter V6 where the old 1.8-liter four-cylinder used to reside and an electric motor mated to a THSII hybrid system up front. That’s right, the MR2 Sports Hybrid Concept is all-wheel drive, and between the two mills, it’s churning out over 400 horsepower through a continuously variable transmission (CVT).

But despite its boosted output, the 2,800-pound concept is a bit on the porky side compared to its 2,200-pound predecessor. Toyota claims it can run to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds – still better than the stock ZZW30, but at what a cost to the MR2’s supreme chuckability? While there’s no chance of Toyota putting the MR2 Sports Hybrid Concept into production, this could point the way for things to come – for better or worse. Make the jump for a promo video.

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