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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)

2011-06-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-16T18:35:00.000-07:00

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Bombay Sri. Ganesan MAMA sings Paavana Guru

2011-04-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

Bombay Sri Ganesan Mama sings Hamsanandi raagam Paavana Guru

2011-04-24T04:39:00.000-07:00

The music video for Lionel Richie's "Hello" directed by Bob Giraldi, attracts attention as it tells the story of a music teacher (played by Lionel ]

2011-03-11T09:56:00.000-08:00

Hello - Lionel Richie

2011-03-11T09:54:00.000-08:00

Aadu Puli 2011 - Tamil Movie.

2011-02-22T17:32:00.000-08:00

Aadu Puli (2011) Tamil Untouched
Cast: Aadhi, Poorna, Prabhu, Ravichandran, K R Vijaya
Direction: Vijay Prakash
Production: Michael Rayappan
Music: Sundar C Babu

Share - TweeT - Authenticated

2011-02-14T07:32:00.000-08:00

Search updates on LinkedIn with Signal

2011-02-14T07:29:00.000-08:00

Deepak Chopra speaks at LinkedIn

2011-02-14T07:09:00.000-08:00

The Silent Indian National Anthem

2011-01-27T19:09:00.000-08:00

{Dth-Rip}-Ethir Neechal--Xvid Avi RBC TTTeam - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-27T09:34:00.000-08:00

{Dth-Rip}-Ethir Neechal--Xvid Avi RBC TTTeam - TAMILTORRENTS

[DVD-RIP] Sad Songs Of LOVE - Best Collection - Eashwar_KK - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-27T01:32:00.000-08:00

[DVD-RIP] Sad Songs Of LOVE - Best Collection - Eashwar_KK - TAMILTORRENTS

Chikku Bukku - Lotus - Untouched (TamilTorrents.Net) - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-27T01:08:00.000-08:00

Chikku Bukku - Lotus - Untouched (TamilTorrents.Net) - TAMILTORRENTS

Ilaignan ~ 1CD ~ TC ~ Rip ~ Mp3 ~ TamilTorrents.Net - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-26T04:08:00.000-08:00

Ilaignan ~ 1CD ~ TC ~ Rip ~ Mp3 ~ TamilTorrents.Net - TAMILTORRENTS

Ilaignan TC - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-26T04:06:00.000-08:00

Ilaignan TC - TAMILTORRENTS

DVD.Enthiran.2010.Ayngaran - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

DVD.Enthiran.2010.Ayngaran - TAMILTORRENTS

[MP3] - TSPROD - Memories - 2011 - [ACD-RIP] - LAME - VBR - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-22T14:08:00.000-08:00

[MP3] - TSPROD - Memories - 2011 - [ACD-RIP] - LAME - VBR - TAMILTORRENTS

Karthi reports Siruthai DVD piracy to Chennai Commissioner - TAMILTORRENTS

2011-01-20T12:24:00.000-08:00

Karthi reports Siruthai DVD piracy to Chennai Commissioner - TAMILTORRENTS

Ninnai Saranadainthean Kannamma - Bombay Jeyasree

2011-01-06T16:15:00.000-08:00

Optimizing technology with prudence: DEVANMANI: [MP3] Evan Di Una Pethan Single from Vaanam (2010) 320KBPS Original ACD RiP

2011-01-05T01:48:00.001-08:00

Optimizing technology with prudence: DEVANMANI: [MP3] Evan Di Una Pethan *Single* from Vaanam (2010) 320KBPS Original ACD RiP

DEVANMANI: [MP3] Evan Di Una Pethan Single from Vaanam (2010) 320KBPS Original ACD RiP

2011-01-05T01:48:00.000-08:00

DEVANMANI: [MP3] Evan Di Una Pethan *Single* from Vaanam (2010) 320KBPS Original ACD RiP

Rajini & Sridevi in Johnny -- Romance

2010-12-22T06:59:00.000-08:00

Thalapathi

2010-12-20T04:25:00.000-08:00

Download torrents from the web. Fast. Easy.

2009-08-23T10:04:00.001-07:00

Download torrents from the web. Fast. Easy.

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Proposed Architecture

2009-08-07T22:00:00.000-07:00

VirtualBOX

2009-05-08T16:57:00.001-07:00

THE GEOPOLITICS OF PANDEMICS

2009-05-04T16:59:00.000-07:00

Word began to flow out of Mexico the weekend before last of well over 150 deaths suspected to have been caused by a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as swine flu. Scientists who examined the flu announced that this was a new strain of Influenza A (H1N1) derived partly from swine flu, partly from human flu and partly from avian flu strains (although there is some question as to whether this remains true). The two bits of information released in succession created a global panic.

This panic had three elements. The first related to the global nature of this disease, given that flus spread easily and modern transportation flows mean containment is impossible. Second, there were concerns (including our own) that this flu would have a high mortality rate. And third, the panic centered on the mere fact that this disease was the flu.

News of this new strain triggered memories of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, sparking fears that the "Spanish flu" that struck at the end of World War I would be repeated. In addition, the scare over avian flu created a sense of foreboding about influenza -- a sense that a catastrophic outbreak was imminent.

By midweek, the disease was being reported around the world. It became clear that the disease was spreading, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Phase 5 pandemic alert. A Phase 5 alert (the last step before a pandemic is actually, officially declared, a step that may be taken within the next couple of days) means that a global pandemic is imminent, and that the virus has proved capable of sustained human-to-human transmission and infecting geographically disparate populations. But this is not a measure of lethality, only communicability, and pandemics are not limited to the deadliest diseases.

'Pandemic,' not 'Duck and Cover'

To the medical mind, the word "pandemic" denotes a disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population. The term in no way addresses the underlying seriousness of the disease in the sense of its wider impact on society. The problem is that most people are not physicians. When the WHO convenes a press conference carried by every network in the world, the declaration of a level 5 pandemic connotes global calamity, even as statements from experts -- and governments around the world -- attempt to walk the line between calming public fears and preparing for the worst.

The reason to prepare for the worst was because this was a pandemic with an extremely unclear prognosis, and about which reliable information was in short supply. Indeed, the new strain could mutate into a more lethal form and re-emerge in the fall for the 2009-2010 flu season. There are also concerns about how its victims disproportionately are healthy young adults under 45 years of age -- which was reported in the initial information out of Mexico, and has been reported as an observed factor in the cases that have popped up in the United States. This was part of the 1918 flu pandemic pattern as well. (In contrast, seasonal influenza is most deadly among the elderly and young children with weaker immune systems.)

But as the days wore on last week, the swine flu began to look like little more than ordinary flu. Toward the end of the week, a startling fact began to emerge: While there were more than a hundred deaths in Mexico suspected of being caused by the new strain, only about 20 (a number that has increased slightly after being revised downward earlier last week) have been confirmed as being linked to the new virus. And there has not been a single death from the disease reported anywhere else in the world, save that of a Mexican child transported to the United States for better care. Indeed, even in Mexico, the country's health minister declared the disease to be past its peak May 3. STRATFOR sources involved in examining the strain have also suggested that the initial analysis of the swine flu was in fact in error, and that the swine flu may have originated during a 1998 outbreak in a pig farm in North Carolina. This information reopens the question of what killed the individuals whose deaths were attributed to swine flu.

While little is understood about the specifics of this new strain, influenza in general has a definitive pattern. It is a virus that affects the respiratory system, and particularly the lungs. At its deadliest it can cause secondary infections -- typically bacterial rather than viral -- leading to pneumonia. In the most virulent forms of influenza, it is the speed with which complications strike that drives death rates higher. Additionally, substantively new strains (as swine flu is suspected of being) can be distinct enough from other strains of flu that pre-existing immunity gained from flus of years past does not help fend off the latest variation.

Influenza is not a disease that lingers and then kills people -- save the sick, old and very young, whose immune systems are more easily compromised. Roughly half a million people (largely from these groups) die annually worldwide from more common strains of influenza, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pegging average American deaths at roughly 36,000 per year.

Swine flu deaths have not risen as would be expected at this point for a highly contagious and lethal new strain of influenza. In most cases, victims have experienced little more than a bad cold, from which they are recovering. And infections outside Mexico so far have not been severe. This distinction of clear cases of death in Mexico and none elsewhere (again, save the one U.S. case) is stark.

Much of what has occurred in the last week regarding the new virus reminds us of the bird flu scare of 2005. Then as now, the commonly held belief was that a deadly strain was about to be let loose on humanity. Then as now, many governments were heightening concerns rather than quelling them. Then as now, STRATFOR saw only a very small chance of the situation becoming problematic.

Ultimately, by the end of last week it had become clear to the global public that "pandemic" could refer to bad colds as well as to plagues wiping out millions.

A Real Crisis

The recent swine flu experience raises the question of how one would attempt to grapple with a genuine high-mortality pandemic with major consequences. The answer divides into two parts: how to control the spread, and how to deploy treatments.

Communicability

The flu virus is widely present in two species other than humans, namely, birds and pigs. The history of the disease is the history of its transmission within and across these three species. It is comparatively easy for the disease to transmit from swine to birds and from swine to humans; the bird-to-human barrier is the most difficult to cross.

Cross-species influenza is of particular concern. In the simplest terms, viruses are able to recombine (e.g., human flu and avian flu can merge into a hybrid flu strain). What comes out can be a flu transmissible to humans, but with a physical form that is distinctly avian -- meaning it fails to alert human immune systems to the intrusion. This can rob the human immune system of the ability to quickly recognize the disease and put up a fight.

New humanly transmissible influenza strains often have been found to originate in places where humans, pigs and/or fowl live in close proximity to each other -- particularly in agricultural areas where animal and human habitation is shared or in which constant, close physical contact takes place.

Agricultural areas of Asia with dense populations, relatively small farms and therefore frequent and prolonged contact between species traditionally have been the areas in which influenza strains have transferred from animals to humans and then mutated into diseases transmissible by casual human contact. Indeed, these areas have been the focus of concern over a potential outbreak of bird flu. This time around, the outbreak began in Mexico (though it is not yet clear where the virus itself originated).

And this is key to understanding this flu. Because it appears relatively mild, it might well have been around for quite awhile -- giving people mild influenza, but not standing out as a new variety until it hit Mexico. The simultaneous discovery of the strain amid a series of deaths (and what may now be in hindsight inflated concerns about its lethality) led to the recent crisis footing.

Any time such threats are recognized, they already are beyond containment. Given travel patterns in the world today, viruses move easily to new locations well before they are identified in the first place they strike. The current virus is a case in point. It appears, although it is far from certain, that it originated in the Veracruz area of Mexico. Within two days of the Mexican government having issued a health alert, it already had spread as far afield as New Zealand. One week on, cases completely unrelated to Mexico have already been confirmed on five continents.

In all probability, this "spread" was less the discovery of new areas of infection than the random discovery of areas that might have been infected for weeks or even months (though the obvious first people to test were those who had recently returned from Mexico with flu symptoms). Given the apparent mildness of the infection, most people would not go to the doctor. And if they did, the doctor would call it generic flu and not even concern himself with its type. What happened last week appears to have been less the spread of a new influenza virus than the "discovery" of places to which it had spread awhile ago.

The problem with the new variety was not that it was so deadly; had it actually been as uniquely deadly as it first appeared to be, there would have been no mistaking its arrival, because hospitals would be overflowing. It was precisely its mildness that sparked the search. But because of expectations established in the wake of the Mexico deaths, the discovery of new cases was disassociated from its impact. Its presence alone caused panic, with schools closing and border closings discussed.

The virus traveled faster than news of the virus. When the news of the virus finally caught up with the virus, the global perception was shaped by a series of deaths suddenly recognized in Mexico (as mentioned, deaths so far not seen elsewhere). But even as the Mexican Health Ministry begins to consider the virus beyond its peak, the potential for mutation and a more virulent strain in the next flu season looms.

Mortality

As mentioned, viruses that spread through casual human contact can be globally established before anyone knows of it. The first sign of a really significant influenza pandemic will not come from the medical community or the WHO; it will come from the fact that people are catching influenza and dying, and are doing so all over the world at the same time. The system established for detecting spreading diseases is hardwired to be behind the curve. This is not because it is inefficient, but because no matter how efficient, it cannot block casual contact -- which, given modern air transportation, spreads diseases globally in a matter of days or even hours.

Therefore, the problem is not the detection of deadly pandemics, simply because they cannot be missed. Rather, the problem is reacting medically to deadly pandemics. One danger is overreacting to every pandemic and thereby breaking the system. (As of this writing, the CDC remained deeply concerned about swine flu, though calm seems to be returning.)

The other danger is not reacting rapidly enough. In the case of influenza, medical steps can be taken. First, there are anti-viral medicines found to be effective against the new strain, and if sufficient stockpiles exist -- which is hardly universally the case, especially in the developing world -- and those stockpiles can be administered early enough, the course of the disease can be mitigated. Second, since most people die from secondary infection in the lungs, antibiotics can be administered. Unlike with the 1918 pandemic, the mortality rate can be dramatically reduced.

The problem here is logistical: The distribution and effective administration of medications is a challenge. Producing enough of the medication is one problem; it takes months to craft, grow and produce a new vaccine, and the flu vaccine is tailored every year to deal with the three most dangerous strains of flu. Another problem is moving the medication to areas where it is needed in an environment that maintains its effectiveness. Equally important is the existence of infrastructure and medical staff capable of diagnosing, administering and supporting patients -- and doing so on a scale never before attempted.

These things will not be done effectively on a global basis. That is inevitable. But influenza, even at the highest death rates ever recorded for the disease, does not threaten human existence as we know it. At its worst, flu will kill a lot of people, but the human race and the international order will survive.

The true threat to humanity, if it ever comes, will not come from influenza. Rather, it will come from a disease spread through casual human contact, but with a higher mortality rate than flu and no clear treatment. While HIV/AIDS boasts an extraordinarily high mortality rate and no cure exists, it at least does not spread through casual contact as influenza does, and so the pace at which it can spread is limited.

Humanity will survive the worst that influenza can throw at it even without intervention. With modern intervention, its effect declines dramatically. But the key problem of pandemics was revealed in this case: The virus spread well before information on it spread. Detection and communication lagged. That did not matter in this case, and it did not matter in the case of HIV/AIDS, because the latter was a disease that did not spread through casual contact. However, should a disease arise that is as deadly as HIV, that spreads through casual contact, about which there is little knowledge and for which there is no cure, the medical capabilities of humanity would be virtually useless.

There are problems to which there are no solutions. Fortunately, these problems may not arise. But if they do, no amount of helpful public service announcements from the CDC and the WHO will make the slightest bit of difference.

This report may be forwarded or republished on your website with attribution to www.stratfor.com.

Native Encryption Comes to Solid State Disks, Dell Laptops

2009-04-16T21:08:00.001-07:00

Samsung announced the first line of consumer solid state laptop and drives for handhelds that encrypt all data written to them."native = backdoor included for law enforcement". A precise comment by a member >ravi

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7 Resources to Help You Prepare for Conficker's D-Day - Add "Open DNS" too >> ravi

2009-03-29T18:27:00.001-07:00

Conficker a.k.a. Downadup, is causing global concern as we move closer to D-Day; April 1st, when the latest version of the worm, Conficker.C is due to be activated.

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CIA: Hackers have already attacked the electric grid -Fastest Stale News from CIA. ! - After one year of the attack.

2009-03-28T02:23:00.001-07:00

The CIA claims that a year ago hackers invaded the networks of power utilities outside the U.S., causing power outages in several cities, and issuing extortion demands.

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Is Sam Bailey actually SATAN?!?

2009-03-16T13:46:00.001-07:00

This is a website following evidence of an immortal named Sam Bailey. This post in particular struck me as funny...

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Mininova Hit By Massive DDoS Attack-I am no fan of piracy, but DDoS attacks are lame, cowardly.>>Ravi

2009-03-07T15:23:00.001-08:00

Mininova, one of the leading BitTorrent sites, has been suffering from a massive DDoS attack over the past few days. Originating from a botnet spanning three continents, the attacks vary in strength and are causing the site to be completely inaccessible at times. The Mininova team is working on a solution.

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FAA Hacked- 45,000 At Risk For Identity Theft

2009-03-07T07:04:00.001-08:00

A computer breach at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has led to the theft of personal information on more than 45,000 employees and retirees, the agency confirmed this week.All told, the FAA said the hackers hijacked 48 files. Luckily the server was not connected to the Air Traffic Control Center...

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BEWARE: Hackers Disguise Malware as Google News Report!

2009-03-07T03:12:00.001-08:00

Baseball player John C Odom became known to millions across America last May after he was traded for ten maple bats.

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Breaking: CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes

2009-03-04T02:46:00.001-08:00

New documents show the CIA destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations. The figure is far higher than the handful of recordings the agency has previously admitted destroying, and the revelation comes as a criminal prosecutor is wrapping up his investigation in the matter.

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1 in 31 Americans in jail; cost of locking them up too high

2009-03-04T02:45:00.001-08:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago, according to a report released on Monday by the Pew Center on...

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Data on Obama's Helicopter Breached Via P2P?

2009-03-04T02:43:00.001-08:00

Tiversa, headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pa., reportedly discovered a security breach that led to the transfer of military information to an Iranian IP address, according to WPXI. The information is said to include planned engineering upgrades, avionic schematics, and computer network information.

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EFF: Here's how to keep the government from spying on you

2009-03-04T02:38:00.001-08:00

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today launched its "Surveillance Self-Defense" site, which is designed to provide Americans with practical advice on how to keep their government from snooping into their private communications and stored computer data.

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French President Sued for Copyright Infringement

2009-03-01T03:39:00.001-08:00

This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sued by an independent band for copyright infringement.

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Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job

2009-02-25T07:04:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job

U2 "No Line On The Horizon," is now for free for download

2009-02-25T02:34:00.001-08:00

U2 is now allowing visitors to their MySpace page to stream their new "No Line On The Horizon" for free in its entirety before its official March 2nd release date.

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RIAA denies rumors that Last.fm turned over user data

2009-02-23T03:53:00.001-08:00

Contrary to recent rumors, Last.fm did not hand over user data to the RIAA after U2's yet-to-be-released album leaked online last week. In fact, no such request was even made, according to both the RIAA and Last.fm.

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New malware attempts legitimacy by spreading phony reviews

2009-02-23T03:52:00.001-08:00

Scareware has found itself a new flavor in Anti-Virus-1, possibly in response to court cases and investigations launched against Antivirus XP last year. In this case, the program is a bit malware, a bit scareware, and generally bad news. It doesn't just yammer at the user with false positives, it'll also hijack your browser and aim it at phony posi

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Researcher demonstrates SSL attack

2009-02-22T01:53:00.001-08:00

A security researcher has demonstrated a way to hijack Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) sessions to intercept login data.Moxie Marlinspike, who spoke at the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, explained how to subvert an SSL session by performing a man-in-the-middle attack. The anarchist researcher explained in...

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2009 piracy watchlist names usual suspects—including Canada

2009-02-21T06:11:00.001-08:00

A content-industry group issues its wish list for countries that need US encouragement to crack down on piracy—replete with the usual array of dubious statistics for domestic IP losses.

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Yahoo, Facebook … What The?!?!

2009-02-21T05:11:00.001-08:00

With all the talk about privacy, this caught my eye. I just found this setting on my Yahoo account. Thankfully it was deactivated.

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Antennas for the New Airwaves - cool technology

2009-02-19T06:52:00.001-08:00

This month's planned shutdown of analog broadcast TV in the United States will bring antenna technology back into the spotlight

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Check out LK Advani - Portal - Your Button Is Ready

2009-02-18T23:59:00.001-08:00

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YouTube Starts Killing Off Video Download Tools -- You Tube @ mercy of pirates like Mr.Warner. - ping me for the tools

2009-02-16T03:20:00.001-08:00

So will downloading YouTube videos now become as frowned upon (to put it mildly) as BitTorrent? Hard to believe that YouTube could close all the holes to downloading (there are so many ways, and many of them free, and still working, when we tried recently).

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Hackers Hit Anti-Pirates to Avenge Sub-Site Takedown

2009-02-06T01:26:00.001-08:00

After their beloved subtitle site was taken down by an anti-piracy outfit working on behalf of US media companies, hackers responded rapidly - they defaced the anti-piracy site and inserted links to torrents hosted on Mininova. The subtitle site is already back in business - the anti-piracy site is not.

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EFF seeks mashup makers to fight YouTube filtering

2009-02-04T20:34:00.001-08:00

The combination of automatic content filtering and a legal spat between YouTube and Warner Music has led to thousands of videos being pulled from the video streaming site in recent weeks. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking a few good mashup makers willing to fight back.

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What the Web knows about you - Must read.

2009-01-28T00:26:00.001-08:00

How much private information is available about you in cyberspace? Social Security numbers are just the beginning. She had me at hello ... or just about. Our conversation had barely started when privacy activist Betty Ostergren interrupted me to say that she had found my full name, address, Social Security number and a digital image of my signature

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Just How Secure Is Google Chrome? -

2009-01-27T14:19:00.001-08:00

Google Chrome was built from the ground up to be a more secure Web browser, and Google and its Chromium developers should be applauded for the attention they have brought to browser security.

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RealDVD Maker Confident of Beating MPAA

2009-01-14T05:41:00.001-08:00

Real DVD Maker can be customized for ripping blureray or the technology "dreamstream" which claims their technology is better than blue ray and claims to have MPAA's attention. Although I am an anti piracy consultant, I believe in fair play. I have had enough meetings and correspondences with MPAA and MPA regarding thwarting of piracy. MPAA and RIAA are the key apex bodies(?) who advocate piracy. They are a bunch of non entities who are just capable of warming their leather chairs. we need to appreciate any developer. In this case " real networks" for their bold initiative. RavishankarIndia

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Scammer Service Provider VPN4life - Deactivated.

2009-01-08T11:34:00.001-08:00

Subsequent to the article at torrent freak warning the community about VPN4life being a scam, Anchorfree.com the victim responded and authenticated the same. Now http://www.vpn4life.com has been suspended. Seems like a light at the end of the tunnel. More Scammers have to be suspended. Cheers to torrentfreak and Anchorfree. Ravishankar.

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Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam - Authenticated

2009-01-07T22:51:00.001-08:00

A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service ‘launched’ we had our doubts, but understandably some people decided to give it a try since it was so cheap. It turns out that the offer was indeed too good to be true."Refer to my post which has the transcript of my e-mail correspondence with Anchor free whose management have put on record that VPN4Life is a Scam "Honest advice from me to all end you users is that you refrain from "VPN4Life".CheersRavi

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MPAA Fears Economic Downturn Will Boost Piracy- Atlast Sanity prevails MPAA.

2008-12-16T19:49:00.001-08:00

Following the banks and the car companies, the movie industry might be the next to be hit by the economic downturn. No bail-out plan has been suggested as of yet, but MPAA chairman Dan Glickman is worried that piracy will grow to a new high during the current financial crisis - and he might just have a point there.

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MPAA Wants to 'Automatically' Eliminate Piracy - A myth

2008-12-10T01:50:00.001-08:00

Two years back- MPAA- representative met me at Chennai a metro In India. As an anti piracy consultant I had suggested a technical process which was/is feasible to bring down the portals hosting illegal torrents. As of this this moment of me composing this post,nothing has been implemented. MPAA is not worth considering. P2P sharing rules. Ravi

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RIAA Sues Transplant Teen for Illegal File-Sharing

2008-12-04T14:59:00.001-08:00

The real crime here is that it again illustrates what's wrong with the RIAA's efforts in that the defendant cannot afford legal representation.

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Study Finds Internet Searches Boost Brain

2008-12-01T06:11:00.001-08:00

Searching the Internet exercises the brains of older people by activating their neural circuitry. Internet searches activate regions in the brain that control complex reasoning and decision making, the Center found in a nine-month study of 24 neurologically normal volunteers, with similar education levels, ages 55 to 76.

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Improve Your Luck - wikiHow

2008-11-26T09:11:00.000-08:00

Improve Your Luck - wikiHow

The Pirate Bay Celebrates 5th Anniversary

2008-11-26T00:41:00.001-08:00

In the fall of 2003, a group of friends from Sweden decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker named ‘The Pirate Bay’. Today, roughly 5 years after this historic day, the founders of the site are celebrities in Sweden, and rockstars on the Internet.

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Put SNES, NES, Sega, and Other Classic Games on Your Sony PSP - wikiHow

2008-11-21T07:51:00.000-08:00

Put SNES, NES, Sega, and Other Classic Games on Your Sony PSP - wikiHow

MGM TV Shows and Movies Coming to YouTube

2008-11-12T01:08:00.001-08:00

Sometime today YouTube is expected to announce a new partnership with MGM Studios that allows it to begin offering full-length TV shows and movies for free streaming on its MGM Studios Streaming Channel.

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Former players salute Kumble as a giant cricketer

2008-11-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

New Delhi (IANS): Former players Sunday described Anil Kumble as a giant whose contribution to the game goes beyond his cricketing feats. The pride and dignity with which he played the game remains the hallmark of the man, who was fondly called 'Jumbo' by his contemporaries.

Kumble took his collagues by surprise with his sudden announcement of retirement from international cricket during the fifth and final day of the third Test against Australia Sunday. But the former players feel his days were numbered and frequent injuries were taking a toll on his body.

One of India's greatest spinner, Erapalli Prasanna said Kumble is a role model for younger players.

"I had the impression that he will call it off soon. But I think his injury forced him to take the decision even before the fourth Test. I respect his contribution to Indian cricket. He has been a role model for many youngsters. He has proved that if someone is strong in the basics, he can achieve great results. He has been a fantastic ambassador for cricket."

Another of India's spin legend, Bishan Singh Bedi, too felt that Kumble's decision to quit came at the right moment.

"It was a writing on the wall. I am not surprised. His injury might have hastened his retirement but it is a very wise decision. There are very few cricketer who have been able to win matches for India on their own. Kumble is one of them. He is a great player."

Gundappa Viswanath called him "one of greatest cricketer the world has ever seen."

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell said Kumble played his game with "dignity and character".

"He left the way he played his cricket - with defiance. He was a very determined player. He was very competitive and got respect even from his contemporaries."

Cricketer turned commentator Ravi Shastri called it a sad day for the Indian cricket.

"He was a true professional and it's only when for couple of weeks we will not hear his name, we will realise what a giant he was. He was a true statesman and the way he handled the team in Sydney Test, reflected his great leadership qualities."

Former Australian skipper Allan Border said: "He was fantastic cricketer, but more than that he was a fantastic human being, which is the most important aspect of his legacy. He has friends all over the world from cricket. He played the game in the right spirit and he went on his own terms."

The above is the Transcript from the leading and moderated newspaper "The Hindu"

Ravi

The Pirate Bay Tops 20 Million Peers

2008-11-01T20:45:00.001-07:00

The Pirate Bay has reached yet another milestone. Today, they track more than 20 million unique peers for the first time since the site was launched. It is estimated that the Pirate Bay tracks more than half of all BitTorrent users at any given point in time.

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Tribler Set to Make BitTorrent Sites Obsolete - Do NOT download

2008-10-28T21:40:00.001-07:00

To all existing users of time tested bit torrent client, Do NOT download Tribler. This is a bait from the so called Anti piracy lobbying Apex bodies. Although I am an anti piracy Consultant, I believe in fair play and sharing. We have ripped Tribler and based on the decoded information the above suggestion of mine has been posted. We should be out with a work around shortly or probably someone like minded earlier. As a developer I need to appreciate the sweet piece of coding done for Tribler.Ravi.The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova.

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Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent |

2008-10-24T18:32:00.001-07:00

Today, the latest edition of the Wikipedia school edition has been released by SOS Children’s Villages, a charity organization that aims to help orphans and vulnerable children worldwide. The 08/09 edition can be downloaded for free, via BitTorrent only, and comprises over 5500 hand-picked educational articles.

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Sweden to Introduce Controversial Anti-Piracy Law

2008-10-23T19:12:00.001-07:00

Sweden, home of The Pirate Bay and the most active pro-piracy lobbyists and politicians, is drafting a new law that would make it easier to go after individuals who share copyrighted files on filesharing networks such as BitTorrent. The new law, likely to be opposed by a large number of Swedes, will go into effect April 2009.

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File Sharing - Torrent portals.- THEY ARE THE FUTURE.

2008-10-06T03:27:00.001-07:00

File sharing is the emerging and matured technology. This cannot be overlooked. These debates,lobbying by the US and the Canadian Lobbyists have not deterred the people behind the torrent portals who do understand the potential about the fair play and the power of this technology. The portals would also earn revenue and the end users quality. Ravi

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WHY JESUS? Is Jesus relevant today?

2008-10-05T09:40:00.001-07:00

Christ claimed to answer all the deep questions about our existence. At one time or another, we all question what life is all about. Have you ever gazed up at the stars on a pitch-black evening and wondered who put them there? Or have you ever seen a sunset and thought about life’s biggest questions: Read More --- ThanksRavi

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Forced Christianity Conversion In INDIA IS A FACT- ORISSA

2008-10-05T09:04:00.001-07:00

THE HINDU - Oldest and a Moderate Newspaper In INDIA which is critical and unbiased where there is injustices involved in reporting.They were the the first Ones to expose BOFOR's Scam in INDIA. BJP,RSS,or BAJRANGDAL are in No way connected with the violence in Orissa or Karnataka against the Christians.Hinduism is a Dharma Not a Religion.Ravi.

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Pirate Bay: 'We've Created a Forum for Information Sharing'

2008-10-05T08:36:00.001-07:00

Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the BitTorrent tracker site's founders, discuss who they are, what The Pirate Bay's all about, and what it really means to be a pirate.

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News Site Criticized for Linking to Pirate Bay Torrents - Must Read

2008-10-05T08:16:00.001-07:00

The Swedish news site Nyheter24 has been criticized for including a list of most downloaded TV-shows on their site, and linking directly to the torrent detail pages on The Pirate Bay. According to Henrik Pontén of the Swedish Anti Pirate Bureau, who led the Pirate Bay investigation, the news site is assisting copyright infringement. Kindly Read My Post/comment in this news.Ravi

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Get Involved - Concern Worldwide

2008-09-22T00:47:00.001-07:00

Throughout Haiti more than 800,000 people have been seriously affected as a result of tropical storms Fay, Hanna, Gustav and Ike.Thousands of people have been displaced by the floods in India. Concern and its partners are helping those most affected.

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Hug A Developer Today!

2008-09-21T23:34:00.001-07:00

You need to watch this Video. Happy developers day(S)

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You Suck at Photoshop #17

2008-09-21T23:18:00.001-07:00

Donnie Hoyle maps his current predicament and merges toward a solution.

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Hey, Apple and Steve Jobs, What's With The Deceptive Ad

2008-09-21T23:12:00.001-07:00

Dan Frommer describes here how AT&T 3G iPhone users are using much less bandwidth than AT&T expected because AT&T's 3G iPhone service is so crappy. Dan recently got a software update from Apple that improved the 3G service, which suggests that the problem was Apple's problem. But his phone is still slow. So what's with the advertisment below from

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The Pirate Bay Tops 15 Million Peers

2008-09-21T19:54:00.001-07:00

Today, The Pirate Bay reached a new milestone, as they now have more than 3 million registered users. On top of that, they track close to 15 million unique peers. The largest BitTorrent tracker just keeps growing and growing, and there is no sign that this will be put to a halt anytime soon.

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iPhone Popularity In Japan: FAIL

2008-09-15T16:06:00.001-07:00

Earlier this spring Japan looked like one of Apple's most promising markets for iPhone 3G (AAPL). But even a price cut isn't helping the gadget take off there. This doesn't seem to be a problem with the iPhone per se: It's a problem with the Japanese handset market, which has a ton of high-end phones at competitive prices.

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Study Says Intellectual Property System Should Die

2008-09-11T22:31:00.001-07:00

A recently released study has claims that the current ‘Intellectual Property’ situation in the world is not working well. Driven by a fear of losing out, and bolstered by an attitude that profit is the aim of IP, progress is hampered. Not only by the entertainment industry, also in biotechnology where medicines are sometimes restricted or withheld,

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Accept Blame when You Deserve It - wikiHow

2008-09-11T21:10:00.000-07:00

Accept Blame when You Deserve It - wikiHow

Hackers Attack Iraq's Vulnerable Computers

2008-08-31T05:17:00.001-07:00

Iraq's government is engaged in a bloody struggle against al-Qaeda, and its computers make a prime target for global terror networks that have added hacking to their arsenal.

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Every Business Wants To Grow and Succeed in a Global Economy

2008-08-25T15:38:00.001-07:00

When I decide to submit a story or comment., It's worth reading. All my posts are data driven. Ravi

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Experts: Bush Administration is Not Fixing DNS Security Hole

2008-08-24T12:10:00.001-07:00

Despite a recent high profile vulnerability that showed the net could be hacked in minutes, the domain name system -- a key internet infrastructure -- continues to suffer from a serious security weakness, thanks to bureaucratic inertia at the U.S. government agency in charge, security experts say.

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What on Earth are FPGAs? Hackers Revealed

2008-08-24T12:08:00.001-07:00

Is this something to do with the French Professional Golfers' Association? Non! The acronym stands for Field Programmable Gate Arrays – that is, a very interesting class of hackable digital integrated circuits (ICs).

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That Password-Protected Site Of Yours - It Ain't Protected

2008-08-24T12:01:00.001-07:00

It's one of the simplest hacks we've seen in a long time, and the more elite computer users have known about it for a while, but it's still kinda cool and just a little bit unnerving: A hacker has revealed a way to use Google and other search engines to gain unauthorized access to password-protected content on a dizzying number of websites.

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If it's animation or special effects, it's Linux

2008-08-19T04:29:00.001-07:00

Like the special effects in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; 300; The Golden Compass; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; and I Am Legend? The animation in Star Wars: The Clone Wars; WALL-E; or Ratatouille? You can thank Linux for all of them.

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The Pirate Bay Blocked in Italy

2008-08-11T06:52:00.001-07:00

The Pirate Bay has been “censored” in Italy following an urgent decree from a deputy public prosecutor. Pirate Bay’s IPs and the domain name are inaccessible, as they are blocked by ISPs all over the country. Whether these blocks will be very effective, however, is doubtful, since The Pirate Bay has already announced several countermeasures.

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Cuil: Good, but not Great

2008-08-11T06:47:00.001-07:00

Last night, the new search engine Cuil launched out of stealth-mode. As some had predicted, it seems Google's announcement about the size of its search index was a preemptive move to take some momentum away from one of Cuil's main features: the size of its index with 120 billion pages.

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1936 Nazi Color Film: Berlin in the Year of the Olympics

2008-08-11T06:36:00.001-07:00

Nazi propaganda complete color film from 1936. An outstanding portrait of everyday life in Berlin in this rare, well preserved film, with the magical feeling of the pastel colors of Agfachrome.

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The Answer to DNS Hijacking and Cache Poisoning

2008-07-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

When you type an address like www.yahoo.com in your browser address bar, the computer doesn’t know where yahoo.com points to and it will therefore ask the DNS server.

The job of a DNS server is to translate this human-readable web address (like www.yahoo.com) into a computer-readable number also known as an IP address (209.131.36.158). Once your computer knows the IP location of a web domain name, it opens the website in your browser.

DNS is such an integral part of our Internet life working behind the scenes every time we connect to a website. In most situations, our Internet Service Provider specifies the DNS Server address that we key into the browser network settings or the router.

Unfortunately, this can prove to be the weakest link in the entire workflow. For example, if the DNS server of your ISP is slow, the time it takes to resolve the web address adds up to the overall loading time of the website.

To solve this problem, we look at a simple and reliable service called OpenDNS that speeds up your Internet connection and also handles some other very important issues. There are no software to install, it’s very easy to set up and the price is just right - $0.

To use OpenDNS, all you have to do is open your Network Connections or Router’s settings page and update the default DNS server to point to the OpenDNS nameservers that are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.

The whole process takes a few seconds but with this single step alone, you just made your computer safer and increased the overall browsing speed. Here’s why:

Unlike the DNS servers of your less reliable ISP, OpenDNS servers store the IP addresses of millions of websites in their cache so it would take less time to resolve your requests. So if you have asked for an IP address of a website that has been previously requested by another OpenDNS user, you will get the reply instantly.

Another huge advantage of using OpenDNS is that it blocks phishing websites from loading on your computer. It uses data from Phishtank, a community site that is also used by Yahoo! Mail to determine if some particular website is part of any online phishing scam.

OpenDNS also takes care of any typos that you commit while typing the name of popular websites. For instance, if you type www.gogle.com omitting the additional “o” by mistake, OpenDNS will open the main www.google.com site automatically.

If you are a parent worried about kids visiting adult websites on the home computer, you can configure OpenDNS to block any adult website from loading on the computer. In fact, quite a few business places use OpenDNS to block social sites like MySpace and Facebook on employee computers.

Power users can assign abbreviations or OpenDNS Shortcuts to access their favourite websites more quickly.

For instance, you can set “mail” as a shortcut for http://mail.google.com/ or something like “a” for www.reallylongname.com - just type the shortcut to access the site. A good alternative for browser based bookmarks and it works across all computers where you have logged in to your OpenDNS account.

Now that you are prepared to switch to OpenDNS, please don’t expect huge gains in browsing speed since OpenDNS only improves the cycle between your computer and the DNS server.

And do keep handy the old DNS settings given by your ISP as you may need them in the extreme scenario when OpenDNS system goes down or you want to disable / remove OpenDNS completely from your computer.

www.opendns.com [Piece written for Financial Express newspaper]

Cyber CRIMES and DNS HIJACKING

2008-07-27T23:58:00.001-07:00

DNS Hijacking or Cache poisoning is the transparent approach to Map and Mirror a server or multiple servers.An example would be DNS hijacking of a financial banking Institution or a BPO Servers with sensitive Data.The process is so fast and does not affect or flags of warnings at the IT ADMIN (most of the times).

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Face Book and a bit about Orkut

2008-07-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

I subscribed to facebook http://www.facebook.com a day before. The objective was to map what this networking portal has to offer and the open source technology they use. I did a decent mapping of the portal. The following are my inferences. The core technology developed by the guys is worth appreciating. the API and the developer tools and the resources are phenomenal.

In spite of the powerful technology behind this portal. There seems to be no value addition pertaining to the groups and lacks professionalism. I could not find a single group dedicated to cutting edge technologies although the developers of this portal are them selves pretty much sound technically.

As I understand facebook has been in on the internet for quite some time. I did not find any reason from my persecutive for people to rave about this portal.

I do not subscribe to the fact that Orkut which is supposed to be a rave is better. Orkut on the face value seems pretty decent. Decent in the sense of User Interface. But I feel Orkut is being abused and hogging bandwidth. Does these sort of Networking portals need Moderation by an Apex Body ?

Hope Facebook does learn a lesson from Orkut because as a technologist I do not want a networking (Face book) portal which is based on such a simple yet powerful technical platform and a vast scope for redefining social networking or for that matter the Internet to end up in a waste.

Pirated = ?

2008-04-05T16:45:00.002-07:00

At last I am able to see the light at the end of the tunnel to thwart camcorder recordings at theaters.

Piracy is really easy. To counter it Oops... has driven my associates and me crazy. I thank Marty the CEO of DCIA http://www.dcia.info , Tony CTO of http://www.digimarc.com and others from Dolby,MPAA,MPA,Thomson,Quantel,Media labs,Mathworks, many more.

I would like to introduce my friend and my partner in the development of this technology. He is Vincent So CTO and President of http://www.peervison.com.

The Countdown has begun at http://www.pirateeye.net.

Still I have ethical conflicts between fair use of anti piracy technology or throttle the end user with the most ruthless levels of anti piracy technology.

More to come.

Ravi

p2pnet RIAA poll: final results

2007-06-26T17:32:00.001-07:00

The multi-million-dollar campaign, launched by the RIAA to force American online music lovers to abandon independent download sites in favour of those backed and supplied by the Big 4, is a failure. "Have the RIAA sue 'em all lawsuits persuaded you to stop sharing?" - p2pnet asked in an online poll. NO !!!, shouted 1,013 of the 1,077 responses.My View: If the legislations and laws were in proper place across the globe busting torrents or IPR violations on the P2P network head on is a breeze. Ravishankar.G

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RIAA and MPAA Fund Anti-Piracy Politicians

2007-06-11T18:41:00.001-07:00

Over the last month or two, we have seen congressional investigations started and bills proposed to deal with file sharing. Not surprisingly, these politicians receive a fair amount of money from the RIAA and MPAA. Doesn’t it make you wonder – Are these politicians for hire? - No Doubt . These guys are unscrupulous and irresponsible.

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A big Google-Apple partnership next week? Bet on it.

2007-06-11T17:59:00.001-07:00

On Monday Jobs is taking the stage at Apple's worldwide developers conference in San Francisco to do what he does best - tell us all about Apple's latest products and reinforce his place as the most charismatic CEO on the planet. One announcement I'm almost sure of, however : A far reaching, cloud computing partnership with Google.

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New Apple iPhone Ads in HD- Patronizing Microsoft is an Irony in HD.

2007-06-11T17:34:00.001-07:00

I have been interacting with professionals of the mobile computing domain. There has been suggestions that i explore the features and the implementation of Widows CE and the SDK. My stance has been that Digital Media is not Microsoft's domain. WINTEL does not have the cutting edge in this domain,in spite of their unscrupulous claims .

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