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31st August

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Hardware round-up: 31/08/09 55
All Sempron Models 49
MSI HD 4890 Cyclone SOC 1 GB GDDR5 106
CM Storm Sentinel 64
OCZ StealthXStream 400 W 71
Corsair Obsidian 800D 79
AMD Athlon II X2 250 113
Noctua NF-S12B FLX and NF-S12B ULN 105
Core i7 870 120
AMD Phenom 2 965BE 56
DFI LANPARTY Blood Iron G41-T33 72
Warpia Wireless USB Display Adapter 70
Xclio One 53
PROLiNK Glee TA-009 Netbook 168
ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 94
Coolermaster Gladiator 600 62
GIGABYTE GA-GC330UD Mini-ITX 106
Thecus M3800 NAS Stream 56
Thermaltake Evo Blue 65
Zalman CNPS10X 55
Star Wars Old Republic Sith Class Revealed 74
Apple still thinks it's your fault 62
ATI's New Flagship is 1.6 x Faster than Last 92
Dawn of War II Survival Mode Coming Soon 94
Watermelons are Good Fuel Source 97

28th August

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Hardware round-up: 28/08/09 241
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus 174
Corsair Flash Voyager GT 128GB 161
Aerocool Vx-9 Pro Mid-Tower ATX 264
Antec Mini P180 Micro-ATX 176
Noctua NH-C12P 165
Verbatim 2-Disk RAID 2TB 150
Corsair HX750w 170
Kingwin XT-1264 HTC 160
Xilence RAM Cooler 177
Kingwin F-35 149
OCZ Throttle 32GB eSATA 145
MSI GeForce GTX 260 183
Kingston SSDNow V+ SSD 205
Thermaltake Element G 193
Gigabyte P55-UD5 347
Lian Li PC-X2000 144
Titan Fenrir 151
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim 150
Sena Apple iPhone 3G/3GS 146
BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini Projector 174
Batman Arkham Asylum Collector’s Edition 159
Xbox Failures are Behind us, Says Microsoft 230
Pirate Bay May Actually be Purchased, or not 224
The Impossible Project 236
Glopipe: Sitecom has Smallest Wireless Adapter 221
Skype Trojan Tips Up 217
Thermaltake Level 10 Case Coming in October 504
Querky Serious Sam HD Trailer Hits 226
Iranian Gaming Market wants to grow 200

27th August

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FASA Founder says Microsoft Killed Studio Culture 310
Microsoft Unveils Xbox Elite Price Point 63
Facebook Changing Privacy Policy 72
John Lewis top on Customer Lists 88
OCZ Releases Cheapest SSD 91
Wacraft 3 Patch Released 112
Mininova Targeted Next 112

26th August

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Coolermaster HAF 922 180
Hardware round-up: 26/08/09 142
AeroCool Vx-E - Performance Gaming 144
Thor's Hammer HDT-S126384 132
Logitech Performance 139
Upgrading Your Notebook Hard Drive To An SS 258
Thermaltake VI-ON 3.5" SATA 101
Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player 134
Antec Basiq BP500U 111
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1 Terabyte SATA 128
NZXT Apollo 137
TPE-80WS 8-Port Power Over Ethernet 90
NZXT Panzerbox LAN 110
Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD 124
Kingston SSDNow V-Series 128GB 137
Panasonic UJ-875A Slim Optical 116
Asus ROG Maximus III Formula P55 144
ASUS M4A78T-E 95
MESH Slayer Elemental 93
QuantZ 97
Carmack Says Microsoft will be first to release new Console 179
PS3 Slim Still an Operating Loss for Sony 98
ISP Anger over Mandelson Cut off Plans 120
PS3 Slim Taken Apart 202
Snow Leopard Updrade Gives Virus Protection 111
MSI Lets Slip about Mobile i7 182
Castle Crashers DLC Coming Today 97
Pirate Bay is Back Up 120

25th August

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Ultimat Roundup 106
Hardware round-up: 25/08/09 96
Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone 88
Vantec Nexstar TX 2.5" HDD 120
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 133
Thermaltake Element T Mid-Tower 79
Noctua NH-U12P 103
Asus P7P55D Premium Lynnfield 169
MSI 790FX-GD70 125
OCZ Behemoth Double-Laser 95
Mionix Saiph 3200 Gaming Mouse and Alioth 400 94
Cooler Master SNA 95 113
In Win X-Fighter Mid Tower 89
Vantec ezShare Pro Transfer Cable 135
Head-Direct HiFiMAN EF2 123
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus & TX3 86
Castle Crashers Getting new DLC 148
PirateBay Taken Offline 107
UK Government Beefs up Pirate Cut offs 84
Christian Fundamentalist Dating Site Hacked 113
Facebook to hit big Screen 107
Aliens Colonial Marines Release Depends on AvP 114
Microsoft Denies Failure Rate of 360 is 54.2 158

24th August

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Hardware round-up: 24/08/09 133
AVA Direct Custom GT3 SFF 172
Tuniq TX3 179
OCZ Behemoth Gaming 116
All Atom Models 144
Mionix Alioth 320 & 400 104
Vantec NexStar Dual Bay 130
HEC Raptor 1100CM 156
Vuzix iWear AV310 120
MSI P55-GD80 197
Super Laser Racer 110
Logitech G19 93
LOGITECH G19 121
Thermaltake Element T 109
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 2TB 140
Corsair H50 Self-Contained Liquid 153
Scythe Kaze Q 3.5 115
Patriot 64GB Torqx SSD 134
Lian Li PC-A70F 147
AMD 790GX vs. 785G 196
Razer Arctosa USB 130
Wolfenstein Graphics Performance 160
Final Fantasy XIV 93
NASA to SubContract 67
Pirate Bay Sale looks Shaky 68
Glopipe: Foldable Headset 80
Twitterers don't like Wednesday 79
Apple Sued for Copyright Infringement 75
Starcraft 2.0 Screenshots and Details 73
Microsoft to Stop Selling Office 79

21st August

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Hardware round-up: 21/08/09 288
Asrock Ion 330 610
NZXT Sentry 2 LCD 230
Samsung SyncMaster LD190 228
Tuniq TX-3 Thermal Compound 223
ECS X58B-A2 243
Windows 7 vs. Vista CPU & Memory 232
ThermalTake Element T 191
Genius GHP-05 Live 206
MSI P55-GD80 Lynnfield 495
Otterbox Defender for iPhone 3G 231
OCZ 550W Fatal1ty 252
Solid State Drive Comparison 216
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 202
Logitech Anywhere MX 260
Warpia Wireless USB 210
Web Allies Team up Against Google Axis 227
Glopipe - Sonytec Voizze 305
WalMart Recalls 1.5 Million DVD Players 247
PCI-Express 3.0 Delayed 245
Borderlands to Receive 2 DLC Packs 262
Myspace buys iLike 234

20th August

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Hardware round-up: 20/08/09 259
Scythe Kaze Server 5.25" 255
Chieftec Media/HTPC 183
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 204
SilverStone Element ST50EF-Plus 500 W 193
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4770 197
Patriot Memory PCXL25SR Convoy XL 2.5 221
Corsair Hydro H50 213
EVGA P55 FTW 1483
Lancool Dragonlord PC-K62 921
Evercool Rifling Fan 80mm RF-8 187
AMA Phantom 171
SSD Stackup 188
VIZO Luxon & Arius EX 187
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz AM3 205
Mophie Hard 197
CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 184
South Park Lets Go Tower Defence Play Screens 322
Aussie Police Mock Hackers before being Hacked 277
Sapphire Ships new HD 4770 225
Video Set to Appear in Print Magazines 105
Sony PS3 Slim has new Cell Processor 143
WoW gets its own Magazine 131
Aliens Vs Predator Screenshots 120
UK Gets Cheaper Windows 7 than US 127

19th August

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Nesteq Xzero 500w 594
Hardware round-up: 19/08/09 97
CardScan Executive: Contact Management System 104
Azza Solano 1000 ATX 126
Powercolor HD 4770 PCS 512 MB 363
ASUS N50Vn notebook 154
G-Cube Breeze-Tini G4T-10BR Ladies 2.4Ghz 99
Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 550W 162
Noctua NH-U9B 99
Enermax Modu82+ 525w 129
Xclio Godspeed 95
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB SSD 144
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook 144
Mesh Matrix II 955BE 91
Thermaltake MeOrb 109
Chieftec Media/HTPC 115
Cooler Master Sileo 500 RC-500-KKR3-GP 118
Axis Communications M1031-W 124
Shacknews Interviews Todd from id Software 91
Advances in Organic Electronics Continue 97
South Korea Rocket Launch Halted 95
The Behemoth Game 3 Trailer 101
Last Chance to Download Windows 7 RC1 108
US Court Could Destroy Blogger Anonymity 97
Fable III Set for 2010 Release 103
PS3 Slim Announced, Officially 118

18th August

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Hardware round-up: 18/08/09 76
Acoustifan 120mm 69
Asus G51VX-RX05 426
SilverStone Raven RVS01 132
A-DATA 32GB XPG Series Xupreme 81
Thermaltake ISGC-100 99
Asus GTX 285 78
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Lynnfield 126
Chieftec BL-01B 97
Thermaltake Element T 84
GIGABYTE P55-UD6 Lynnfield 179
SilverStone SUGO SG06 156
AeroCool Touch 2000 LCD 99
Thermaltake Element G 83
Starcraft 2 Interview 101
IBM Uses DNA to make Sub 22nm Semiconductor 112
Canadian Research Considers Zombie Attack 82
1TB Drive for $70 67
Thief Taunts Victim on Facebook 84
Facebook Sued by Users 89
Serious Sam HD Trailer 73
Pirate Bay Sinks, Torrents Archived 84

17th August

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AMD Phenom II X4 137
Hardware round-up: 17/08/09 65
In Win X-Fighter Mid Tower 69
EVGA X58 x3 100
MSI N275GTX Lightning GTX 275 1792 MB 165
AMD Previews DirectX 11 91
MusicSkins for 15” MacBook 97
Coolermaster Sileo 500 87
LG KM900 Arena 105
SilverStone Sugo SG04B 87
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe 131
Crucial M225 Solid State Drive 111
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 98
Corsair H-50 Water Cooling System 109
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 117
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 82
Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 2.1 109
Vote for Sega's next XBLA Game 80
Graphene Created on the Cheap 93
40% of Twittering is Nonsense 85
Sony to Release First new Console - Carmack 92
Microsoft says IE 8 is Safest Browser 93
ATI's RV870 sees big Architecture Change 187
New Rage Screenshots 103
Palm Attempts to Justify Tracking Pre Users 94

14th August

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Hardware round-up: 14/08/09 168
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe 211
Corsair HX850W 165
Lancool DragonLord PC-K56 Budget 242
Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme 186
ThermaPak HeatShift 17" Laptop Cooling Pad 295
Icy Dock MB662US-2STwo-bay External 173
NZXT Panzerbox 197
Verbatim Rapier V1 Laser 155
GMC X-7 'X-Station 165
Synology Disk Station DS409slim NAS 149
New Rage Trailer at Quakecon 249
MPAA says Copying just one DVD you own is Illegal 223
Old Retail Practices Holding Back Western Game Industry 260
Pirate Party UK gains 100 an Hour 254
Australian In Botnet Scandal 244
Brutal Legend Has Complex Multiplayer 199
Corsair Shows off Fastest USB Device 249

13th August

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Dog Webcam 5MP 291
Hardware round-up: 13/08/09 289
Coolermaster TX3 Low Cost 189
TrickleStar TV TrickleSaver 240
Kingston HyperX Memory Fan 194
Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm 190
Corsair HX 750W Modular 347
G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD 231
CoolIT Domino ALC Water Cooling 185
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 169
AMD Phenom II 965 198
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 170
AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition 195
AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition Quad Core 170
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 178
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 164
AMD Phenom II X4 955 184
Sega Plans more Hardcode Wii Games 182
Xbox 360 Elite to Replace Pro 172
China Pulls back on Monitoring Software 122
Glopipe shows off new Mionix Headset 259
Facebook could Beat Twitter 144
3.4ghz Phenom II Released 108
Team Fortress 2 Update: King of the Hill 147
Obama to Track Citizens Web Activity 131

12th August

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Hardware round-up: 12/08/09 75
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB SSD 111
Silverstone SG06 ITX 154
G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra 87
HP ProBook 4510s 131
New Quiz: Digital Cameras 94
ASUS ENGTS250 1GB GTS 250 143
DDR2 & DDR3 Dual and Triple Channel Memory Roundup 80
G.Skill Trident 6GB PC3-16000 CL9 139
IN WIN X-Fighter 90
Asus Rampage II GENE 85
Phenom II vs Core i7: Gaming Value 111
Astone Media Gear AP-100 1080p 315
Section 8 Trailer Details Story 136
OCZ Releases yet Another SSD 145
Google Caffeine Outshines Bing 114
2 New Roccat Mice at Glopipe 821
Apple in Trouble over Falty Laptops 98
Twitter went down, Again 80
EA Looking to Develop Old Bullfrog Franchises 97
Futuremark on Caring about Browser Speed 88

11th August

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Hardware round-up: 11/08/09 166
OCZ Agility SATA 2.0 SSD 120GB 151
Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme 172
Maxcube Amoris 6010 139
AZZA Spartan 135
Synology Disk Station DS409+ NAS 189
Zotac GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 130
Otterbox Armband 148
Aerocool Touch-2000 143
NZXT Panzerbox Aluminum 155
Mionix Saiph 3200 120
Lian Li PC-V351 HTPC 583
Azza Fantom 900 Mid-tower 161
Thermaltake Massive23 CS 172
DFI Lanparty Blood Iron P45-T2RS 158
ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External Slim DVD R/RW 148
Titan Fenrir 118
Thermaltake Element G Computer Chassis 106
Prolimatech Megahalems 137
Intel Core i7 In-Depth Performance 116
Otterbox 8000 Waterproof 122
Thermaltake Luxa2 LM100 Mini 142
Eagletech ET-AR302-BK 2.0 131
Corsair Obsidian Series 800D 565
Next World of Warcraft Update - Goblins 90
GM to Sell Cards on Ebay 110
Facebook Hits out at Google 109
Speedlink Contact Free Charger 398
Apple Sued over not Paying Overtime 108
UK Children have over 8,000 Pirated Songs 115
Warner Bros Wants to make Gold Standard MK Title 100
Large Hadron Collider is Repaired 117

10th August

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GMC X-7 206
Hardware round-up: 10/08/09 96
ASRock X58 Extreme Core i7 282
Logitech G13 109
OCZ and Indilinx Collaborate On New SSD 130
Thermaltake Element G 94
Antec P193 146
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X 143
Ikonik Ra X10 SIM Aluminum 133
MusicSkins Pantera Rattle Skull for Rock Band Guitar 109
Raidsonic Icybox IB-NAS902 121
Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW 16:9 166
OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum LV Triple Channel 94
Azza Fantom 900 Mid-Tower ATX 102
MSI P55-GD65 405
Diskeeper 2009 Professional 132
ASUS 22T1E 191
DDR3 Roundup 74
Cooler Master V8 83
G.Skill F3-12800CL8T-6GBHK 72
Thermaltake ISGC-400 84
Noctua NF-S12B 80
Patriot Corza Network Attached Storage 101
Patriot Corza NAS PCZ35SNAS2 138
Prolimatech’s Megahalems 109
Spielberg Could Produce Halo Movie 161
Lib Dems Call for Tighter Government Controls on Surveilance 128
Pirates of the Burning Sea Companion 162
Tuniq Announce Tower 120 Cooler 158
UK ID Card Cloned in 12 Minutes 214
Toshiba to make Blu-Ray Players 736
Best Buy Selling new Games for used Prices 182
Google Circumvents Apple, Goes Online 155

7th August

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Hardware round-up: 07/08/09 252
MSI X58M LGA 1366 Intel X58 Micro ATX 200
In Win Na Hard Drive Enclosure 156
Apple's New 13" Macbook Pro, Video 189
AMD FirePro V8750 2GB 196
Kingston 32GB DataTraveler 112 USB 203
Thermaltake DuOrb Extreme 215
NZXT Cryo S 196
Thermaltake TMG IA1 181
Aerocool Touch 2000 222
ASUS P-50GA 500 W 193
Xclio Blackhawk Supertower 278
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB SATA 2.5 259
AMD Phenom II X4 955 183
SilverStone Strider 1500W 183
Prototype Game 190
CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C. 172
China Alters WoW 255
Bad Windows 7 Memory leak Found 277
MOD Says Last Generation of Manned Fighters 241
Twitter Forced Down 238
iBuyPower Launches Chimera 316
New Rage Screenshots, Impressive 268
Toyota needs more Batteries 253

6th August

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Hardware round-up: 06/08/09 258
Vizio 47" LCD 120Hz HDTV 278
Kingston Hyper DDR3 2000MHz 3GB 197
Antec ISK 300-65 278
ViewSonic VNB100 220
OCZ Agility 120GB SSD 232
Cresyn C750E Premium Sound 205
Corsair Professional HX850 850W 223
Four Kingston SSDNow E 223
AMD 785G Chipset 224
Thermaltake DuOrb Extreme 379
Eagle Arion 2.1 iDock Speakers 234
Antec P183 Advanced Super Mid Tower 270
XFX GeForce GTX 275 XXX 896MB 350
Serious Sam HD Screenshots 310
Windows 7 Benchmarked - Average 181
DNA Computer Developed to Answer Questions 106
New PCI Standard Not Coming till 2010 105
EVGA Announces 2 GTX 290 CO-OP Cards 154
Starcraft 2 Not Coming till 2010 88
Student Beaten to Death at Internet Addiction Clinic 120

5th August

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Jetart ezFan 205
Hardware round-up: 05/08/09 172
RaidSonic Icy Box IB-MP309HW-B HD 194
D-Link DUB-CR200 USB 2.0 156
Enermax Staray 207
Thermaltake Element T 146
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO 785G 287
Cooking Games: Edutainment Vs. Entertainment 231
BFG LS-550 172
Best CPU Cooler Performance LGA1366 217
Xigmatek S126384 Thor’s Hammer 180
NZXT Beta 175
Acer Aspire One D250-1165 239
Nokia N97 Smartphone 163
Inno3D GeForce GTS 250 189
Rape Games Called Platinum 162
Sony Mat Cut PS3 Prices: Shocker 162
New Spider Species 3D Mapped 176
BT Offers Free Broadband Speed Boost 157
Pointless Australian Censorship Plans 105
Student Faces 10 years for Console Modding 144
Wipeout HD has In-Game Ads Added, then Removed 182
Hybrid Petrol and Diesel Engine has Awesmome MPG 162

4th August

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Zotac GTX 285 Infinity 144
Hardware round-up: 04/08/09 85
Verizon Blackberry Tour 116
Plantronics Voyager PRO 101
GIGABYTE MA785GPM-UD2H 117
Alienware M17x Dual-GPU 122
G.Skill Trident Extreme Performance F3-16000CL9 133
EVGA Killer Xeno Pro 136
ASUS EeeBox B202 114
Zalman CNPS 10X 115
Patriot Memory 128GB Xporter 104
Kingwin Mach 1 1000watt ABT-1000MA1S 112
Kingston Hyper X PC3 12800 Cl9 6GB 102
AMD 785G Chipset 90
Thermaltake Element G 115
Rosewill FORT 120 / RCX-SHDT120X1 124
Chieftec Dragon Mid Tower 123
Eagletech ET-AR504LR-BK 2.1 83
Scythe Mugen 2 104
Intel i7 920 90
Trailer for Monster Hunter Tri Impresses 114
Bush Admin Worried about cyber Attack Before Invasion 86
Debate on Killer Robots Necessary 103
QuietPC Now takes Paypal 141
Pirate Bay Sunde Steps Down 142
Google Swipes at Microsoft 97
Heat Game Won't get made by Gearbox 98
Apple Attempts Legal Silencing of Overheating Owners 115

3rd August

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Hardware round-up: 03/08/09 115
AeroCool Touch-2000 130
OCZ Platinum PC3-10666 6GB 109
Cooler Master V10 103
Logitech G13 105
Olympus E-620 Camera 127
Eagle Tech ET-CSIU2-BK I-Series 3.5” 102
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe 124
Kworld DVD Maker 2 171
Callpod Keeper Desktop 153
NZXT Zero 2 117
Zotac GTX295 Single PCB 138
Prototype Xbox 360 104
Corsair Hydro Series H50 136
Envizen Digital Duo Box - Portable Digital TV + DVD 146
AMD Phenom II X2 and X3 136
OCZ Vertex Turbo MLC SATA SSD 135
GIGABYTE Booktop M1022 105
Thermaltake Massive23 CS 133
Corsair HX750W 113
NZXT Sentry 2 Touch Screen 130
OCZ Low Latency Blade DDR3 1600MHz 90
Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard 107
id Software Commented on PS3 Concerns 119
Another OS X Security Hole Shows up 125
Archbishop Condemns Social Networking 124
Speedlink Utilising new Packaging 153
WoW Users Receive Curious Bills 128
Updates can Provide Security Hole 112
Wii Sports has Sold over 50 Million 120
Nissan Making Electric Car 126
Nissan Making Electric Car 124

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