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"In the UK, Google was forced to give its e-mail service Gmail a different name, Googlemail, because of a trademark dispute. These disputes take a long time (Gmail was changed into Googlemail in October 19, 2005), so Google opted to use a different (yet recognizable) name until the dispute was resolved. \nFour and a half years later, UK users will finally get their @gmail.com addresses, as Googlemail is changing its name back to Gmail. Users will have the choice of keeping their old @googlemail.com address or switching to a new one. \"If you already have a Google email account in the UK, you'll soon have the option to switch your existing @googlemail.com address to the matching @gmail.com one, but you're also free to stick with @googlemail.com,\" the announcement explains. \"And starting later this week, anybody who signs up for a new account in the UK will get an @gmail.com address.\" \nGoogle jokingly estimates that the change will have a positive impact on overall energy consumption. \"Since 'gmail' is 50% fewer characters than 'googlemail,' we estimate this name change will save approximately 60 million keystrokes a day. At about 217 microjoules per keystroke, that's about the energy of 20 bonbons saved every day,\" it claims. \nThe transition from Googlemail to Gmail will happen over the next week. \n\n\nFor more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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