Last year it launched a beta-test of a news aggregating service called Google News.

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"We beta-test things on the Abilene network, " says John Jameson, director of research education markets for Juniper.

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The project team will build and beta-test new features and tools for entrepreneurs and businesses with the purpose of cutting red tape, increasing efficiency, and supporting American businesses and American jobs.

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Just by registering users, app developers can market and cross-sell other apps, beta-test new features, get live feedback on new apps and begin to build an enduring relationship with their audiences.

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AdKeeper has already debuted its service in beta-test stage.

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This launch follows a three-month closed beta test, and it comes about a month after the company's announcement that the service would come to the Xbox 360 as a console launch exclusive.

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To be specific, Merck (MRK) will test a beta-amyloid precursor protein site-cleaving enzyme, or BACE, inhibitor, which the drugmaker notes is the first drug with this type of mechanism to advance to this stage of clinical research.

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Being a company of utter geeks, Google called this beta test laptop the Cr-48 after the chemical name of an unstable isotope of the chrome element.

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The casual nature of that relationship is reflected in Valve's attitude about releasing the new mode -- Team Fortress 2's VR-enabling update in the coming weeks is essentially a giant beta test in which Valve will measure and analyze the way TF2 players interact with virtual reality hardware.

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