While it isn't as solidly constructed as its predecessor -- seams where body panels met weren't uniform, and the power button had shallower travel than we'd like -- the B still strikes us as a sturdy device, and, of course, it's not built for consumer consumption anyway.

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If there's a second hoop in the room, they can be set to hoop A and B to tally scores for two different players on the same device.

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The automobile is becoming the ultimate mobile device, capable not just of transporting you from Point A to Point B, but also of handling your phone calls, your computing needs and your entertainment wishes.

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It also hopes to use BLYS as a homing device to deliver tiny doses of radiation directly to cancerous tumors that hit the B-cells, such as lymphoma.

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Recently, Cepheid got 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (a pre-marketing submission to demonstrate that the device to be marketed is safe and effective) for GeneXpert to work on Group B Streptococcus.

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