Not everyone can have catheter treatment, and some promising devices have hit snags in testing.

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Boy Genius Report claims it's heard from one of its "solid Apple sources" that iPhone 3, 2 (seen previously in iOS code) has hit "AP testing phase, " which reportedly means final hardware and near-final software.

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The cleaning products industry dedicates an enormous amount of resources to assuring the safety of products, including many millions of dollars in research, development and testing before products ever hit the shelves.

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Friday's jobs report hit hard, and Wall Street was testing its 2008 lows at midday.

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Hit the read link for the full testing procedures and more of those old school bar charts -- it should get you well prepped for the forthcoming flood of similar head-to-heads once WIndows 7 officially ships next week.

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The first batch of pre-production superhero gloves will hit the streets of LA later this year for testing and evaluation.

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If they score a hit, it seems easy, but really they are testing everything they see against a script.

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