The information contained in this press release relates to a pre-release software product that may be substantially modified before its first commercial release.
"Since our first preview release last September, millions of people now use the pre-release product on a daily basis and millions more have been taking it through its paces, totaling hundreds of millions of hours of testing, " Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky wrote Friday on the Windows 8 blog.
Well, they probably had a pre-release version of one of these Aptus-II 12s from Leaf.
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And when the book was finished, Steve asked for a pre-release copy, which I duly sent.
For the past week, I've been testing a pre-release version of Flipboard for iPhone.
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Its name is Apkudo Approved, and it is a heavy-duty Android UX test for pre-release Android devices.
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It has its rough edges and hiccups, but they're easily forgivable in light of its pre-release moniker.
New Gaming Memory Line: Catch a glimpse of the upcoming new Mushkin gaming product in its pre-release glory.
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Motorola Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR Maxx: Another week, another leaked, pre-release ICS build for the Droid RAZR.
Well, like Red Dawn, there was a lot of pre-release buzz and excitement.
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The pre-release version will be playable for the duration of the event.
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Lost there, and then bam, you're strung out hanging outside of Best Buy offering a kidney in exchange for a pre-release Blu-ray player.
The Project SHIELD team also demonstrates Dead on Arrival 2 without Tegra 4 features, via a toggle which is most likely exclusive to these pre-release models.
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Apparently, no mere agency can confine it: photography workshop director Vincent Kang has posted a photo of the pre-release mirrorless camera on Weibo for all to see.
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Access to the pre-release SDK has been on a case by case basis, with developers having to apply to Microsoft for permission, and signing strict non-disclosure agreements.
Happily for me, just as I was landing in Florida to appear at The Money Show, Warren Buffett decided to pre-release some of his annual report to his shareholders.
The movie arrived in theaters with much pre-release buzz.
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Some early benchmarks of Windows 8 pre-release vs.
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Windows 8 is getting shredded in pre-release commentary.
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Investors on Monday were partly reacting to Wall Street analysts who expect Hebralife might pre-release its fourth quarter profit figures this week and also announce a big new share repurchase move.
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So, the other day, as a remarkably distinguished member of the international media, I had the opportunity to play a pre-release trial version of the new "SimCity, " thus making it a five-star weekend.
The snazzy "black Xbox" seen above might look quite black and Xboxy, but we're sorry to report that it's just a developer box, plenty of which have been out since before launch for testing out pre-release games.
Strictly for the biggest Duke Nukem fans, the First Access Club grants members exclusive access to the pre-release demo on June 3, 2011 so that they are amongst the first to experience gaming history in the making.
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We won't lie, we were a little bitter when TiVo snubbed us and didn't offer us a pre-release version of the Series3 for review, we mean even our brothers at Engadget got one to play with.
Custom ROM fans were briefly teased with the prospect of Verizon loosening its anti-modding stance when the HTC Droid DNA first arrived: in the pre-release days, the official HTCDev portal allowed unlocking the DNA's bootloader.
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Seralini and his colleagues required that reporters who wanted pre-release access to the study sign a non-disclosure agreement that barred them from seeking input from outside sources including other scientists which, remarkably, many prominent news organizations agreed to.
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He told MPs inflation and unemployment were down and the "good news will keep coming" - comments which Labour said were a big "hint" about the growth data and tantamount to playing "fast and loose" with the pre-release rules.
Performance-wise, the winner is a pre-release version of Tower Technology's TowerJ compiler, which generates a native executable from pure Java code that runs almost 25 percent faster than the fastest Java interpreter, even when the interpreter has a just-in-time compiler.
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Let's get this out the way right here and now: to the best of our knowledge, Apple doesn't really provide pre-release units to accessories partners -- even the big ones -- to help them get their products out the door faster when new gear drops.
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