Swipely, which has been testing its credit card-based loyalty service in Rhode Island, is expanding into Boston, launching with 150 local merchants there.

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Citibank has announced plans to begin consumer testing a new credit card technology, labeled Card 2.0, or 2G, by the company.

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In addition to testing a monthly fee for debit card users in northern Wisconsin, Chase ended its debit card reward program for all customers in July.

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Daschle continued his push for national education testing, stressing the importance of having a report card on schools.

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One-third of American adults plan on sending an e-card this Valentine's Day, according to a recent study by the mobile testing company SOASTA. Digital cards are most popular with men between 35 and 44, and spouses were the most common recipients.

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Testing the cards on an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700-powered machine with 2GB of RAM, the single R600 card bested the solo 8800 GTX in basically every benchmark they tried, with common applications seeing minimal gains, but games saw between ten-percent (Half-Life 2: Lost Coast) and 42-percent (1701 A.D.) hikes.

ENGADGET: ATI R600 graphics card benchmarked, cruises by NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTX