This month a test version of its Sims 2 is available with beverages at Atlanta-area McDonald's.
On Tuesday, Microsoft also said a test version of the new Windows software will be available in late June.
Le Viet surmises that the current application is just an early, lightweight version intended to test recruiting on the platform.
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Pietersen was the only England player in the world one-day team of the year but Michael Vaughan was a surprise inclusion in the Test version.
Facebook launched a test version of its search feature in January and it is currently limited to select users who have set English (US) as their language.
Orion has just passed its preliminary design review and a test version of the Ares 1 stands ready at the Kennedy Space Centre for a demonstration flight in October.
Kahle already has distributed a million Zbubbles in the test version of the new software, and when the product debuts in the next few months, he hopes most of the people who have downloaded Alexa software (4 million and counting)will use the feature.
In addition to releasing the DisplayPort Dual-Mode Standard Version 1.1, VESA is also releasing an updated DisplayPort Dual-Mode Cable Adaptor Compliance Test Specification, version 1.1.
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The next version of the admissions test will be tweaked to look for industriousness, a measure of work ethic, and to flag disruptive neuroses.
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In October 2007, Alwaleed ordered a test flight version of the A380: Serial number 002, essentially a second hand plane, which one source said was about 23, 000 pounds heavier than the current version of the plane.
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But unlike the current version of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the ban was confined to tests above a specific threshold that was verifiable and allowed a limited number of proof-tests of existing stockpiles to determine their reliability.
For targeted therapies, it would be smart to include companies that make targeted diagnostics--such as Vysis , a division of Abbott Labs (nyse: ABT - news - people ) that makes a version of the Herceptin test--from the outset.
But ImClone is also trying to test a newer version of Erbitux it owns entirely--a difficult prospect given Erbitux's entrenched status, but still a threat to Bristol.
Citing sources close to the matter, the report notes that Microsoft will begin to test a new version of its operating system, Windows 7, tailored for tablets.
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The machines also come with a test-drive version of Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Office and Intuit 's (nasdaq: INTU - news - people ) Quicken.
Dr. Stefansson says that in the future, people could test themselves for bad version of the gene at a relatively young age.
In the 1, 040-patient study, patients with milder disease had a 42% lower reduction in how fast they declined on one version of the ADAS-cog test.
National guidelines now recommend a newer version of screening - the "combined test", which may be more accurate in predicting which women are at higher risk of carrying a baby with Down's.
It's a much lighter product, at 1.3 pounds (down from 1.58), and although it uses a heavier-duty Atom processor, battery life is said to top out at about 10 hours. (The original lasted eight in our usual test.) Like the OG version, it allows for pen input on select models, but of course, Windows comes ready-made with a larger selection of apps where a pen might actually be useful.
Next month, the company will let the masses download and test a not-quite-finished version of Windows 8, which Ballmer has called the most important product in company history.
The company has worked with scientists at two major universities in Australia to test both the natural extract and a synthetic version.
Balasubramanian's group has been pursuing a four-stranded version of the molecule that scientists have produced in the test tube now for a number of years.
One program participant, Nicole Williams, a 21-year-old Kansas City mother of three, said she was hopeful she'd pass the GED test soon so she could avoid the electronic version.
Mr. Ondrejka's team delivered a working version of the new Facebook app to Mr. Zuckerberg to test a few months later.
Now assume that you have a digital map and a bunch of robots with a souped up version of TomTom inside that has a super smart algorithm to test as many roads as possible.
"The automakers want a new version of the OS every fall so that they have a test bed over the winter and can offer it in their cars for the next model year, " said Keith Weintraub, product manager for Windows CE for Automotive.
Italy will be the first real test of whether even the new, watered-down version of them will prevail.
For test-takers who fail a section, the computerized version provides details about what skills they need to work on before retaking the exam.
Acunetix, which is marketed to organizations who want to test their own websites for vulnerabilities, offers a free version on its site, while Nikto is open sourced and also freely available.
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