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Microsoft working on quick-fix capability for IT patch tools; The Experts Conference reveals survey results
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Last week I left you with a cliffhanger: "Why will Dave be in Berlin in mid-September?" While not up there with "who shot JR," I thought it was at least worthy of a bit of weekend puzzling. But it didn't take long at all for folks to discover that it was the European edition of The Experts Conference that was luring me away from Digital ID World.

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Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31.

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