The International AIDS Conference kicks off this week in Washington, D.

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Boston this afternoon for the EnergySMART 2012 Conference, which kicks off tomorrow at the crack of dawn.

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The Enterprise 2.0 Conference, which kicks off today in Boston, though is buzzing.

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As we reported earlier, Windows 8.1 will be available as a free update (in preview) starting June 26th, the day Microsoft's Build developer conference kicks off.

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No word yet on which PC maker is going to pick up this design, but an Intel rep staffing the press conference told us it should arrive in time for the back to school shopping season, which usually kicks off in late spring.

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Apple is expected to unveil the new iOS 7 at WWDC 2013, its developers conference that kicks off June 10.

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Tomorrow, Goldman Sachs kicks off the 2013 edition of its Technology and Internet conference in San Francisco with a bang: Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at 7:15 a.m.

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The fun kicks off tomorrow afternoon with Sony's annual press conference, followed by Samsung Unpacked where we expect to see a Galaxy S III-like successor to last year's blockbuster Note.

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