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"DEMO, the twice annual \"launchpad for emerging technologies\" that debuted massively successful technology products and services including TiVo, E*TRADE, Salesforce.com, VMware, Six Apart, OddPost, IronPort, GrandCentral and Glam Media, returns on March 1-3 with a new crop of web startups and products.  Seventy new web and tech companies will launch at the event, to be held at The Desert Springs, A JW Marriott Resort &amp; Spa in Palm Desert, California.\nAnd bearing in mind that 40 DEMO companies were acquired over the last 4 years, it's likely the attendees will be present at the launch of the next big thing.\nFree DEMO Passes for Mashable Readers\nIf you'd like to attend DEMO 09, you're in luck: Mashable readers are eligible to win one of 3 free passes to the entire conference, each with a value of $2995!  We'll be giving away these passes over the next three days - that's $8,985 worth of DEMO goodness this week.\nFor a chance to win the first of these passes, simply leave a comment on this post answering the following question:\n\"I'd like to attend the DEMO 09 emerging technology conference because....\"\nWe'll notify the first winner in 24 hours - get commenting!\nDon't want to wait?  Sign up to DEMO now through Mashable's exclusive discount page and get $600 off the price.\nPasses are non-transferable and travel and accommodation are not included (but heck, we're giving you a $2995 ticket for free!).  Mashable is a DEMO media partner."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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