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1.
Confirmed: Ice on Mars. News broken by Twitter. (wired.com)
60 points by markm on June 20, 2008 | 23 comments
2.
Heavyweight physics prof weighs into climate/energy scrap (theregister.co.uk)
52 points by lurkage on June 20, 2008 | 37 comments
3.
Bootstrappers Beware (tonywright.com)
50 points by bfioca on June 20, 2008 | 27 comments
4.
Bubble 2.0 (mattmaroon.com)
37 points by mqt on June 20, 2008 | 32 comments
5.
Robbery caught on JTV (justin.tv)
35 points by mariorz on June 20, 2008 | 18 comments
6.
Inventions they said would never work (null-hypothesis.co.uk)
32 points by jflowers45 on June 20, 2008 | 31 comments
7.
How to make a corporate butt pucker (ricksegal.typepad.com)
30 points by raganwald on June 20, 2008 | 15 comments
8.
Working as a programmer - is it what you thought it would be?
29 points by luckystrike on June 20, 2008 | 53 comments
9.
New Rails documentation site (rails-doc.org)
28 points by tortilla on June 20, 2008 | 9 comments
10.
Python: Writing a Compiler and Interpreter in 160 lines of code (jroller.com)
23 points by davatk on June 20, 2008 | 8 comments
11.
The Secret to Bill Gates' Success (bbc.co.uk)
24 points by ComputerGuru on June 20, 2008 | 5 comments
12.
Mark Zuckerberg's Patent (uspto.gov)
22 points by kirubakaran on June 20, 2008 | 34 comments
13.
First viable compressed air car: get 200-300km per tank of air. (businessweek.com)
22 points by gscott on June 20, 2008 | 18 comments
14.
Sixty years ago the modern computer was born in a lab in Manchester. (bbc.co.uk)
18 points by czik on June 20, 2008 | 5 comments
15.
The Myth of Multitasking (thenewatlantis.com)
16 points by nreece on June 20, 2008 | 5 comments
16.
Microsoft comments on OOXML/ODF at Red Hat summit: "ODF has clearly won" (thestandard.com)
19 points by ilamont on June 20, 2008 | 2 comments
17.
The Future of Email: From SMTP to XMPP (anarchogeek.com)
19 points by tortilla on June 20, 2008 | 8 comments
18.
WebMynd and Heroku Hosting Giant Robot Building in Dolores Park for FireFox 3 Launch (pingg.com)
17 points by hungryscientist on June 20, 2008 | 1 comment
19.
Universal Edit Button (universaleditbutton.org)
18 points by nreece on June 20, 2008 | 7 comments
20.
Aquamacs 1.4 is out (aquamacs.org)
18 points by jimbokun on June 20, 2008 | 17 comments
21.
Java finally open-sourced. Does anyone still care? (thestandard.com)
17 points by ilamont on June 20, 2008 | 15 comments
22.
France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under three-strikes rule (timesonline.co.uk)
15 points by sah on June 20, 2008 | 13 comments
23.
The future of email: From smtp to xmpp (anarchogeek.com)
16 points by rabble on June 20, 2008 | 8 comments
24.
"Real" Online Bookstore - Start-up with amazing javascript (zoomii.com)
15 points by nadim on June 20, 2008 | 19 comments
25.
It Gets Worse: Joshua Schachter Leaving Yahoo (techcrunch.com)
13 points by jmorin007 on June 20, 2008 | 2 comments
26.
Where to start - programming for mobile phones
14 points by farmerwu on June 20, 2008 | 13 comments
27.
Still Struggling with Social Networking (russellbeattie.com)
13 points by prakash on June 20, 2008 | 3 comments
28.
Yahoo Doomed del.icio.us (markevanstech.com)
13 points by buckpost on June 20, 2008 | 10 comments
29.
Google jumps into the website traffic comparison game with Google Trends for Websites (venturebeat.com)
11 points by ajbatac on June 20, 2008 | 3 comments
30.
Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded (onstartups.com)
13 points by ajbatac on June 20, 2008 | 2 comments

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