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1.
Hnweekly: weekly top stories from Hacker News (watdahel.com)
62 points by xtimesninety on Dec 26, 2008 | 29 comments
2.
The Economic News Isn't All Bleak (wsj.com)
50 points by robg on Dec 26, 2008 | 59 comments
3.
Caltech creates 1um resolution microscope cheap enough for home use. (technologyreview.com)
47 points by chris11 on Dec 26, 2008 | 9 comments
4.
Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food [TED Talk] (ted.com)
41 points by DaniFong on Dec 26, 2008 | 19 comments
5.
Amazon says 2008 holiday season was 'best ever' (yahoo.com)
37 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 26, 2008 | 25 comments
6.
Ask HN: Is making clones bad?
37 points by SingAlong on Dec 26, 2008 | 49 comments
7.
Ask YC: Cars?
31 points by icey on Dec 26, 2008 | 160 comments
8.
A Double Handful of Programming Quotes (hackification.com)
27 points by joel_liu on Dec 26, 2008 | 19 comments
9.
Fiscal Chaos Aside, Start-Ups Bloom in Argentina (nytimes.com)
25 points by robg on Dec 26, 2008 | 4 comments
10.
Ask HN: Interested in coworking in Thailand?
24 points by bemmu on Dec 26, 2008 | 19 comments
11.
The Dollar Shift: Chinese Pockets Filled as Americans’ Emptied (nytimes.com)
20 points by kalvin on Dec 26, 2008 | 14 comments
12.
A Techie Birth Announcement (chronicdabbler.blogspot.com)
20 points by cera on Dec 26, 2008 | 6 comments
13.
ACM Urges Obama To Include Computer Science in k-12 Education (acm.org)
20 points by babyshake on Dec 26, 2008 | 31 comments
14.
Health care 'job lock' stifles entrepreneurship (nwsource.com)
19 points by timr on Dec 26, 2008 | 26 comments
15.
The Worst Predictions About 2008 (businessweek.com)
17 points by epi0Bauqu on Dec 26, 2008 | 8 comments
16.
The Science of Shopping (1996) (gladwell.com)
15 points by danw on Dec 26, 2008 | 13 comments
17.
Bits of destruction (avc.com)
13 points by nikils on Dec 26, 2008 | 2 comments
18.
Arrays, What's the point? - Stack Overflow (stackoverflow.com)
15 points by joel_liu on Dec 26, 2008 | 9 comments
19.
Christmas Tree in Your Unix Shell (catonmat.net)
16 points by pkrumins on Dec 26, 2008 | 3 comments
20.
Ask YC: How to Start a Cancer Wiki
14 points by adammichaelc on Dec 26, 2008 | 29 comments
21.
Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat (forbes.com)
13 points by epi0Bauqu on Dec 26, 2008 | 12 comments
22.
Some Online Ads Thrive in a Miserable Economy (nytimes.com)
13 points by ksvs on Dec 26, 2008
23.
Working out helps cure colds (nytimes.com)
12 points by ksvs on Dec 26, 2008 | 4 comments
24.
Retail Sales Plummet (wsj.com)
12 points by nickb on Dec 26, 2008 | 8 comments
25.
Recess PHP Framework Public Preview (recessframework.org)
11 points by KevBurnsJr on Dec 26, 2008 | 13 comments
26.
D-Wave Arms ‘Smoking Gun’ Proof of Quantum Computer (nytimes.com)
10 points by ksvs on Dec 26, 2008 | 3 comments
27.
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 (wired.com)
10 points by naish on Dec 26, 2008 | 2 comments
28.
The Economist: How Property Bubbles Help us (economist.com)
10 points by jonas_b on Dec 26, 2008 | 6 comments
29.
Paul Allen believes a tipping-point is near in brain research (economist.com)
10 points by robg on Dec 26, 2008 | 12 comments
30.
Bringing Merb's provides/display into Rails 3 (loudthinking.com)
7 points by tortilla on Dec 26, 2008

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