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31.
Microsoft Is Moving Towards Checkmate (techcrunch.com)
12 points by nickb on May 20, 2008 | 5 comments
32.
Next Gen Apps Won't Be Pushed Around By the Browser (readwriteweb.com)
12 points by breily on May 20, 2008
33.
Six Annoyances in Hardy Heron Ubuntu (mattcutts.com)
12 points by keener on May 20, 2008 | 8 comments
34.
Ceiling Height Influences Thinking Patterns (scribd.com)
12 points by mdakin on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
35.
Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain (nytimes.com)
11 points by jamesbritt on May 20, 2008 | 2 comments
36.
Netflix/Roku box threatens Apple, Microsoft plans for streaming video (thestandard.com)
11 points by ilamont on May 20, 2008 | 6 comments
37.
The Biggest Tech IPO of 2008 Is Coming Out of Russia: Search Engine Yandex to Raise Up To $2 Billion (techcrunch.com)
10 points by nickb on May 20, 2008 | 6 comments
38.
Twitter: Something Is Technically Wrong (techcrunch.com)
10 points by jasonlbaptiste on May 20, 2008 | 15 comments
39.
Franz Unveils AllegroGraph v3.0 - A Web 3.0 Database (franz.com)
10 points by edu on May 20, 2008 | 13 comments
40.
Parser Fear (Martin Fowler on Domain Specific Languages) (martinfowler.com)
9 points by foemmel on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
41.
Review of Condé Nast acquisitions and strategy (nytimes.com)
9 points by robg on May 20, 2008 | 2 comments
42.
Alternative Number Formats (mrob.com)
9 points by kleevr on May 20, 2008
43.
Why Did You Hire Me? (alistapart.com)
9 points by naish on May 20, 2008
44.
Living computer created with DNA and genetically altered bacteria (thinkgene.com)
8 points by kf on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
45.
Don’t Look For BFFs When Pitching For VC Dollars (techcrunch.com)
8 points by johns on May 20, 2008
46.
Teaching, Playing, and Programming: Designing a Data Structure (okasaki.blogspot.com)
8 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
47.
Startup Riot 2008 Atlanta Recap (paulstamatiou.com)
8 points by PStamatiou on May 20, 2008
48.
Google Health Goes Live (wired.com)
8 points by breily on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
49.
VW Will Sell a 200 MPG Car in 2010 (ecogeek.org)
6 points by lurkage on May 20, 2008 | 4 comments
50.
Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box is Just Shy of Totally Amazing (wired.com)
7 points by apgwoz on May 20, 2008 | 2 comments
51.
 Choosing Erlang IDE (fogit.blogspot.com)
7 points by nickb on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
52.
Why when house prices fall, rent increases. (bbc.co.uk)
7 points by babul on May 20, 2008 | 5 comments
53.
How to answer 23 of the most common interview questions (bspcn.com)
6 points by nickb on May 20, 2008 | 2 comments
54.
Is.gd URL Shortener (is.gd)
6 points by ivankirigin on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
55.
Ask YC:Guidelines for submitting interesting (for HC) articles
6 points by pbnaidu on May 20, 2008 | 7 comments
56.
Negroponte Unveils 2nd Generation OLPC Laptop: It’s an E-Book (xconomy.com)
6 points by nickb on May 20, 2008 | 5 comments
57.
Startup Junkies Earth Class Mail on Hulu (hulu.com)
6 points by mace on May 20, 2008
58.
Ask YC: Resources for Writing Business Plans?
6 points by sabat on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
59.
Where's the True 3D Desktop? (And Compiz Fusion doesn't count) (softwarereality.com)
4 points by nickb on May 20, 2008
60.
 Department of high irony, Napster edition (pmarca.com)
5 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment

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