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1.		How to Be Jason Bourne: Multiple Passports, Swiss Banking, and Crossing Borders (fourhourworkweek.com)
		140 points by mattjaynes on March 5, 2009 \| 64 comments
2.		Why Mahalo employed a felon hacker (calacanis.com)
		128 points by azharcs on March 5, 2009 \| 52 comments
3.		Using evolving images for image compression: 256x256 image in 1k (screamingduck.com)
		96 points by jkkramer on March 5, 2009 \| 23 comments
4.		Wolfram\|Alpha Is Coming (wolfram.com)
		86 points by bdfh42 on March 5, 2009 \| 38 comments
5.		White House picks Vivek Kundra to be the first US CIO (nytimes.com)
		64 points by bdotdub on March 5, 2009 \| 38 comments
6.		Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups (divvyshot.com)
		64 points by vlad on March 5, 2009 \| 65 comments
7.		Firefox Passes IE6 In Market Share (electronista.com)
		51 points by nategraves on March 5, 2009 \| 26 comments
8.		Switched from Capistrano to (Python) Fabric (stii.co.za)
		46 points by mace on March 5, 2009 \| 5 comments
9.		A Different Kind of Recession - HBS Student Reflects on Visit to India (zacharyclayton.com)
		40 points by JoelSutherland on March 5, 2009 \| 15 comments
10.		Y Combinator’s Airbed&Breakfast Casts A Wider Net For Housing Rentals As AirBnB (techcrunch.com)
		39 points by thepanister on March 5, 2009 \| 12 comments
11.		Why Are iPhone Users Willing to Pay for Content? (nytimes.com)
		35 points by robg on March 5, 2009 \| 24 comments
12.		Who needs funding when you have creativity? (mixergy.com)
		34 points by oliviakuhn on March 5, 2009 \| 8 comments
13.		The way to make a program faster is to never let it get slower. (webkit.org)
		33 points by helium on March 5, 2009 \| 18 comments
14.		Should We Do "Computer Science"? (perl.org)
		33 points by epall on March 5, 2009 \| 13 comments
15.		Justin.tv live stream of AngelConf (starts 1:30 PST) (justin.tv)
		32 points by pg on March 5, 2009 \| 15 comments
16.		Francisco's (of 280 North, YC W08) FOWA presentation (vimeo.com)
		29 points by tlrobinson on March 5, 2009
17.		Mercurial 1.2 out with translations, a pure Python implementation, and more (selenic.com)
		31 points by gecko on March 5, 2009 \| 5 comments
18.		Poll: Does your startup use pirated software?
		29 points by vaksel on March 5, 2009 \| 55 comments
19.		1975 (ranprieur.com)
		26 points by divia on March 5, 2009 \| 20 comments
20.		Tipjoy's experiment in virality on Twitter: Happy birthday Shaq (happybirthdayshaq.com)
		26 points by ivankirigin on March 5, 2009 \| 21 comments
21.		Twitter Ain't Search (marksonland.com)
		24 points by trs90 on March 5, 2009 \| 27 comments
22.		Remove cap on H-1B: LinkedIn CEO (indiatimes.com)
		22 points by nreece on March 5, 2009 \| 22 comments
23.		Y Combinator’s Divvyshot Launches Dead Simple Group Photo Sharing (techcrunch.com)
		21 points by thepanister on March 5, 2009 \| 3 comments
24.		Stimulus: A history of folly (commentarymagazine.com)
		21 points by gaius on March 5, 2009 \| 11 comments
25.		iminlikewithyou is now OMGPOP (omgpop.com)
		21 points by ivankirigin on March 5, 2009 \| 30 comments
26.		Startup Founded by Apple Vets Aims to Develop Business Apps for iPhone (xconomy.com)
		20 points by bobbud on March 5, 2009 \| 11 comments
27.		Google Launches New Service - TipJar: a collection of money saving tips (moderator.appspot.com)
		19 points by vaksel on March 5, 2009 \| 17 comments
28.		New Vaginal Gel Prevents AIDS Virus Transmission (webmd.com)
		19 points by chaostheory on March 5, 2009 \| 15 comments
29.		SEC charges E*Trade, 5 others, for front running (reuters.com)
		19 points by tortilla on March 5, 2009 \| 9 comments
30.		PlentyOfFish Starts Charging Premium Membership Fees (onlinedatingpost.com)
		18 points by jwesley on March 5, 2009 \| 20 comments
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