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31.
Where do users look first? (gazehawk.com)
59 points by jgershen on Aug 5, 2011 | 10 comments
32.
Judge to Oracle: "proceed with caution before overreaching again" (patent-damages.com)
59 points by grellas on Aug 5, 2011 | 15 comments
33.
The Problem With Virtual Goods (betab.ly)
57 points by davidtyleryork on Aug 5, 2011 | 17 comments
34.
Show HN: My weekend project - Chessboard picture recognition (codebazaar.blogspot.com)
51 points by matthiasb on Aug 5, 2011 | 54 comments
35.
Antiproton ring found around Earth (newscientist.com)
46 points by ColinWright on Aug 5, 2011 | 15 comments
36.
Oracle v. Google - You Name It, You'll Find It In This Story (groklaw.net)
44 points by wglb on Aug 5, 2011
37.
Minecraft surpasses 3 million sales (attackofthefanboy.com)
44 points by DanielRibeiro on Aug 5, 2011 | 29 comments
38.
Eric Ries -- The Lean Startup [video] (hackersandfounders.tv)
45 points by iamelgringo on Aug 5, 2011 | 13 comments
39.
Is Kenya the next outsourcing hub? (bbc.co.uk)
44 points by poissonpie on Aug 5, 2011 | 21 comments
40.
Lessons from a Dell Executive who Joined a YC Startup (ownlocal.com)
39 points by jeremymims on Aug 5, 2011 | 15 comments
41.
 Isolation with a Very Small TCB (regehr.org)
39 points by wglb on Aug 5, 2011 | 7 comments
42.
Game mechanics for thinking users (open-lab.com)
39 points by ColinWright on Aug 5, 2011 | 4 comments
43.
Google Researcher Exposes Flaws In Sophos Software, Slams Antivirus Industry (blogs.forbes.com)
38 points by ssclafani on Aug 5, 2011 | 14 comments
44.
Google docs: Try out a new look and keyboard shortcuts for your documents list (googledocs.blogspot.com)
37 points by tilt on Aug 5, 2011 | 15 comments
45.
Restoring Bletchley Park: birthplace of modern computing (googleblog.blogspot.com)
36 points by canistr on Aug 5, 2011 | 9 comments
46.
Closure Mode for CoffeeScript (bolinfest.com)
36 points by bolinfest on Aug 5, 2011 | 18 comments
47.
Human Cells a Chimera of Ancient Life (wired.com)
32 points by evo_9 on Aug 5, 2011
48.
Logic.ly (logic.ly)
29 points by shawndumas on Aug 5, 2011 | 3 comments
49.
HD video demonstrated streaming over a light bulb (geek.com)
30 points by ukdm on Aug 5, 2011 | 22 comments
50.
Community votes on new trust features, we build them. (airbnb.com)
29 points by picasso81 on Aug 5, 2011 | 6 comments
51.
More on Google and Patents (daringfireball.net)
28 points by Vexenon on Aug 5, 2011 | 44 comments
52.
How Google uses R to make online advertising more effective (revolutionanalytics.com)
28 points by yarapavan on Aug 5, 2011 | 1 comment
53.
Some Questions For European Geeks (turingfestival.com)
24 points by gordonguthrie on Aug 5, 2011 | 3 comments
54.
CappCon 2011 On the Fringe - Pushing the Web to its Limits (blip.tv)
26 points by tolmasky on Aug 5, 2011 | 13 comments
55.
Facebook: people outside America don't understand the "interested in" phrase (vilepickle.com)
21 points by vilepickle on Aug 5, 2011 | 33 comments
56.
Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing (allthingsd.com)
23 points by canistr on Aug 5, 2011 | 4 comments
57.
Can Darpa fix the Cyber Security ‘Problem From Hell?’ (wired.com)
20 points by canistr on Aug 5, 2011 | 4 comments
58.
QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack Keynote (youtube.com)
19 points by malkia on Aug 5, 2011 | 7 comments
59.
Correct Decimal To Floating-Point Using Big Integers (exploringbinary.com)
18 points by wglb on Aug 5, 2011
60.
3 Gmail plugins that make my inbox better (microreviews.org)
21 points by Arkid on Aug 5, 2011 | 4 comments

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