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31. Web Development Recipes Now in Beta (pragprog.com)
57 points by emmamma91 on Aug 17, 2011 | 10 comments
32. U.K. men get 4-year sentences for Facebook riot posts (cnet.com)
51 points by noahc on Aug 17, 2011 | 66 comments
33. China Applauds UK Move To Restrict Access To Social Media (rfaunplugged.org)
52 points by antr on Aug 17, 2011 | 15 comments
34. Major outage hits Microsoft Office 365 (zdnet.com)
50 points by evanw on Aug 17, 2011 | 38 comments
35. Are DOM tree elements global variables? (stackoverflow.com)
48 points by bruth on Aug 17, 2011 | 7 comments
36. Amazon Set to Publish Tim Ferriss (nytimes.com)
47 points by jamesbritt on Aug 17, 2011 | 22 comments
37. Standard & Poor's gives Google the U.S. debt treatment (itworld.com)
47 points by abennett on Aug 17, 2011 | 44 comments
38. Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity (hpi-web.de)
45 points by rxin on Aug 17, 2011 | 10 comments
39. Improving HTML5 Canvas Performance (html5rocks.com)
43 points by simonsarris on Aug 17, 2011 | 9 comments
40. Google’s Official Profanity API (phurix.net)
41 points by hm2k on Aug 17, 2011 | 22 comments
41. There's no excuse for sidebars on my phone (kdpeterson.net)
41 points by kevinpet on Aug 17, 2011 | 16 comments
42. Wagn: a new breed of wiki (wagn.org)
40 points by pheade on Aug 17, 2011 | 21 comments
43. Red Hat CEO At LinuxCon: I Have No Idea What’s Next (techcrunch.com)
38 points by playhard on Aug 17, 2011 | 4 comments
44. A Bull Market in Tech Patents (nytimes.com)
38 points by jayzee on Aug 17, 2011 | 11 comments
45. Petrify - A flexible static site generator for node.js (github.com/caolan)
37 points by earnubs on Aug 17, 2011
46. Chris Hughes's Startup Jumo ‘Acquired’ for $0 and a Graceful Exit (betabeat.com)
33 points by loschorts on Aug 17, 2011 | 15 comments
47. Five Worst Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Angel Investors (entrepreneur.com)
32 points by mvs on Aug 17, 2011 | 1 comment
48. Nice Guys Never Win (Neither Do Mean Girls) (freakonomics.com)
32 points by mikeleeorg on Aug 17, 2011 | 13 comments
49. What Does an Architect Do in an Agile Shop? An Agile Architect Explains (adtmag.com)
32 points by msredmond on Aug 17, 2011 | 16 comments
50. Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? (rollingstone.com)
32 points by packetlss on Aug 17, 2011 | 3 comments
51. Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? (nytimes.com)
31 points by ColinWright on Aug 17, 2011
52. Poll: Your preferred method for coding on a remote server?
30 points by kkovacs on Aug 17, 2011 | 37 comments
53. Github-Integrated fluxflex Aims At Making Cloud Hosting Easier And Cheaper (techcrunch.com)
31 points by antr on Aug 17, 2011 | 5 comments
54. How they work: Viximo (Wistia video series on startup culture) (wistia.com)
39 points by mpc on Aug 17, 2011 | 6 comments
55. Cutting-edge IT firms need experts in 'dead' languages (scotsman.com)
24 points by g-garron on Aug 17, 2011 | 51 comments
56. Ceglia: Facebook planted a fake contract on my computer (wellsvilledaily.com)
21 points by narad on Aug 17, 2011 | 4 comments
57. The collected jwz bicycle wisdom (jwz.org)
19 points by bootload on Aug 17, 2011 | 12 comments
58. Ask Dustin Curtis (UX Designer) anything about your web site (officehours.tv)
19 points by jmtame on Aug 17, 2011 | 11 comments
59. Photographers Can Be Detained If Their Photos Have 'No Apparent Esthetic Value' (techdirt.com)
20 points by uptown on Aug 17, 2011 | 6 comments
60. Dell shares drop a like a rock (itworld.com)
19 points by jfruh on Aug 17, 2011 | 28 comments

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