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1. Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results (searchengineland.com)
684 points by illdave on Feb 1, 2011 | 272 comments
2. Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it (googleblog.blogspot.com)
511 points by atularora on Feb 1, 2011 | 196 comments
3. Why Stack Overflow Sucks and Participating There is Impossible (goofygrin.wordpress.com)
339 points by acconrad on Feb 1, 2011 | 202 comments
4. Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code (wired.com)
334 points by karzeem on Feb 1, 2011 | 100 comments
5. Free, Public Data Sets (jacquesmattheij.com)
273 points by iisbum on Feb 1, 2011 | 51 comments
6. Color wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works (asmartbear.com)
225 points by akkartik on Feb 1, 2011 | 54 comments
7. Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308 (exploringbinary.com)
180 points by pietrofmaggi on Feb 1, 2011 | 66 comments
8. Readability's new service (marco.org)
173 points by functional-tree on Feb 1, 2011 | 37 comments
9. Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales (arstechnica.com)
162 points by MikeCapone on Feb 1, 2011 | 126 comments
10. Tired of explaining Linux's seemingly obtuse memory usage to confused newbies? (linuxatemyram.com)
155 points by yankcrime on Feb 1, 2011 | 70 comments
11. Y Combinator’s Paul Graham On The $150K Per Start-Up Offer (wsj.com)
141 points by jedwhite on Feb 1, 2011 | 81 comments
12. Art Project, powered by Google (googleartproject.com)
142 points by Uncle_Sam on Feb 1, 2011 | 17 comments
13. Flickr Accidentally Deletes a User's 4,000 Photos and Can't Get Them Back (observer.com)
141 points by jamesjyu on Feb 1, 2011 | 91 comments
14. Your code should be as boring as possible (socialcam.com)
139 points by emmett on Feb 1, 2011 | 44 comments
15. Today, Web Development Sucks (harry.me)
136 points by hbrundage on Feb 1, 2011 | 69 comments
16. 37signals Basecamp Mobile HTML5 app for WebKit browsers (37signals.com)
132 points by sstephenson on Feb 1, 2011 | 43 comments
17. Optimal Employment (lesswrong.com)
123 points by primodemus on Feb 1, 2011 | 103 comments
18. How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control (economist.com)
116 points by widgetycrank on Feb 1, 2011 | 116 comments
19. Microsoft: 'We do not copy Google's results' (zdnet.com)
111 points by mjfern on Feb 1, 2011 | 74 comments
20. Redesigning OSX Spaces: 45˚ Is All It Takes (azarask.in)
108 points by kinetik on Feb 1, 2011 | 86 comments
21. JQuery Deconstructed (keyframesandcode.com)
94 points by jamesjyu on Feb 1, 2011 | 5 comments
22. Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store (nytimes.com)
89 points by jonburs on Feb 1, 2011 | 55 comments
23. IPv6 is here (apnic.net)
85 points by devicenull on Feb 1, 2011 | 63 comments
24. Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities (techcrunch.com)
76 points by abraham on Feb 1, 2011 | 52 comments
25. Some perspective on exactly how badly ISPs in Canada are overcharging for data (reddit.com)
71 points by niyazpk on Feb 1, 2011 | 38 comments
26. Tired of Apple's rules? Build your own touchscreen handheld (adafruit.com)
69 points by jasongullickson on Feb 1, 2011 | 34 comments
27. Poll: What CRM do you use at your startup?
69 points by jaxn on Feb 1, 2011 | 78 comments
28. Stackoverflow's WISC (Windows, IIS, SQL Server, C#) Architecture (artificialignorance.net)
67 points by wh-uws on Feb 1, 2011 | 48 comments
29. The Geek-Kings of Smut (nymag.com)
65 points by chaostheory on Feb 1, 2011 | 28 comments
30. Customer powered support doesn't work (uservoice.com)
66 points by rrwhite on Feb 1, 2011 | 16 comments

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