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1. Eight pricing strategies (smallbiztrends.com)
47 points by davidw on Aug 19, 2008 | 17 comments
2. So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story) (daringfireball.net)
44 points by gabrielroth on Aug 19, 2008 | 45 comments
3. Is Yahoo a better search engine than Google? (law.harvard.edu)
42 points by nreece on Aug 19, 2008 | 26 comments
4. PG: Quite possibly the worst idea ever (fuzzyshot.com)
42 points by eventhough on Aug 19, 2008 | 61 comments
5. Venting on CSS (geeklondon.com)
41 points by dcminter on Aug 19, 2008 | 31 comments
6. What it's like to work at Disqus: interview (snaptalent.com)
38 points by sharpshoot on Aug 19, 2008 | 13 comments
7. How I Explained REST to My Wife (tomayko.com)
38 points by d0mine on Aug 19, 2008 | 10 comments
8. TechCrunch50: $3.5 million x Disingenuous (inquisitr.com)
35 points by terpua on Aug 19, 2008 | 10 comments
9. Ask HN: How do you meet a hacker to start a startup with if you are not in college?
34 points by gasull on Aug 19, 2008 | 41 comments
10. IPhone Touch Events in JavaScript (rossboucher.com)
33 points by tlrobinson on Aug 19, 2008 | 3 comments
11. Missing YouTube founder flees facebook froth in valley, seeks next prodigy in midwest (alleyinsider.com)
33 points by mlearmonth on Aug 19, 2008 | 14 comments
12. Android FTW (mattmaroon.com)
32 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 19, 2008 | 49 comments
13. CouchDB + Django (lethain.com)
32 points by yaj on Aug 19, 2008 | 1 comment
14. Simplicity Is Not the Answer (jnd.org)
30 points by pbnaidu on Aug 19, 2008 | 5 comments
15. Why We Compete with Google (zoho.com)
29 points by timr on Aug 19, 2008 | 19 comments
16. Ask YC: Learning Lisp
28 points by dmpayton on Aug 19, 2008 | 22 comments
17. Mozilla drags IE into the future with Canvas element plugin (arstechnica.com)
28 points by apu on Aug 19, 2008 | 10 comments
18. Apple Is Flailing Badly At The Edges (techcrunch.com)
27 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 19, 2008 | 32 comments
19. Should the US drinking age be lowered to 18? (cnn.com)
26 points by thedob on Aug 19, 2008 | 63 comments
20. Any startups following the philosophy of the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris?
25 points by gasull on Aug 19, 2008 | 42 comments
21. IPhone SSH clients reviewed: iSSH, pTerm, and TouchTerm (messagingnews.com)
25 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
22. IPhone: The bet Steve Jobs didn’t decline (counternotions.com)
23 points by nreece on Aug 19, 2008 | 14 comments
23. Cilk Programing Language Wins Most Influential Award (cilk.com)
23 points by iamelgringo on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
24. Why English speakers dominate sprinting events (isteve.blogspot.com)
23 points by occam on Aug 19, 2008 | 40 comments
25. The power of small teams (viary.com)
21 points by psogle on Aug 19, 2008 | 14 comments
26. Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road (wired.com)
20 points by terpua on Aug 19, 2008 | 2 comments
27. Another clueless CEO: Ed Colligan's Head Seems to be Stuck Somewhere (daringfireball.net)
19 points by raganwald on Aug 19, 2008 | 8 comments
28. What If the Kindle Succeeds? (eff.org)
19 points by makimaki on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
29. First lens constructed with negative refractive index (arstechnica.com)
19 points by apu on Aug 19, 2008
30. Looking for your first CS job? Be sure to own your ideas (devver.net)
18 points by bhb on Aug 19, 2008 | 15 comments

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