Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | 2012-05-07 login
Stories from May 7, 2012
Go back a day, month, or year. Go forward a day, month, or year.
1. Gmvault: gmail backup. Liberate your emails (gmvault.org)
364 points by zoobert on May 7, 2012 | 147 comments
2. Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard? (scottporad.com)
293 points by scottporad on May 7, 2012 | 154 comments
3. Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial (arstechnica.com)
286 points by suprgeek on May 7, 2012 | 124 comments
4. Dell Announces A Linux Laptop Designed For Developers (devopsangle.com)
267 points by alexwilliams on May 7, 2012 | 193 comments
5. This Is All Your App Is: A Collection Of Tiny Details (codinghorror.com)
214 points by kamaal on May 7, 2012 | 38 comments
6. I appeared on CNN this morning to talk about why I'm not buying Facebook (CISPA) (cnn.com)
214 points by kn0thing on May 7, 2012 | 69 comments
7. Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads (arstechnica.com)
197 points by aaronjg on May 7, 2012 | 164 comments
8. Oracle/Google jury finds Google infringed SSO but hangs on fair use (groklaw.net)
191 points by grellas on May 7, 2012 | 35 comments
9. The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg (nymag.com)
180 points by nikunjk on May 7, 2012 | 70 comments
10. Apple's inspirational note to new hires (instagr.am)
165 points by dko on May 7, 2012 | 133 comments
11. What should every programmer know about security? (stackoverflow.com)
162 points by napolux on May 7, 2012 | 48 comments
12. Gumroad raises $7 million from KPCB (venturebeat.com)
158 points by thoughtpeddler on May 7, 2012 | 65 comments
13. Early Startup Time Wasters (talkfast.org)
152 points by icey on May 7, 2012 | 42 comments
14. Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome (chrome.google.com)
150 points by tommoor on May 7, 2012 | 89 comments
15. AMD’s Chuck Moore has passed away (semiaccurate.com)
146 points by yread on May 7, 2012 | 21 comments
16. Why Use Postgres - Part 2 (craigkerstiens.com)
145 points by craigkerstiens on May 7, 2012 | 69 comments
17. I am a statistician and I buy lottery tickets (simplexify.net)
142 points by realize on May 7, 2012 | 133 comments
18. TCP Sucks (bramcohen.com)
137 points by reacocard on May 7, 2012 | 56 comments
19. Bushi.do is now Cloudfuji.com, launches Kandan - beautiful open source chat (cloudfuji.com)
129 points by sgrove on May 7, 2012 | 60 comments
20. Solving FizzBuzz with CSS (dabblet.com)
123 points by jackiebalzer on May 7, 2012 | 27 comments
21. Faster Fourier transform among world’s most important emerging technology (web.mit.edu)
121 points by __Rahul on May 7, 2012 | 47 comments
22. Show HN: A/B testing for iOS and Android (clutch.io)
119 points by ericflo on May 7, 2012 | 16 comments
23. The Lazy Man's URL Parsing (joezimjs.com)
114 points by joezimjs on May 7, 2012 | 23 comments
24. Sortfolio: Going once, going twice... (37signals.com)
108 points by hawke on May 7, 2012 | 95 comments
25. Microsoft creates Kinect-like system using your laptop speaker & microphone (extremetech.com)
99 points by ukdm on May 7, 2012 | 28 comments
26. Node.js HTTP Server Security Vulnerability: Please Upgrade To 0.6.17 (nodejs.org)
94 points by cleverjake on May 7, 2012 | 26 comments
27. The venture capital model is broken, and this damning report explains why (geekwire.com)
93 points by username3 on May 7, 2012 | 53 comments
28. I’m An Article About The Internet That You Repost On The Internet (newyorker.com)
93 points by dwynings on May 7, 2012 | 28 comments
29. Google+ Hangouts On Air: broadcast your conversation to the world (googleblog.blogspot.com)
82 points by necenzurat on May 7, 2012 | 14 comments
30. JS.Next Needs You (javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
70 points by jashkenas on May 7, 2012 | 28 comments

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: