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1. Blockbuster CEO 'Confused by Fascination' With Netflix (wired.com)
71 points by cstejerean on Aug 19, 2008 | 67 comments
2. Eight pricing strategies (smallbiztrends.com)
47 points by davidw on Aug 19, 2008 | 17 comments
3. So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story) (daringfireball.net)
44 points by gabrielroth on Aug 19, 2008 | 45 comments
4. Is Yahoo a better search engine than Google? (law.harvard.edu)
42 points by nreece on Aug 19, 2008 | 26 comments
5. PG: Quite possibly the worst idea ever (fuzzyshot.com)
42 points by eventhough on Aug 19, 2008 | 61 comments
6. Venting on CSS (geeklondon.com)
41 points by dcminter on Aug 19, 2008 | 31 comments
7. What it's like to work at Disqus: interview (snaptalent.com)
38 points by sharpshoot on Aug 19, 2008 | 13 comments
8. How I Explained REST to My Wife (tomayko.com)
38 points by d0mine on Aug 19, 2008 | 10 comments
9. TechCrunch50: $3.5 million x Disingenuous (inquisitr.com)
35 points by terpua on Aug 19, 2008 | 10 comments
10. 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
11. IPhone Touch Events in JavaScript (rossboucher.com)
33 points by tlrobinson on Aug 19, 2008 | 3 comments
12. 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
13. Android FTW (mattmaroon.com)
32 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 19, 2008 | 49 comments
14. CouchDB + Django (lethain.com)
32 points by yaj on Aug 19, 2008 | 1 comment
15. Simplicity Is Not the Answer (jnd.org)
30 points by pbnaidu on Aug 19, 2008 | 5 comments
16. Why We Compete with Google (zoho.com)
29 points by timr on Aug 19, 2008 | 19 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. Ask YC: Learning Lisp
28 points by dmpayton on Aug 19, 2008 | 22 comments
19. Apple Is Flailing Badly At The Edges (techcrunch.com)
27 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 19, 2008 | 32 comments
20. Should the US drinking age be lowered to 18? (cnn.com)
26 points by thedob on Aug 19, 2008 | 63 comments
21. 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
22. IPhone SSH clients reviewed: iSSH, pTerm, and TouchTerm (messagingnews.com)
25 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
23. Cilk Programing Language Wins Most Influential Award (cilk.com)
23 points by iamelgringo on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
24. IPhone: The bet Steve Jobs didn’t decline (counternotions.com)
23 points by nreece on Aug 19, 2008 | 14 comments
25. Why English speakers dominate sprinting events (isteve.blogspot.com)
23 points by occam on Aug 19, 2008 | 40 comments
26. The power of small teams (viary.com)
21 points by psogle on Aug 19, 2008 | 14 comments
27. 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
28. Another clueless CEO: Ed Colligan's Head Seems to be Stuck Somewhere (daringfireball.net)
19 points by raganwald on Aug 19, 2008 | 8 comments
29. What If the Kindle Succeeds? (eff.org)
19 points by makimaki on Aug 19, 2008 | 18 comments
30. First lens constructed with negative refractive index (arstechnica.com)
19 points by apu on Aug 19, 2008

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