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1. How I Got Kicked Out of Y Combinator and Then Raised $1.5m for My Startup (joncrawford.com)
589 points by eoghan on Feb 11, 2011 | 112 comments
2. Hosni Mubarak finally steps down (aljazeera.net)
332 points by dzlobin on Feb 11, 2011 | 127 comments
3. Microsoft just bought Nokia for $0 (jacquesmattheij.com)
278 points by plinkplonk on Feb 11, 2011 | 155 comments
4. 1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in English via Google Translate) (googleusercontent.com)
252 points by benwerd on Feb 11, 2011 | 165 comments
5. Toyota, The Media Owe You an Apology (businessweek.com)
184 points by AndrewWarner on Feb 11, 2011 | 77 comments
6. Does my company have IP rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? (onstartups.com)
167 points by SandB0x on Feb 11, 2011 | 116 comments
7. Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership, New Leadership Team (techcrunch.com)
167 points by andre3k1 on Feb 11, 2011 | 175 comments
8. TechCrunch Tours Dropbox Offices (techcrunch.com)
172 points by jkincaid on Feb 11, 2011 | 79 comments
9. Khan Academy and BitTorrent Partner to Distribute Educational Videos (hackeducation.com)
162 points by audreyw on Feb 11, 2011 | 21 comments
10. GroupOn, LivingSocial engaging in questionable practices (techcrunch.com)
157 points by benwerd on Feb 11, 2011 | 58 comments
11. Reddit AmA: Director of the first ISP to challenge the USA Patriot Act (reddit.com)
154 points by mixmax on Feb 11, 2011 | 17 comments
12. Pervasive myths about older software developers (lessonsoffailure.com)
149 points by cpr on Feb 11, 2011 | 68 comments
13. BBC To Delete 172 Websites Due to Budget Cuts, Geek Saves Them for $3.99 (readwriteweb.com)
149 points by rmah on Feb 11, 2011 | 67 comments
14. Nokia’s Suicide Note (ibiblio.org)
131 points by cwb on Feb 11, 2011 | 45 comments
15. How Aaron Barr revealed himself to Anonymous (arstechnica.com)
126 points by ibejoeb on Feb 11, 2011 | 85 comments
16. Stack Exchange’s Architecture in Bullet Points (serverfault.com)
112 points by sagarun on Feb 11, 2011 | 31 comments
17. Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development (engadget.com)
111 points by tomh- on Feb 11, 2011 | 64 comments
18. Ask HN: Hackers falling in love
106 points by rmundo on Feb 11, 2011 | 68 comments
19. Pandora Files To Go Public (techcrunch.com)
101 points by pitdesi on Feb 11, 2011 | 39 comments
20. Visualizing The New Arab Mind (kovasboguta.com)
99 points by programnature on Feb 11, 2011 | 16 comments
21. Paul Irish on HTML5 Boilerplate (ontwik.com)
87 points by ahmicro on Feb 11, 2011 | 8 comments
22. 37signals support satisfaction ratings now public (37signals.com)
82 points by wlll on Feb 11, 2011 | 27 comments
23. Pinboard Creator Maciej Ceglowski Talks About Why Boring Architecture is Good (readwriteweb.com)
82 points by tortilla on Feb 11, 2011 | 44 comments
24. And so I'm giving up the Mozilla project - Jamie Zawinski (1999) (jwz.org)
77 points by Andrew-Dufresne on Feb 11, 2011 | 37 comments
25. Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for Mobile Partnership (microsoft.com)
77 points by andre3k1 on Feb 11, 2011 | 15 comments
26. PlayStation 3 Hacker Must Allow Sony to Inspect His Hard Drive (wired.com)
77 points by ssclafani on Feb 11, 2011 | 57 comments
27. F1 Engine Power Secrets (2000) (pureluckdesign.com)
71 points by libpcap on Feb 11, 2011 | 43 comments
28. Offshoring: does it ever work? (stackoverflow.com)
68 points by Unosolo on Feb 11, 2011 | 66 comments
29. Reddit is hiring. We're looking for 3 rockstar programmers. (reddit.com)
67 points by jedberg on Feb 11, 2011 | 105 comments
30. Nokia's Windows Phone 7 concept revealed (engadget.com)
63 points by tomh- on Feb 11, 2011 | 47 comments

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