226
69
The Simple Software That Could--But Probably Won't--Change the Face of Writing
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/the-simple-software-that-could-but-probably-wont-change-the-face-of-writing/68364/
16 years ago
158
38
Homeland Security Proves It Knows Little About The Internet - Or The Law
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101217/01190512310/homeland-security-presents-evidence-domain-seizures-proves-it-knows-little-about-internet---law.shtml
152
29
VirtualBox 4.0 released (link to changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
138
60
Hipmunk demos at Travel Innovation Summit (video)
http://blog.hipmunk.com/37090485
136
27
How New Ideas Almost Killed Our Startup
http://viniciusvacanti.com/2010/08/03/new-ideas-can-kill-your-startup/
121
36
More Mistakes Discovered In DHS's Domain Seizures
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101222/02112912376/more-bigger-mistakes-discovered-homeland-securitys-domain-seizures.shtml
119
56
DotCloud (YC S10) Mix and Match Cloud Platform Launches
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/22/yc-funded-dotcloud-an-application-platform-that-lets-you-mix-and-match/
116
50
Zinc: a low level language between assembler, C and C++ with Ruby-like syntax
http://tibleiz.net/zinc/
111
95
Python as an Alternative to Lisp or Java, Peter Norvig revisited
http://dr-josiah.blogspot.com/2010/12/python-as-alternative-to-lisp-or-java.html
102
66
Great. Skype is down.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/12/22/great-skype-is-down/
35
First we built an API, then we built a CMS
http://www.gethifi.com/blog/first-we-built-an-api-then-we-built-a-cms
90
31
Tell HN: Writing helps
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2031235
89
12
Building a Recommendation Engine with NumPy
http://software-carpentry.org/4_0/matrix/recommend/
86
Everything the Internet Knows About Me (Because I Asked It To)
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/12/22/everything-the-internet-knows-about-me-because-i-asked-it-to
82
AI Defeats the Hivemind
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26186/
80
Wayne Ting, nearly a billionaire. Or how Facebook won
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/12/wayne_ting_nearly_a_billionair.html
76
65
Skype brief post-mortem
http://www.skype.com/content/skype/intl/en-us/StatusUpdate.html
74
57
Firefox 4 Beta 8 has been released
https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/4.0b8/releasenotes/
71
Fish sucks (but your shell sucks more)
http://markhansen.co.nz/fish-sucks/
40
Google Purchases 111 Eighth Avenue, NYC
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/investing-in-new-york.html