688
183
Google algorithm change launched
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2152286
16 years ago
302
89
Would-Be Suicide Bomber Killed by Unexpected SMS From Mobile Carrier
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/
238
145
Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released
http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-2-public-alpha
207
69
Why Dropbox Succeeded and Syncplicity Didn’t
http://wetzler.me/dropbox-syncplicity/
197
71
Views from an Egyptian
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1968394&cid=35025842
175
59
Rare pictures of North Korea
http://www.mrlevek.com/northkorea.htm
158
77
Redis: the AK-47 of databases
http://flazz.me/redis-the-ak-47-of-databases
157
HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2153038
144
155
How the FBI raided Anonymous
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/two-real-guns-pointed-at-me-how-the-fbi-raided-anonymous.ars
138
28
Google Translate Easter Egg
http://translate.google.com/#auto|ja|I%20HATE%20YOU
136
51
How Organized Spam is Taking Control of Google's Search Results
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-organized-crime-is-taking-control-of-googles-search-results
128
66
How Egypt Switched Off The Internet
http://gigaom.com/2011/01/28/how-egypt-switched-off-the-internet/
125
Should Tumblr care? David Karp tells users who complain to "go away"
http://postdesk.com/debates/should-tumblr-care/
121
83
Never Use a Warning When you Mean Undo
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/neveruseawarning/
8
Tell HN: Sourceforge servers compromised
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2150639
107
75
Egyptian Revolution Live [video]
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?
99
33
In Japan, Young Face Generational Roadblocks
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/asia/28generation.html
98
27
Makin' It Rain - How Raindrop Effects Work In 2D Games
http://bulletproofoutlaws.com/?p=264
96
21
Get rich quick ads from 1909
http://books.google.com/books?id=nN8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA476&vq=tesla&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
93
23
The Genius of Turing
http://blog.jgc.org/2011/01/genius-of-turing.html
92
61
Kinect is fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history
http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/27/microsofts-kinectified-game-business-grows-55-percent/
86
9
NoSQL at Netflix
http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/nosql-at-netflix.html
80
31
How Steve Jobs 'out-Japanned' Japan or out-Sony'ed Sony
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/28/apop012811.DTL
39
Three unique features of Lisp in 2010
http://john.freml.in/lisp-features
68
Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close, But Not Exact
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/amazon-password-problem/
64
29
An Aussie in NY
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/01/28/an-australian-developer-in-new-york/
10
The 3 most important things I learned from Google (part 2) (from employee #13)
http://googler13.blogspot.com/2011/01/3-most-important-things-i-learned-from_26.html
60
22
Prolog Introduction for Hackers
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/25/124713/784
Kalimba - Embedly Colored Glasses for Hacker News
http://hn.embed.ly/
57
11
Get Lanyrd conference recommendations by email
http://lanyrd.com/blog/2011/email/
53
48
Is it time to return to the medieval way of life on college campuses?
http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Medieval-on-Higher/126008/
52
32
Engaging Recruiters with Hacker Trading Cards
http://blog.hackthology.com/hacker-trading-cards
50
Tunisia, Egypt, Miami: The Importance of Internet Choke Points
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/tunisia-egypt-miami-the-importance-of-internet-choke-points/70415/
49
36
Amazon Kindle e-book downloads outsell paperbacks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12305015
47
20
Briss Trims PDFs so They Fit Better, Are Easier to Read on Your Ereader
http://lifehacker.com/5744899/briss-trims-pdfs-to-make-them-more-readable-on-your-e+reader