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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close August 1 – August 31, 2009 788 stories · Vol. 09 · Catalogue 36 · Issue 243 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6

deals.venturebeat.com · 1 sources

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What dominated August

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Upgrading to Snow Leopard

    5 of 30 days · 6 articles

  2. Technology

    Apple now bans e-books from the App Store

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Technology

    Experience Switching From Ruby 1.8 to Ruby 1.9

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Business 48 stories

  1. YC startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6

    deals.venturebeat.com · 1 outlets

  2. IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds

    gizmodo.com · 1 outlets

  3. Starting a Bank

    ma.tt · 1 outlets

  4. Business Advice Plagued by Survivor Bias

    blog.asmartbear.com · 1 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. YC-Funded Flightcaster Tells You When Your Flight Is Delayed

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  2. Snaptalent Lesson One: Know Your Market

    jamiequint.posterous.c · 1 outlets

  3. The Iraqi who saved Norway from oil

    ft.com · 1 outlets

  4. Eye candy is a critical business requirement

    slideshare.net · 1 outlets

  5. Tips for Startup Companies (2006)

    philip.greenspun.com · 2 outlets

  6. The number one reason my startup failed

    teabuzzed.com · 1 outlets

  7. Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  8. Apple Expects Google Voice App Developers To Pay Refunds Out Of Pocket

    gizmodo.com.au · 1 outlets

  9. Springboard. A new incubator (in Cambridge, UK), takes no equity.

    springboard.red-gate.c · 1 outlets

  10. Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

Sports 17 stories

  1. Dirty Coding tricks used in Production Video Games

    gamasutra.com · 1 outlets

  2. (chromium) Issue 18385: Head in place of close button

    code.google.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed platform

    ticalc.org · 1 outlets

  2. Google Wave is the new X-Windows

    lolstartups.com · 1 outlets

  3. The challenges of Creating a Civilization Web Game

    code.google.com · 1 outlets

  4. Tic-Tac-Toe in Erlang: Game Space Symmetries

    nealabq.com · 1 outlets

  5. YC-Funded FanChatter Takes Social Media To The Ball Game

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  6. What was the cargo ship, Arctic Sea, transporting, and why was it hijacked?

    atimes.com · 1 outlets

Technology 601 stories

  1. Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

    techcrunch.com · 5 outlets

  2. _why is no more

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  3. Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all brown M&Ms

    snopes.com · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Hacker News full of Erlang articles

    hizook.com · 5 outlets

  2. Apple now bans e-books from the App Store

    daringfireball.net · 5 outlets

  3. Eulogy to _why

    ejohn.org · 1 outlets

  4. Signs that you're a bad programmer

    sites.google.com · 1 outlets

  5. So long, and thanks for all the fish

    tipjoys2cents.blogspot · 1 outlets

  6. Traffic Hacks: How One Driver Can Vastly Improve Traffic

    trafficwaves.org · 1 outlets

  7. Dr. Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors

    apple.com · 1 outlets

  8. R.I.P. Les Paul

    news.yahoo.com · 1 outlets

  9. Exclusive Interview: Hacking The iPhone Through SMS

    courses.csail.mit.edu · 3 outlets

Entertainment 25 stories

  1. The Guide to the Freedom and Responsibility Culture at Netflix

    slideshare.net · 1 outlets

  2. Anybots is for real: Check out Trevor's robots on the Surrogates trailer

    splashpage.mtv.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Inside a Netflix Warehouse

    chicagotribune.com · 1 outlets

  2. GraffitiGeo shows first augmented reality app for restaurant recommendations

    graffitigeo.posterous. · 1 outlets

  3. Netflix Prize 2

    netflixprize.com · 1 outlets

  4. What Movies Get Wrong About Time Travel

    slate.com · 1 outlets

  5. Radiohead Says No More Albums

    blogs.wsj.com · 1 outlets

  6. Sketchbooks aren't about being a good artist, they're about being a good thinker

    jasonsantamaria.com · 1 outlets

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