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The week in reviewVol. 13 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 241 2013-08-29
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 22 – August 29, 2013 184 stories · Vol. 13 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 241 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

microsoft.com · 1 sources

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Business 13 stories

  1. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

    microsoft.com · 1 outlets

  2. Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-coated visors?

    physics.stackexchange. · 1 outlets

  3. Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

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  1. The one HR benefit every startup should add

    42floors.com · 1 outlets

  2. The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire was its strange economy (2012)

    io9.com · 1 outlets

  3. Vasili Arkhipov

    en.wikipedia.org · 1 outlets

  4. Trading Halted in Nasdaq-Listed Securities Due to Technical Issue

    blogs.wsj.com · 1 outlets

Sports 7 stories

  1. Let me tell you about a game I made with the sole intention of watching it die

    dominikjohann.tumblr.c · 1 outlets

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  1. In California, a Champion for Police Cameras

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  2. Showing stored passwords – Tim Berners-Lee

    lists.w3.org · 1 outlets

  3. What Programming a Game in 48 Hours Taught Me About Programming Games

    jeffwofford.com · 1 outlets

Technology 149 stories

  1. Don't Fly During Ramadan

    varnull.adityamukerjee · 2 outlets

  2. Hi I’m Hank, and I bought a bus

    hankboughtabus.com · 1 outlets

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  1. New Zealand bans some software patents

    zdnet.com · 1 outlets

  2. He got 1%, we can't hire him

    codingjohnson.com · 1 outlets

  3. Defeated

    orenhazi.com · 1 outlets

  4. What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate

    arshadchowdhury.com · 3 outlets

  5. Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

    play.google.com · 1 outlets

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. NSA hacked into encrypted UN communications, leaked documents show

    gigaom.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Show HN: Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python

    github.com · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: Highlighting Efforts of Creation from Hacker News

    medium.com · 1 outlets

  3. Hong Kong’s Massive High-Rise Neighborhoods

    wired.com · 1 outlets

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