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davidbrenton Microsoft just cut in half its orders to suppliers for the Surface RT tablet

This is the 2nd qz.com link for me today that doesn't work. I just see a spinning circle in the middle of the page.

Is there anyone on here from Google that could speak to how these are being used internally? Do they fit a business need at Google? Are they issued to specific business area? Anything! I'm looking for an excuse to buy a Chromebook, but can't seem to peg where it would fit in my arsenal.

davidbrenton Getting ~28,000 devs' email addresses in a couple hours

Sorry, but nothing about this is shocking. There are a million easy ways to mine good lists, but as achille pointed out, they are basically worthless.

davidbrenton Show HN: 5000 best movies

I love the simplicity of the data! The alignment of the checkboxes/filters in the top left bothers me though. With everything else aligned so well, anyway you could do the same to those?

davidbrenton With More Than 20M Gamers Tuning In, Twitch Raises $15M

Twitch is a great product and their app on android has come a long way. It is amazing that I can watch someone play my favorite game at 720p on my phone.

davidbrenton Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hacking case

Ever heard of Operation Fastlink, Buccaneer, Site down, etc... The BSA, MPAA and the RIAA's of America have been doing this for years.

davidbrenton This is how Visa works

"I don't speak spanish"

Really? I think you mean Portuguese.

davidbrenton Javascript Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners

Not to take away from this, but I'm currently learning JavaScript via Code Year @ Codeacademy. It is the furthest I have ever been in learning a language. Usually I buy a book and lose interest. I'm really loving the constant exercises.

So if the headline caught your interest and a video series is not what you're looking for, you should really check it out. I'm on the 10th section and on a 25 day streak, and I think about it everyday now, not wanting to lose my streak. I don't know if it is for everyone, but they really hit the mark with me.

davidbrenton Google-An update to our search algorithms - Copyright Related

So when I google an artist/song, someone's upload on youtube would not be in the first three results?

davidbrenton HTML5 compatibility on mobile and tablet browsers

Interesting information but whatever they were trying to do with the HTML5 logo ruins the experience.

davidbrenton The Differences Between Germany and the United States

I feel like people are giving the impression that because some of the material is dated it is worth less. This is simply not true. I found the first two sections very interesting.

davidbrenton Issues

I'm so sick of people taking issue with corporate communications doing their job.

davidbrenton A first look at Dell's 'Sputnik' Ubuntu Linux developer laptop

Or maybe their target market is in an environment where developers don't get to just wipe their machines, and rather have to work on the same image as everyone else.

davidbrenton Show HN: 51,000 6 character domains

Scrolled through for a few minutes and found one I had to buy. Domains are addictive.

davidbrenton Announcing Google+ Events

I just invited all of my family members who are attending our July 4th Beach Week, and so far it looks like an excellent way for us to plan the meals and share our pictures.

davidbrenton Show HN: splashbe.at, a force graph of Wikipedia's list of music styles

Cool idea. Would like to read more about some of these genres, but can't get to the link quick enough before it fades away!