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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 19 – August 26, 2013 194 stories · Vol. 13 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 238 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

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Business 14 stories

  1. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

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

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

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  1. Selling Software To Large Businesses

  2. Vasili Arkhipov

  3. Intern’s death puts banking culture under microscope

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

Sports 4 stories

  1. In California, a Champion for Police Cameras

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  1. Showing stored passwords – Tim Berners-Lee

  2. German government warns Windows 8 is a security risk

  3. 'StarCraft' Gameplay Boosts Mental Flexibility, Says Study

Technology 152 stories

  1. UK Authorities Destroy Guardian's Hard Drives

  2. White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention

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  1. Court Opinion Finding NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional to be released

  2. Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1

  3. Don't Fly During Ramadan

  4. Forced Exposure

  5. I will not do a tech interview

Entertainment 10 stories

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

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  1. Show HN: Tridiv - CSS 3D Editor

  2. Hong Kong’s Massive High-Rise Neighborhoods

  3. Show HN: ngProgress - slim, site-wide progressbar for AngularJS, without jQuery

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