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AppScout
appscout.com · Group blog · on HN since 2007
AppScout was a PC Magazine blog covering web apps, consumer tech news, and software oddities in the late 2000s.
What HN saysHN links it for old tech news items, such as Jobs's 'freedom from porn' email and an Excel bug.
23HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
24stories submitted
167story points
16 years agolast shared
2007people per year2026
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
reedlaw · 2010-05-22
I know it's a parody, but Jobs has really stated in an email that the Apple platform offers a number of freedoms, including "freedom from porn".
http://www.appscout.com/2010/05/jobs_apple_offers_freedom_from.php
zeantsoi · 2009-08-24
MS Excel had a similar issue (though probably an unrelated bug) a while back that caused a furor:
http://www.appscout.com/2007/10/excel_bug_exterminated.php
Imagine being the accountant who learned about this too late...
seren6ipity · 2008-05-28