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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
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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...

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