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Re:Ask HN: How to turn off auto-refresh on techcrunch? by colonelxc on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @05:40AM (#1553962)
This caught my eye in the source: setTimeout('location.reload(true)',1200000);

The simplest way is to disable javascript.

Re:Ask HN: How to turn off auto-refresh on techcrunch? by i386 on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @05:58AM (#1553984)
Or use their RSS/ATOM feed.