Free DSL no April Fools' joke
News These free high-speed connections will, in theory, be available on April 1 -- not the most fortunate of date choices for such a chancy enterprise. AltaVista Free Access, NetZero, Tritum Network and a host of others are offering free Internet access.
[January 4, 2000, 8:16]
Microsoft: Internet toilet was a prank
News Microsoft claims that the iLoo, an outhouse with a built-in terminal for Web browsing, was an April Fools' Day gag -- even though it was announced on 2 May. I can confirm it was an April Fools' joke," said Nouri Bernard Hasan, a Microsoft spokesman...
[May 13, 2003, 8:19]
Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool
Talkback I think this is an April Fools joke and the writer is either in on it or was taken for a ride. This is the main reason why in my opinion this is an April Fools joke. Hey all. I'm Tommy, AKA Silicon Valey.
[March 12, 2004, 5:53]
April launches fuel tech industry
News All were, of course, April fools. Other tech companies chose 1 April to announce altogether more useful-sounding products. Likewise, the alco-phone is likely to be confined to the marketing department's wish-list for now, and the TRS-80 Web hosting...
[April 1, 2003, 14:09]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's April Fools' Day. Monday 1/04/2002 It's Easter Monday. I wouldn't worry about the theological significance too much -- but we're due a new Pope soon, have a new Archbish of Cant.on the way, and the Dalai Lama's been a bit peaky.
[April 5, 2002, 16:57]
Wi-Fi trousers, edible phones and mobiles for lefties
News The April Fools' Day story is a great tradition, and one that the technology sector has taken to its heart. Seen a decent tech-related April Fools' story*? News of the anti-radiation trousers sent people scurrying to their calendars to make sure it...
[April 1, 2004, 14:10]
Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool
Talkback For GOD'S SAKE people it's an April fools joke.
[March 11, 2004, 17:04]
Is there open source on Mars?
Blog Comment Must be april fools! we're probably 50 years away from putting a man on Mars. NASA can't do it, why would Google & Virgin even try? Investors certainly wouldn't approve.
[April 1, 2008, 18:07]
Google hires another brilliant Larry
Talkback Is this early an April Fools? Dr Brilliant ?
[February 23, 2006, 22:22]
Google and NASA join forces
Talkback Does anyone else think this sounds like a www.google.com april fools, several months too early? How exactly can Google benefit NASA? And what does Google get out of this?
[September 29, 2005, 14:14]
Net laughs at itself on April Fool's
News To make his April Fools' joke as believable as possible, Kaplan tweaked the Web address of the fake story so that it looked like it was posted on Yahoo News. These and other more believable spoofs were among the stories making their way around the...
[April 2, 2002, 14:58]
Microsoft to change licensing rules
News Microsoft is preparing an April Fools' Day announcement that's no joke. Beginning in April, however, Microsoft will charge for the number of processors used by the software. The new licensing plan, which goes into effect on 1 April, affects eight...
[March 14, 2003, 7:57]
Exclusive: Playstation 3 - AMD 2GHz CPU running Linux
News (This is an April Fools news story) Launch date has been provisionally announced for PlayStation3 -- believed to be some time close to the beginning of April next year, or the year after that, or possibly the year after that.
[April 1, 2000, 15:38]
Back in the world of infinite free energy...
Blog Comment I will bet July will be exactly like April and it will continue until they manage to collect sufficient money from fools or alternatively, the interest runs out. They promised technical specifications on April 13,2007.
[April 20, 2007, 4:45]
PROTD: Bog-standard surfing
Blog However, the whole thing does somewhat remind me of this year's April Fools' Day prank from Google, the toilet ISP. This press release of the day comes courtesy of T-Mobile, which wants us to know that its surveys show "15 percent of people in the...
[May 25, 2007, 16:31]
Storm worm variant using China quake emails
News Previous versions have used April Fools' Day and Valentine's Day themes, as well as masqueraded as a fix for another worm to lure victims to sites. A US-based IT security watchdog on Thursday issued a clear warning to email users: if you want...
[June 20, 2008, 8:03]
Microsoft case misses settlement deadline
News Earlier settlement talks mediated by Judge Richard Posner collapsed on April Fools' Day 2000, in part because some states wanted to push hard for breaking up Microsoft, said sources close to both sides of the negotiation.
[October 15, 2001, 9:09]
2000 Roundup: Broadband comes to Britain - eventually
News Just a few days after April Fools Day, BT called a meeting to answer its critics, claiming to be passionate about ADSL. Ironically the year began with big news about what is generally regarded as the third runner for broadband delivery -- satellite.
[January 2, 2001, 6:12]
HP plans Fools' Day release for Win CE handhelds
News The line will embrace two models, the basic 300 and more advanced 320 device. The 320 will benefit from more RAM, a backlit screen, infra-red serial communications and a ROM with Microsoft Internet Explorer embedded, said HP handheld PC business...
[February 11, 1997, 16:03]
