April Fools’ Day Roundup

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April Fools’ Day Roundup

April 1st, 2008 (8:00am) Mike Gunderloy 2 CommentsTweet This

April Fools’ Day jokes have a long tradition on the Internet, dating back to at least RFC1149, “A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers” in 1990. Depending on your temperament, you may see these as either an amusing diversion, a great nuisance, or something in between. In any case, here are some of the not-news stories that WWD will not be covering today:

Want more? Wikipedia keeps up with this stuff all day. Want less? Anil Dash sums up the curmudgeon viewpoint.

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Connected Consumer: Will Three Strikes Laws Take the Field in U.S. Copyright Ballgame?
NewNet: The No. 1 Way Chrome OS Will Woo Consumers to the Cloud
Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure: Definitely Not Too Little, But is it Too Late?
Mobile: Marketing Handsets in the Superphone Era

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Net addicts and victims of violence and stalking through the net are going to get compensated by US.

http://tekno-world.blogspot.com

Rajeev — 8:35 AM on April 1, 2008 Reply
United Nations to Acquire Facebook

http://www.tomhcanderson.com/2008/03/31/united-nations-to-acquire-facebook/

Michael Wolff — 11:59 PM on April 1, 2008 Reply

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