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April 1, 2002
'''[[April 1]], [[2002]]''' was an [[April Fool's Day]]. Hoaxes for this year included:

* [[The Register]]: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/24652.html reported] [[AOL]] buying up [[weblog]]s
* The [[Open Directory]] [http://[email protected]/April-01-2002_GOD_PR.html re-branded] itself as the 'Microsoft Directory Project'
* [[Kuro5hin]] [http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/1/05035/09001 acquired] [[MetaFilter]], renaming it to met4filter.org
* [[Slashdot]] [http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/01/1452256.shtml?tid=124 announced] that ist willould start posting advertiser-sponsored news stories, and disable anonymous posting.
* [[Google]] [http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html described] its PigeonRank system.
* [[The Guardian]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4385266,00.html profiled] Harmony Cousins
* [[CPAN]] [http://www.cpan.org/ renamed] itself the 'Comprehensive Java Archive Network'
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*[[Blizzard Entertainment]], the [[computer game]] company that produced [[Warcraft III]], announced they would be adding a fifth playable [[race]] to the game: the [[Panda]]ren, a race of [[bamboo]]-eating, sword-wielding warriors.

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