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April 1, 2002
This is [[April Fool's Day]], [[2002]]

April fools hoaxes for this year:
* [[The Register]]: reported [[AOL]] buying up [[weblog]]s
* The [[Open Directory]] re-branded itself as the 'Microsoft Directory Project'
* [[Kuro5hin]] acquired met4filter.org
* [[Slashdot]] announces that is will start posting advertiser-sponsored news stories, and disable anonymous posting.
* [[Google]] describes its [http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html PigeonRank] system.
* [[The Guardian]] profiled Harmony Cousins
* [[CPAN]] renamed itself the 'Comprehensive Java Archive Network'
* The annual spoof [[Linus Torvalds]] post on the [[Linux Kkernel mailing list]] announced his resignation from the Linux effort


* ''please add more [[2002]] April Fool hoaxes here''

External links:
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,677004,00.html Guardian profile of Harmony Cousins]
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-13/0063.html A letter 'from' Linus Torvalds]