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'''[[April 1, 2006]]''' is an [[April Fool's Day]] falling on a [[Saturday]]. This is a definitive list of hoaxes performed for April Fool's Day 2006.  See the [[April 1, 2006]] article for the more notable hoaxes and pranks.

==On the Internet==

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* [[CNET]] posted video reviews of the fake [http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6452-6477851-1.html E-vri-thin gadget], a [http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-10863_7-6481077.html 1973 Mercury Marquis Brougham], and a [http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-10863_7-6481080.html 1988 Ford Crown Victoria Country Squire LX].

*[http://www.webmasterhotspot.com]Webmaster Hot Spot announced that their site had been sold to a new owner, Aurex, who was going to merge it with his own large webmaster forums. The original admin accounts were marked as banned, and the site logo was changed to a handwritten "Aurex". A day later, the announcement was removed, and the admins pretended that nothing had ever happened.⏎
* [http://www.conservativedebate.com ConservativeDebate] posted a fake article concerning a make-believe trip that Sandra Day O'Connor made to the UN.  The word censor was also changed so every use of the article 'a' was replaced with the message "April fools".
* [[DivX]] [http://labs.divx.com/node/173 Head Up Display (XHUD)], an in-car head up display for projecting DivX video on your front windshield.
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* [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/04/01/download-squad-goes-automated/ Download Squad] goes automated, using Racter to write its posts.
* The personal [http://outflux.net/blog/ blog] of Kees Cook announced he had discovered a flaw in [http://netflix.com/ NetFlix] allowing anyone to [http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2006/04/01/netflix-movie-downloading/ download movies] free of charge.
* The computer security website [http://www.wbglinks.net/ WBG Links]
 reports that 'Microsoft announces that Windows Vista will be open sourced. It is also reported that Ballmer smells of bourbon and monkey poop'.
* [http://www.macosxhints.com/ MacOSXHints] announced the introduction of a new Mac Mini Tower with 2 Intel DuoCore and 1 IBM G5 processors.
* [http://www.darkhorizons.com/ Dark Horizons] mentions fake news stories: [http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060401b.php "V for Vendetta" Sequel Planned] and [http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060401e.php "Harry Potter" Shot Back To Back].
* [http://www.vmkmagic.com/vbulletin/ VMK Magic's] staff was turned into robots.
* [http://www.deliverance-online.com/ Deliverance-Online Server] Change of all server operations
* [http://www.vgmaps.com/ VGMaps.com: The Video Game Atlas] features "Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks", a fake cross-over Mega Man X and Metal Gear game, as the Maps Of the Month for April.  A corresponding web site, [http://www.solid-x.com solid-x.com], is made by some of those involved to push the idea of the game's existence.
* [http://www.thexbridge.com/ The X Bridge], a site dedicated to action-animation and [[Toonami]], [http://www.thexbridge.com/fakeindex.html announced] that the domain was purchased by [[ESPN]] and [[TSN]] to form ''The X Bridge'', a North American-based domain dedicated to [[extreme sports]].
* [http://www.towerrecords.com/ Tower.com] online music retailer announces going big box. Coming soon: refrigerators, washing machines and more awesome appliances!
* [http://indieish.com/2006/04/01/boingboing-and-federated-media-join-riaa-to-promote-digital-rights-management/ Indieish.com : Your Free Music Daily] Independent music site Indieish.com announces boing boing and RIAA to join forces in promoting Digital Rights Management.
* [http://www.clutchfans.net ClutchFans.net], a highly popular fan site for the [[Houston Rockets]], published a fake [[ESPN]] news [http://espn.clutchfans.net/nba/news/story/?id=2401778 article] announcing that seldom-used forward [[Ryan Bowen]] had been signed to a six year, $54 million contract extension. Ryan currently makes less than $1 million per year.
* [http://www.gamerwithin.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=630 Gamer Within] A video game-orientated website, announces that Rare is bringing the original [[Perfect Dark]] to the Xbox Live Arcade, allowing Xbox 360 owners to download and play the Nintendo 64 original.
* [http://lxforums.com/board/showthread.php?t=28070 LX Forums] To the mixture of horror and excitement of Dodge Magnum owners, it was announced that Daimler Chrysler would halt production of the car after only two years of production.
* [http://openwrt.org/?p=29 OpenWrt], a Free Software distribution for wireless routers, announces a 'Koolaid' release to attract younger users.
* [http://www.shroomery.org/ The Shroomery], a site about psychedelic mushrooms, shocked its community when it was discovered the site was posted for sale on eBay along with all access logs and e-mail addresses.
* [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153220/google-brand-moon Vnunet.com] says that Google will spend US$1 billion dollars to "brand its logo into the surface of the moon so that it is visible from Earth."
* Weebl's-Stuff [http://www.weebls-stuff.com] posted an announcement that stated that Weebl had been hit by a 4x4 car. This promoted responses both of caring and cynicism on the Weebls-stuff forums, and as the day progressed, and the announcement became more ridiculous, it started to become apparent that it was an April Fool's joke. Skoo (the writer of the article) declared on the forum that it was just a joke, and in fact, Weebl's last words to him were "If I get hit by a car, I'm blaming you"
* [http://www.tacktech.com TACKtech.com] A computer news/resource site was completely backwords.
* [http://www.hdbeat.com/2006/04/01/breaking-news-blu-ray-now-available-for-purchase-only-299/ HD Beat] announces first Blu-Ray player which comes for just $299,-
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12059585/] announces that Matt Leinart is not entering the NFL draft in order to pursue his dreams of ballroom dancing.
* [http://www.gcfl.net GCFL.net], a highly popular, familiy-friendly joke site, published a fake [http://www.gcfl.net/AprilFoolsPressRelease2006.php press release] announcing that it was bought by Playboy.
* [http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm?blog_id=244 New English Review] announced that Muslims were going to go on an anti-Islam demonstration in London.

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* [http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000276.html Yahoo!] buys all the Web 2.0 companies in existence.
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4867512.stm BBC] list of 2006 April Fools
*[http://sainathkm.blogspot.com/2006/03/top-10-april-fools-day-hoaxes-of-all.html Top 10 April Fools Day Hoaxes of All Time]

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[[Category:Days in 2006|April 01]]

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