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

* [[The Register]]: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/24652.html reported] [[AOL]] buying up [[weblog]]s (AOL actually later bought [[Weblogs, Inc.]])
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* The TidBITS newsletter [http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-623.html offered] a spoof issue
* The [[Tom's Hardware]] website [http://www.tomshardware.com/column/02q2/020401/index.html reported] that [[AMD]] and [[nVIDIA]] were to merge.
 Interestingly, in 2006, AMD merged with nVIDIA's closest rival, ATI.
* The [[BBC]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1905000/1905790.stm reported] more April Fools' pranks including the announced 'floatation' of [[Harrods]].
* [[CNN]] reported that two [[Montreal]] [[disk jockey]]s managed to phone [[Bill Gates]] on the pretext that one of them was [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] wanting to set up a meeting with Gates.  What CNN didn't mention is that these two have a reputation for their audacious prank calls.  Previous recipients of their attention have included [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Pope John Paul II]].{{noMention}}
*[[Blizzard Entertainment]], the [[computer game]] company that produced [[Warcraft III]], [http://www.battle.net/war3/pandaren/ announced] they would be adding a fifth playable [[race]] to the game: the [[Pandaren#Pandaren|Pandaren]], a race of [[bamboo]]-eating, sword-wielding warriors (later, one Pandaren character was actually added).
*[[Anime Boston]] [http://2003.animeboston.com/guests/april1.html announced] that [[Samuel Adams]] and [[Paul Revere]] would be guests at Anime Boston 2003.

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