This is [[April Fool's Day]], [[2002]]
April fools hoaxes for this year:
* [[The Register]]: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/24652.html 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 kernel mailing list]] announced his resignation from the Linux effort
* [[IETF]] published [[April 1st RFC]]s RFC3251 (Distribution of electricity over IP) and RFC3252 (Encapsulating IP in XML).
* The [[MIT]] home page was changed to a spoof of the [[Google]] home page.
* a spoof Yahoo News story was circulated stating that PK Interactive had received funding from [[idealab]] (note: check the URL below closely)
* The TidBITS newsletter offered a [http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-623.html spoof issue]
''Please add more [[2002]] April Fool hoaxes here, including any relevant external links''
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]
* [http://news.yahoo.com:PK%20Interactive%20Receives%20Funding%20from%[email protected]/Yahoo!%20News%20-%20PK%20Interactive%20receives%20funding%20from%20idealab.htm Spoof Yahoo News story]
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