The April Fools Day roundup

[Thrax]

Engadget gets slapped with a lawsuit (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/) by T-Mo to stop using the color magenta. Engadget fires back (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/) with a T-Mo scheme.
Blizzard, a perennial entrant, delivers with the Bard Hero Class (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml) for their ubiquitous MMO.
Google announces a partnership with Virgin to deliver Virgle (http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html), the first-ever colony on Mars.
Google continues with product and feature rollouts to announce custom send times (http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html) for their Gmail service.
All featured videos on Youtube (http://youtube.com/) are no strangers to love.
TechCrunch swings for the litigious fences and sues Facebook for $25 mil (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/why-were-suing-facebook-for-25-million-in-statutory-damages/).
InfoWorld announces that Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed on the terms of Yahoo's acquisition (http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/01/14FE-april-fool-microsoft-yahoo_1.html).
The Giz don't take no jibba jabba (http://www.gizmodo.com/) no mo'.
New core competency tests (http://www.linux.com/feature/131066) for Linux users are announced.
Neowin is reporting that Dell will move tech support back (http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/04/01/dell-moving-tech-support-back-to-us) to the US.
ThinkGeek announces their exclusive importation rights to Super Pii Pii Brothers (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html). Ever wanted to simulate wiiing?
XKCD, Questionablecontent, Qwantz... 'Round the loop we go. Looking for your favorite comic? It's a crapshoot at this point.
rstevens from DieselSweeties (http://dieselsweeties.com) extols the virtue of not wearing scenester glasses.

[primesuspect]

ThinkGeek announces their exclusive importation rights to Super Pii Pii Brothers (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html), a game that straps a Wiimote onto your junk to simulate urination.
xkcd, questionablecontent, qwantz... round the loop we go. Looking for your favorite comic? It's a crapshoot at this point.
rstevens from DieselSweeties (http://dieselsweeties.com) actually drew his comic today as a joke

[jokke]

BBC showed flying penguins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7320000/newsid_7324100/7324112.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=14&ms_javascript=true&nol_storyid=7324112&bbcws=2

www.Xfire.com (http://www.Xfire.com) is in l33t..

http://thepiratebay.org/ claims to have moved to Egypt...

Lots of new goodies for Xbox players
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/

[Gate28]

ICrontic Fourms members get Rick Rolled in the Byte Box...
Blizzard announced a "new" Molten Core for consoles
Blizzard anounces the Tauren Marine as a new unit in Starcraft II



www.blizzARD.com

[Thrax]

IGN's flawless victory (http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html).

[primesuspect]

DAMMIT

That's a HORRIBLE joke to play. That looks so bad ass!

DO WANT :grumble:

[Kwitko]

Kwitko pretends (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70398).

[GHoosdum]

We didn't just get rickrolled in the byte box, it was at the header of every single thread.

Jerks! :bigggrin:

[RyderOCZ]

IC loses a longstanding member (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70413)

[primesuspect]

CreateDigitalMusic announces (http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/04/01/virtual-frontman-plug-in-replaces-need-for-human-vocalists/) "Digital Frontman" - a synthesized lead singer for your low budget band.