SPOILER ALERT! All the April Fools news on the Internets

[Bearcat]

Yippee. It's another April 1st on the Interwebs. In today's very special Pre-caffeine tech news roundup, we have a look at the hot tech "news" making the rounds. Bookmark this page and keep checking back for more!

Google's new Gmail Motion! "When it comes to email, we still rely on outdated technologies like the keyboard and the mouse. As with any physical activity, certain precautions are recommended.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

It's all coming back to you now! Hulu unveils a new feature that will plunge you back to to 1996. Hold on to your beepers! http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

Huffington Post erects paywall for NYTimes employees. Ariana Huffington writes, "If you don't live in Winnipeg or aren't an employee of the New York Times, you will continue to have full and free access to our news, information, opinion and the rest of our rich offerings."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/a-word-about-digital-subs_b_843385.html

Speaking of Friday, Rebecca Black, "music legend!" A Funny or Die! exclusive! http://www.funnyordie.com/#

In related news, famed Keyboard Cat has signed with Ark Music Factory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80n_U6I4tFI&feature=player_embedded

And infamous @BronxZoosCobra may be back behind bars (glass?), but she still managed to hijack Ryan Seacrest's Twitter feed. http://twitter.com/#!/RyanSeacrest

Wurrnurr Dog Gurrts Sturrck in Swurrtshurrt Slurrve, Murrcked by Cat http://www.urlesque.com/

Amazon introduces the latest in Cloud Computing: The Floating Amazon Cloud Environment, or FACE for short. "Using the latest in airship technology, we've created a cloud that can come to you."
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/03/up-up-and-away-cloud-computing-reaches-for-the-sky.html

Here's how Facebook works. (Apparently its runs on coal.) http://computer.howstuffworks.com/fakebook.htm

Meanwhile, YouTube celebrates 100 years on the Interwebs with a re-print of its first blog post from 1911. Check out some of the most popular videos of the time and be sure to try out our new upload mode which summons a horse-drawn carriage to pick up your video submission from your home. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/03/looking-back.html

Bryn Mawr's Galactic Leadership for Women. The seven sisters and Bithnian University of Science and Technology announced the first intergalactic partnership between a liberal-arts college and an alien research university.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/

Beginning immediately, all faculty at Georgia Tech are required to use Twitter and Facebook as part of their teaching and research communications. "In order to insure that this directive is taken seriously, a selection of tweets and Facebook postings will be used in addition to other publication records for both tenure and promotional decisions." http://icsm.gatech.edu/

Daily Pinch launches Deals4Hipsters.com. Today's special: Only $19 for a pair of lenseless frames, guaranteed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex embuing the wearer with incredible hipster credibility ($150 value, $800 if we had lenses in the frame). http://deals4hipsters.com/

Planet of the Apps! Gorillas at Port Lympne wild animal park were given five iPads in an experiment scientists will hope transform the way primates are kept happy and alert in zoos.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3503234/Gorillas-get-iPads-to-aid-alertness-and-keep-them-happier-in-zoos.html

Google inadvertently classifies Google Places as a "content farm" and removes it from its own search index. Whoops!
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/31/google-inadvertently-classifies-google-places-as-a-content-farm-and-removes-from-search-index/

"We figure the Stetson will be popular with the troops," said Sgt. Maj. Bob S. Stone, Army Uniform Board headgear task force president.
The Stetson hat is the new Army standard in headgear. http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/04/01/54202-stetson-hat-to-be-new-army-standard-headgear/index.html?ref=home-headline-title0

Pirate Bay now owns eBay. http://thepiratebay.org/blog/189

Google's Agency Ad Solutions blog offers new old school upgrades for display advertising. Hot old-timey ads include such as "Punch the Monkey," "Dancing.gif" and "Congratulations, you've won." Hilarious!
http://adwordsagency.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-old-school-upgrade-for-display.html

Google is hiring —Autocompleters! "As a Google Autocompleter, you'll be expected to successfully guess a user's intention as he or she starts typing instantly." (No wonder Google autocompletes are so creepy!)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html

LinkedIn updates its "People you may know" widget.If you don't have the chops to be a Google Autocompleter, perhaps your new besties Dr. John Watson, Ernest Hemmingway, Albert Einstein or that activist/fundraiser Robin Hood can hook you up with employment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/linkedin-april-fools-day-prank_n_843463.html

The U.K. Guardian is live blogging the Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton ... on a page that updates at one-minute intervals ... for the next four weeks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/by-royal-appointment/2011/apr/01/royal-wedding-live-updates

Groupon Presents April Fools’ Day™! "Now, when you think of Groupon Presents April Fools’ Day™ (the holiday's officially sanctioned title), you'll think of Groupon—because you and your favorite corporate entities are barred from creating or participating in any April 1 prank without the express written consent of Groupon." http://www.groupon.com/pages/april-fools

Parenting Magazine's WTFriday: Thong Underwear for Babies ... for the baby who fears VPLs! http://bit.ly/hnvo4E

GET CHROMERCISED! "Want to increase your hands’ STRENGTH and DEXTERITY while browsing the web FASTER and fitting into sleeker, SEXIER gloves? Chromercise is the finger fitness program you’ve been drumming the table for." http://www.chromercise.com/

ThinkGeek's PlayMobil™ Apple Store playset — introduces your child to the magic of Apple for just $179! Use your own real iPhone 4 as the screen behind Steve Jobs in the Keynote Theater! http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/

Oh for the love of geeks ... Debian, Gentoo, Grml, openSUSE and Arch Linux merge as Cantebury! (Though I'm sort of scared this one is real.)
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/01/1212219/Debian-OpenSUSE-Arch-Gentoo-and-Grml-Merge

Internet Week New York is proud to announce Weeks Week! In conjunction with the Mayor's Office of Weeks & Months and the International Academy of Weeks (IAW), Internet Week announces Weeks Weeks. Taking place Sept. 12-25, 2011, Weeks Week will feature the best of weeklong festivals in New York City — including everything from Fashion Week to Restaurant Week and Wellness Week. http://weeksweek.com/

Spotify is launching in the U.S. finally. The music service is closing it's European service to fund it. http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/spotify-announces-us-launch-closing-european-service-to-fund-it/

Want to give that design snob in your life heart failure? Google is here to help! Have him or her (probably him) type "helvetica" into Google search ... or Comic Sans. Either way, hilarity ensues. Oh Google! How do you ever get any work done?! http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS284&q=helvetica

Ikea Speaking of design jerks: Here's the IKEA HUNDSTOL Dog Highchair. Not only is the dog a part of the family, they're also a trial run for kids! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPIszdcCcc

Confounded April Fools! This one hurts me most of all —a preview for the new "Harry Potter" series — "The Aurors." Because I would totally watch that
http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/04/01/harry-potter-the-aurors-tv-show-trailer

Source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/01/6388856-spoiler-alert-all-the-april-fools-news-on-the-internets

Note: I realize that some of these have already been posted here.

[Boyfriend]

Thanks Bearcat for heads up

[princeaniket]

thanks for the collection of the pranks.. some are known to me..
Fakebook aka Faceook works!!!

[hellnoire]

...Oh for the love of geeks ... Debian, Gentoo, Grml, openSUSE and Arch Linux merge as Cantebury! (Though I'm sort of scared this one is real.)
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/01/1212219/Debian-OpenSUSE-Arch-Gentoo-and-Grml-Merge...

I was downloading Arch and reading their post on it. It's man page should tell you how well it could work, the package manager, that is...

The Canterbury Distribution Package Manager

usage: cant [option] <packages>
options:
        install         install packages
        remove          remove packages
        stand           remove the Canterbury Distribution Package Manager
        help            this text

[Ceyfer √]

You've hit it and it lessen the fun

[INDRANIL]

Thanks for the heads up Bearcat .

[BigGuy]

Thank you Uncle Bear! Some of those are pretty cool!