April Fools' Day makes the internet cry

Did you fall for it? The internet didn't really cry, we were just kidding. You gotta be on your toes! And just in case you managed to blissfully glide through this April 1st with nary a fooling, here's a small taste of what you were missing:

Read - Space bot demands to be called "Dextre the Magnificent"
Read - Windows XP running on the iRex iLiad
Read - iPhone_iTouch_2.0_Beta_5a225c_ipsw
Read - Free Nokia 6630 bundled with Girl Talk mag for tweens
Read - Google's gDay with MATE searches the future
Read - Toshiba announces HD DVD+
Read - Think Geek's Betamax to HD-DVD Converter
Read - Qualcomm's HandSolo
Read - FireFold's Ultra High-Performance Coat Hanger
Read - Virgin and Google form Virgil for Mars expedition
Read - Xbox 360 Wireless Helmet, Board Game

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:02AM]

I want a darn handsolo!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:20AM]

There was also Woot.com's all day one item woot off, complete with Lost type theories and forum fun(script Kiddie early in the night was extra).

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 10:47AM]

To their credit, they quieted many forum trolls by offering four chances at a Bag of Crap.

Followed by more batteries...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 7:37PM]

Oh yeah, That's totally true. There was just some nonsense in the forums. The April Fool's thing was cool, I thought.

[Albert Posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:11AM]

The Virgil thing isn't real?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 2:10AM]

Nice one on putting the real iPhone 2.0 beta firmware torrent link on your site as an April Fools Joke.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:57AM]

Tauren Marines in StarCraft 2 just don't seem to hit it.

[wmac Posted Apr 2nd 2008 2:22AM]

Eclipse.org announced release 4 of it's java development environment (while we were waiting for 3.4)

http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/e4.html

And theserverside.com announce, because java is going to become defunct! they are going multi-language

http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=48904

[DBG Posted Apr 2nd 2008 2:36AM]

When the internet cries, it cries from it's penis (Family Guy reference... look up "Chick Cancer" to watch it if you haven't seen it already =).

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 3:07AM]

I hope everyone caught The Legend of Zelda movie trailer?
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/863/863492p1.html

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 11:16AM]

That was the best.
look like some over glorified fan made trailer.
lmffo

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 3:50AM]

i saw a Rock Band for PSP prank in Gamespot.

[Stapyhlococcus Posted Apr 2nd 2008 6:31AM]

lol!

BUT this has to be the funniest April fools joke I have seen. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU - the bit at 2:14 is the funniest! :D

[AwayBBL Posted Apr 2nd 2008 7:04AM]

Apple has no April Fools Funny Bone...

I had posted a web app onto their web apps site, and they accepted it... but quickly pulled it down later in the day.

here it is in google's cache...

http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:BzB_zo0borMJ:www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/thebestwebapplicationinthewholeworld.html+%22the+best+web+application+in+the+whole+world%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

if you have an iPhone (or not)... you can still view the app at... http://www.myhip.com/best_app.html

[YoYoYo Posted Apr 2nd 2008 8:01AM]

Slim pickings, this year, eh? Ain't this the holiest day of the year for our Discordian friends? Where were they?

[Hate Everything Posted Apr 2nd 2008 9:08AM]

Also the new 4-neck controller for Guitar Hero 4, as reported by OXM:
http://www.oxmonline.com/article/xbox-soapbox/guitar-hero-4-controller-unveiled

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 10:42AM]

While not tech-related, Butterfinger's rebranding to The Finger was amusing.

I walked into 7-11 yesterday morning and there was a box of free, rebranded candy bars on the counter. So in essence, Nestle gave consumers The Finger.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 12:46PM]

how about the legend of zelda trailer

[nyooman Posted Apr 2nd 2008 12:55PM]

The Rock Band DLC of "Still Alive" made me joy inside. That's right - I joyed. Hard.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 2:33PM]

My wife asked me how the Gmail Custom Time feature worked.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 9:18PM]

Xfire.com turned 1337 yesterday too...

It's not visible anymore, but here is a screenshot...
http://www.smoobox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4012

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2008 10:18PM]

how bout the dev teams... (still dont know if that was a prank of not) any one know

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2008 10:15PM]

I'm surprised you guys missed out on this one:
http://blog.chinavasion.com/index.php/550/bluetooth-tooth-lands-april-fools-hook-link-and-sinker-part-1/

The bluetooth tooth LOL

And how many mouth/teeth references could a writer get into a piece?