4 posts and columns on April Fools’ Day

Chinese Schools Tied to Attacks on Google? Where’d You Read That, Mad Magazine? [UPDATED]

in News on February 22, 2010 at 4:56 am PT

Claims that two schools in China were the source of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies have become the butt of a state-run media joke in the country. First came vehement denials from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, which dismissed the stories as unfounded. Now, Chinese “netizens” are reportedly mocking the claims.

Tired of April Fools Gags? Wait, There’s More.

in News on April 2, 2009 at 4:51 am PT

Jokes dreamed up by tech companies for April Fool’s Day may not be spectacularly funny. But one can’t help but notice the level of effort put in, which sometimes seems to rival the intensity of their product-development efforts.

Now THIS Is Insufferably Smug!

in News on April 1, 2009 at 10:34 am PT

Last year, some British blogger dude called our site “insufferably smug.” We were wounded, of course, but he also always links to us, so we love him. In other words, if we get the traffic, you can call All Things Digital anything you want–just don’t call us late for dinner. Thus, in the spirit of April Fool’s Day, we thought we should let this blooming blighter get a photographic version of what insufferably smug truly looks like, Sherlock Holmes-style.
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All April Fool's Joking Aside, Omuk Sounds Better Than Kumo!

in News on April 1, 2009 at 9:05 am PT

Microsoft made a funny today with a fake internal memo and screenshot of changes to its search product, which is currently called Kumo. The software giant has jokingly renamed it Omuk, which is Kumo spelled backwards. No kidding, but BoomTown likes it better! Here is the new screenshot and internal memo, sent suspiciously on April Fool’s Day.
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