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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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New from Google Labs: Google April Fools Overkill

in News on April 1, 2009 at 8:59 am PT

If 2008 (or 2007, 06, 05, 04…) was the year April Fools on the Web jumped the shark, then 2009 was the year it was eaten by it. The Web is so overburdened with pranks this year, it may be that the best April Fools announcement of all proves to be Palm’s, a company promising to deliver real news and not some over-thought hoax. Google alone has posted no fewer than 12 pranks–and none of them match Pigeon Rank in wit.
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