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Top 10 Online April Fool's Pranks for 2008
This year's top 10 April Fool's day pranks were not only funny, but had lots of effort put into them as well.
Jesse Sutton (PC World) 02/04/2008 15:18:06
10PirateBayNot contented to working outside commercial boundaries, the Swedish-based PirateBay decided to pretend it was being forced by new Swedish laws to move its servers to the Sinai peninsular, Egypt, where it would continue its underbelly operations. 9Australian Advertising Agency (Amnesia Group)The Amnesia group claimed to have created a banner-ad, in conjunction with the NSW Brain Institute, which caused people to trust the banner almost unconditionally. It’s no surprise that they claimed to have several prominent politicians already interested. 8Clairvoyant Google search engineYes, Google is up to its old tricks. This year they claim the Google search engine can now search 24 hours into the future, indexing pages before they’re even created! 7The iPhone DevTeam sells outiPhone enthusiasts may have skipped a heartbeat yesterday when they clicked on the DevTeam’s homepage to find that, not only will the upcoming Pwnage tool not be released, ever, but the developers had shut up shop in an alleged sell-out. 6Virgin’s No Chair FareCan’t afford a flight, not even an economy ticket? Fear not, for Virgin has offered a special April Fool's special deal. If you’re willing to stand the whole flight you’ll get the best deal around. That’s right…stand! Normal booking fees and surcharges still apply. 5Gmail cheats timeForgot a birthday or said you’d sent something when you didn’t? Never fear, Gmail now offers the ability to back date your e-mails so it looks like you were as diligent as you’d like to look, even if you’re not. 4Latest Xbox 360 toysApril Fool's seems to be a great day for advanced technology releases. This year Microsoft jumped on the bandwagon with the release of four new Xbox 360 products, including a full helmet with 5.1 surround sound and a “flex-plasma” screen, a Recon edition Xbox 360, a LIVE board game and our favourite, the retro Xbox 360 with wood finish and retro joystick. 3Virgle reaches for MarsAs if Google and Virgin’s aspirations weren’t large enough, the pair has merged together to create Virgle, a company dedicated to settling a human colony on Mars. If you’re bored with Earth, join the Virgle crew in 2014 as they embark on “Plan B”, a permanent colony on Mars. 2IGN’s Zelda Movie PreviewHaven’t had it ‘up to here’ with video game movies and overblown fantasy films yet? IGN announced its exclusive look at the new Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess film. What’s beautiful about this prank is the production effort they went to in order to make the preview. They even created a Web site for the production company, Rainfall films, which according to one forum post, is also working on the film ‘God Mode’. Can’t wait. 1YouTube Rick Rolls the worldThis may not have been the most elaborate scam, but it was a great laugh and that’s really what the day is about, no? Anyone who clicked on one of the featured videos during the day would have experienced what is commonly known as a ‘Rick Roll’. You’ll know you’ve been Rick Rolled if you click on a link thinking one thing and end up staring at a video clip of Rick Astley. Well, YouTube’s Rick Roll account ‘YTRickRollsYou’ didn’t give up or let us down ALL day – forwarding unsuspecting users to Rick heaven until the clock ticked midnight.
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10PirateBayNot contented to working outside commercial boundaries, the Swedish-based PirateBay decided to pretend it was being forced by new Swedish laws to move its servers to the Sinai peninsular, Egypt, where it would continue its underbelly operations.

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Not contented to working outside commercial boundaries, the Swedish-based PirateBay decided to pretend it was being forced by new Swedish laws to move its servers to the Sinai peninsular, Egypt, where it would continue its underbelly operations.
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