Displaying items by tag: April Fool
Friday, 01 April 2022 00:00
APRIL FOOL: Andy Penn to join NBN as new Chair from September 2022
In the latest shock news for Telstra's retiring CEO, Andy Penn will announce just after midday today his intention to take the reins as the new executive chair of the NBN from September 2022.
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Fuzzy Logic
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Monday, 05 April 2021 15:57
Twelve South’s April Fool’s joke for 2021, the Stone’r, is 49% funded to become a real product
The best form of April Fool’s joke is one that is so plausible, that it could actually be a real product, with Twelve South going further in crowdfunding the Stone’r project so that if people really want it, they can fund it into life.
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Home Tech
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Sunday, 01 April 2018 09:53
April Fool: Huawei P20 3-camera system to be smashed by iPhone XI's 6 cameras
New photos have leaked showing the successor to the iPhone X will feature a 6-lens photographic system set to blow Huawei's P20 Pro back to Middle Kingdom come.
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Home Tech
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Sunday, 01 April 2018 00:00
April Fool: Telstra to merge with NBN Co to fix the NBN at long last
Telstra and NBN Co have announced a new merger designed to fix the NBN's problems, bringing forth Telstra's formidable expertise with the NBN's imprimatur of government to finally get the job done once and for all.
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Telecoms & NBN
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Sunday, 01 April 2018 00:00
April Fool: Facebook to shut down within 30 days, cites inability to protect user information
Last week, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg published an ad in newspapers stating Facebook doesn't deserve your trust if they can't protect your information, and he has now stated that "Facebook is the true source of the problem."
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Home Tech
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Thursday, 29 March 2018 10:47
Amazon Alexa primed for April Fool's fun
If you have an Amazon Echo speaker, which means you have Amazon Alexa, then the stage is set for foolish fun on 1 April with some fun pranks set to harmlessly stun the unwary and fool the fun-lover.
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Fuzzy Logic
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Wednesday, 01 April 2015 05:33
Government to adopt East German nomenclature
Many Federal Government departments and agencies will be rebranded with names used in the former German Democratic Republic, the Government has announced.
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Government Tech Policy
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Wednesday, 01 April 2015 05:27
Government to introduce ATM monitoring
The Government has announced a monitoring scheme for ATMs which it says will reduce crime and make the funding of terrorism more dificult.
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Technology Regulation
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 18:22
Media left feeling foolish after Conficker fails to strike
Relax, despite numerous scare mongering reports to the contrary the Conficker worm has not triggered the predicted tech apocalypse on April 1st. But does that mean the Conficker threat has diminished?
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Business Telecommunications
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 05:27
The origin of April Fools' Day: No kiddin'!
April Fools’ Day, sometimes also called All Fools’ Day, is celebrated each April 1st in many countries around the World. Many practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks are directed to gullible or unexpected people. However, where did April Fools’ Day originate? Do you know?
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Biology
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:51
Linux beware: Microsoft acquires Novell, become UNIX copyright owner
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
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The Linux Distillery
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:04
Internet Explorer 9 to use Mozilla's Firefox code base
Microsoft Corporation today quietly announced the end of internal development of Internet Explorer. A spokesman said that one of the senior managers saw a car-bumper sticker which said "The only good use for Internet Explorer is to download Firefox", which prompted some soul-searching within the company.
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Apexing the Linux learning curve
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 09:04
It's raining free Conficker protection: get it now!
The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on April Fool’s Day tomorrow.
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Business Telecommunications
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Monday, 30 March 2009 16:59
Don't be an April Fool, get protected from Conficker!
With April Fool’s Day looming, Trend Micro is offering free protection against a new variant of the malicious Conficker worm that infected an estimated 15 million computers last year and is expected to be launched by “cyberfools” on 1 April.
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Business Telecommunications
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