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1. APRIL FOOL: Andy Penn to join NBN as new Chair from September 2022: (Fuzzy Logic); ... For those without a sense of humour, this is clearly an April Fool's joke. It is nearing midday on April 1 as I type, so now I make it clear - this is just a joke, although it is absolutely true that Andrew ...; Created on 01 April 2022
2. Tenable urges Microsoft to reconsider GitHub exploit removal policy: (Security); ... they needed to understand the PoC even as attackers moved to underground forums to share it widely." In the last week of April, Microsoft called for "feedback on our policy around security research, malware, ...; Created on 11 May 2021
3. News Corporation papers fooled by bogus petition about fairy bread: (Entertainment); ... dot com falling for a fake petition to rename fairy bread from someone named after a couch has made my morning lmao pic.twitter.com/5iJaFiw371 — Joshua Badge (@joshuabadge) April 15, 2021 "Chaise" ...; Created on 16 April 2021
4. Twelve South’s April Fool’s joke for 2021, the Stone’r, is 49% funded to become a real product: (Home Tech); 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 ...; Created on 05 April 2021
5. Gmail outage led me to rediscover that Gmail turned 17 on April 1, plus other early April milestones: (Fuzzy Logic); ... tweets reminding us all of some major tech moments that happened this week in history. It wasn't just Apple with a birthday on April 1, Gmail's birthday is April 1, too, although Apple arrived in 1976, ...; Created on 04 April 2021
6. Acronis launches Cyber Protect Cloud, making cyber protection for all workloads available at no-charge to MSP partners globally: (Security); It’s no April Fool’s joke! The “new no-charge licensing” and the new, no-cost version of Cyber Protection Cloud enables MSPs “to offer cyber protection services on more endpoints, based on Acronis’ best-of-breed ...; Created on 01 April 2021
7. RØDE shows how your ears can USB-C with the new VideoMic Me: (Home Tech); ... improvements. Yes, it's true - RØDE has figured out how your ears can USB-C all the sonic colours of the rainbow - and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke - it's the VideoMic Me-C. RØDE Microphones designs ...; Created on 01 April 2021
8. April fool: World-first Australian invention: the Anti-Gravity Trampoline arrives: (Home Tech); April 2021 heralds a new age in personal anti-gravity technology, expressly designed for entertainment, rather than the floating beds and devices to transfer large items around as seen in sci-fi movies ...; Created on 31 March 2021
9. Intel to spend $20 billion on two fabs in Arizona, 7nm 'progressing well' (at last!: (Development); ... and 7nm leadership, which AMD is accelerating. As a side note, it is interesting that Intel managed to get this out in the month of March, because I was seriously considering writing an April Fool's article ...; Created on 25 March 2021
10. Everybody's favourite whipping boy, encryption, is under attack agai: (Open Sauce); ... to enable government agencies to snoop on encrypted communications". No, that is not an April Fool's day joke made out of season. This was in an editorial in one of the older newspapers in the country. ...; Created on 18 November 2020
11. Microsoft puts lipstick on a pig to avoid scrutiny over security: (Open Sauce); ... with a report in April this year on ransomware, wherein it tried to create the myth that it was helping to quell a problem that raises its head every day of the week. But then one should not be surprised ...; Created on 05 October 2020
12. Microsoft possesses one attribute in spades: chutzpah: (Open Sauce); ... On 1 April, otherwise known as April Fools day, Microsoft published a long post titled "Microsoft works with healthcare organisations to protect from popular ransomware during COVID-19 crisis: Here’s ...; Created on 02 April 2020
13. UK will make the same decision on Huawei that it did last year: (Open Sauce); Next week, Britain will announce essentially the same decision that leaked out in April 2019, and allow Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies to supply 5G equipment for the non-core parts of the country' ...; Created on 24 January 2020
14. MUST-SEE keynote: Huawei's new P30 Pro, arguably the best Android smartphone with world's best camer: (Smartphones & Mobile devices); Come mid-April 2019, when Huawei's P30 and P30 Pro smartphones are delivered to pre-orderers and the public, the world's best smartphone cameras will be unleashed, with the P30 Pro delivering truly astonishing ...; Created on 07 April 2019
15. April fool: Jabra claims 'world first' shared headphones, the Jabra Earbud(dy: (Home Tech); ... Buddy mode and music personalisation via the Jabra app Pricing and availability: Jabra Earbud(dy) – available at selected retailers only on 1 April 2019 for A$296, so if you want a pair, you'll need ...; Created on 01 April 2019
16. April fool: Audible for Fish builds upon Audible for Dogs offering: (Home Tech); Last November, Audible delivered Audible for Dogs, now they're going one step further with Audible for Fish! Audible.com.au today announced the release of "Audible for Fish" a three-second audiobook ...; Created on 01 April 2019
17. April fool: Microsoft to launch WinDroid Surface Phone with 16GB RAM, 1TB storage, Qualcomm 875 CPU: (Home Tech); With Microsoft's plans for a mobile version of Windows running on ARM chips relegated to Windows 10 tablets no-one wants, Redmond has decided to put its muscle behind Android – again. Remember when ...; Created on 01 April 2019
18. April fool: Exclusive: Scott Morrison to buy back Telstra, merge with NBN to deliver TBN: (Telecoms & NBN); Behold, Scott Morrison's plan to fix the NBN will be unveiled in tomorrow's budget papers, with the birth of the TBN, or Telstra Broadband Network. Needing to come up with a series of Labor-beating ...; Created on 01 April 2019
19. TIO sets up small business team: (Telecoms & NBN); The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is no fool – it's setting up a specialist team to handle small business complaints, effective 1 April. The TIO has become an essential tool for consumers and ...; Created on 22 March 2019
20. No candidates three days before nominations for Debian leader end: (Open Source); ... opened on 3 March. Nominations close on 16 March, after which there is the usual campaigning period and finally the vote itself which takes place between 7 and 20 April. The incumbent leader, Chris ...; Created on 13 March 2019
21. VIDEOS: Samsung launches Galaxy A9, world's first phone with four cameras on the bac: (Home Tech); ... models. Indeed, Nokia has already teased a future, as-yet unreleased smartphone with 5 cameras on the back, while I wrote an April Fool's joke this year that a future iPhone would come with six cameras ...; Created on 11 October 2018
22. How to watch Samsung Galaxy '4x fun' event live stream on 11 October: (Home Tech); ... Nokia is rumoured to be doing that, and I predicted in an April Fool's joke earlier this year that this year's iPhone would have six cameras, but that, of course, hasn't happened – or at least, not yet. ...; Created on 10 October 2018
23. Govt leaves door open to crack encrypted messages: (Government Tech Policy); ... April 2017, the US Government dropped two child pornography cases against a man rather than reveal material available on WikiLeaks — which is still classified by the US Department of Justice — in court. ...; Created on 14 August 2018
24. Cloudflare launches 'fastest', privacy-focused public DN: (Strategy); ... service on 1 April so that it would be noticed. "Never mind that it was a Sunday. Never mind that it was on Easter and during Passover. Never mind that it was April Fools Day — a day where tech companies ...; Created on 03 April 2018
25. April Fool: Huawei P20 3-camera system to be smashed by iPhone XI's 6 camera: (Home Tech); ... as an April Fools Day story. It is not true, or at least, not yet. Original story continues: Huawei, one of the world's largest technology companies, and which unfortunately is under attack by the US ...; Created on 01 April 2018
26. April Fool: Facebook to shut down within 30 days, cites inability to protect user information: (Home Tech); ... the true source of the problem." Update: This story now clearly marked as an April Fools Day story. It is not true, or at least, not yet. Original story continues: In what has come as shock even ...; Created on 01 April 2018
27. April Fool: Telstra to merge with NBN Co to fix the NBN at long last: (Telecoms & NBN); ... for all. Update: This story now clearly marked as an April Fools Day story. It is not true, or at least, not yet. Original story continues: With NBN Co the subject of multiple investigations, and ...; Created on 01 April 2018
28. Amazon Alexa primed for April Fool's fu: (Fuzzy Logic); 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. 1 ...; Created on 29 March 2018
29. Amaysim plays 'Sláinte' Claus to give Aussie 'Patricks' a St Paddy's day tr: (Telecoms & NBN); ... of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Amaysim is not celebrating April Fool's Day early, but is instead celebrating St Patrick's Day by doing a special deal for people named Patrick or Patricia. Apparently ...; Created on 15 March 2018
30. Why is Telstra customer service fundamentally broken?: (The Wired CIO); ... the Foxtel, mobile phone, or static IP address on my account. I thus ventured into a Telstra store on Monday, 3 April. In this conversation, I ordered an NBN 2Tb plan including the speed boost to 100Mbps. ...; Created on 30 April 2017
31. Samsung S8/+ – goes beyond any known Galaxy (review): (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... say as of today because Samsung is traditionally the first to release a flagship to market in March/April and who knows what will be released over the year. But a flagship smartphone is not developed overnight ...; Created on 20 April 2017
32. Samsung’s Galaxy S8 leads the Android pack (first look): (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... pre-orders had been the strongest ever, outflanking the GS7 by double-digit percentages. He confirmed that Australian pre-orders would begin to ship from 21 April and retail sales via telcos and major ...; Created on 11 April 2017
33. Ubuntu phone: perhaps it was too good to last: (Open Sauce); The demise of the Ubuntu phone will not affect hundreds of millions, or even a much smaller multiple of that number. But, nevertheless, it is a pity to see one of the better alternatives to the data-snooping ...; Created on 07 April 2017
34. Kensington dishwasher safe keyboard and mouse: (Hardware); Take a quick look down the cracks between the keys on your keyboard. Have a look at the crud gathering on the thumbwheel and feet of your mouse. Yuck! No, it is not an April Fools joke – Kensington ...; Created on 27 September 2016
35. ELECTION WINNER? Malcolm Turnbull promises full fibre NBN for Australia at last: (Fuzzy Logic); ... stone, as Federal law. Otherwise the word is that if the midday deadline is missed, everyone would end up looking like an April Fool and the deal would be off. We await the midday deadline to see what ...; Created on 01 April 2016
36. Former ‘burning platform’ Nokia CEO and MS exec, Stephen Elop, joins Telstra: (People Moves); It’s no April Fool’s joke, from 4 April 2016, former Microsoft exec and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is joining Telstra as ‘Group Executive Technology, Innovation and Strategy.’ No longer standing on a burning ...; Created on 16 March 2016
37. ACMA, NZDIA strengthen joint fight against spam: (Security); ... collaboration in enforcing the spam legislation of both countries. The ACMA and NZDIA first agreed to a MoU in April 2009 and he revised MoU, for a five year term, is based on the original, with some ...; Created on 15 February 2016
38. Has Windows 10 Mobile and Lumia 950XL got it right? Mostly!: (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... and 5MP shots taken at the same time) against the Samsung and while the former was great, the latter soundly beat it in more light conditions. In part, that was due to the Lumia being released in April ...; Created on 19 January 2016
39. iOS is not safe – fact #iOSdisaster: (Security); ... to read the latest on XcodeGhost and iOS click here. I wrote a report in April 2015 titled ‘Is Apple’s iOS a malware magnet’ and it's worth a read now to refresh your memory. It was a companion article ...; Created on 23 September 2015
40. You have been rooted: (Security); Rootkits are the nirvana for hackers. Primarily designed to gain privileged administrator access - a backdoor - to any device they allow the hacker to do pretty much anything. They can have other characteristics ...; Created on 11 August 2015
41. Surface 3 - almost a Pro: (Mobility); ... owned/used/reviewed: • Surface (1st generation Windows RT, 10.6”) in late 2012 • Surface 2 (2nd generation Windows RT, 10.6”) in late 2013 • Surface 3 (3rd generation Windows 8.1, 10.8”) in April ...; Created on 27 April 2015
42. Android Wear V3 – update: (Mobility); Google have released the latest update to Android Wear that moves a step closer to justifying a smartwatch – no this is not April Fool’s day! Let’s get smartwatches and fitness bands in perspective ...; Created on 21 April 2015
43. Bulletproof offers 24/7 door-to-door cloud delivery you fool: (Enterprise Cloud); Listed cloud services provider Bulletproof has introduced a door-to-door delivery service which it says will get its managed cloud services solutions into the hands of customers within a ‘near-instant’ ...; Created on 01 April 2015
44. Government to adopt East German nomenclature: (Government Tech Policy); ... Highgate cemetery in north London to Sydney’s Rookwood. WARNING: The Ministry of Truth (Ministerium für Warheit) has directed that this article be labelled 'April Fools Joke', and that its publication ...; Created on 01 April 2015
45. Government to introduce ATM monitoring: (Technology Regulation); The Government has announced a monitoring scheme for ATMs which it says will reduce crime and make the funding of terrorism more dificult. The Government is tightening its transaction monitoring rules ...; Created on 01 April 2015
46. Samsung Galaxy S5 – my first week: (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... Consumers love having the choice of a million or so apps – business does not need as many. Samsung was a late entrant. Its Galaxy S2 released in April 2011 was functionally an iPhone equivalent running ...; Created on 22 April 2014
47. Linkedin takes legal action to protect users data: (Security); ... information regarding any direct connection whose page you visit while the extension is running. Sell Hack gives in – temporarily at least April 1, 6:23 p.m.: Sell Hack has taken down its product after ...; Created on 02 April 2014
48. All virus/malware is bad – except some notables: (Security); To mark a so far uneventful April fool’s day antivirus maker Kaspersky has released a list of so-called ‘benign malware’ – for your information. “These examples of funny, innocuous, and even helpful ...; Created on 01 April 2014
49. Apple not kidding about rising App Store prices: (Mobility); Apple has shocked iPhone and iPad users on April Fool's Day but this is no joke - the company is raising the prices of its Australian App Store due to "changes in foreign exchange rates." Buy your apps ...; Created on 01 April 2014
50. Why upgrade to Windows 8.1?: (Home Tech); ... cease in April 2014 – not an April fool’s joke so users really need to move up. If they do not they will no longer be protected from new vulnerabilities. Vista, released in January 2007, received adverse ...; Created on 18 August 2013

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