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buying up Weblog s (AOL actually later bought Weblogs, Inc. )

The Open Directory Project re-branded itself as the 'Microsoft Directory Project'

, renaming it to met4filter.org

Slashdot announced that it would start posting advertiser-sponsored news stories, and disable anonymous posting.

Google described its PigeonRank system.

The Guardian profiled Harmony Cousins

CPAN renamed itself the 'Comprehensive Java Archive Network'

The annual spoof Linus Torvalds post on the Linux Kernel Mailing List announced his resignation from the Linux effort

IETF published April 1st RFC s RFC3251 (Distribution of electricity over IP) and RFC3252 (Encapsulating IP in XML).

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a spoof Yahoo News story was circulated stating that PK Interactive had received funding from idealab! [http://www.idealab.com/] (note: check the URL above closely)

The TidBITS newsletter offered a spoof issue

The and NVIDIA were to merge.

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CNN reported that two Montreal Disk Jockey s managed to phone Bill Gates on the pretext that one of them was Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien wanting to set up a meeting with Gates. What CNN didn't mention is that these two have a reputation for their audacious prank calls. Previous recipients of their attention have included Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II .

, a race of Bamboo -eating, sword-wielding warriors (later, one Pandaren character was actually added).

and Paul Revere would be guests at Anime Boston 2003.