April Fools 2010 in the tech industry

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http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/exclusive-google-to-go-nuclear/ Google has acquired a company that has created a new process for highly efficient isotope separation, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources.

Exclusive: Google To Go Nuclear

Ever tried writing in Japanese? No, right? Well it’s really hard. http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/google-japan-releases-the-new-keyboard-drumset-for-one-stroke-input/

Google Japan releases the new keyboard drumset for one stroke in

It’s great news that there are 24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute , we support 1080p and HD uploads are rising quickly , but that’s also meant increasing bandwidth costs cutting into our bottom line.

TEXTp saves YouTube bandwidth, money

http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/textp-saves-youtube-bandwidth-money.html

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Introducing The Do-It-Yourself CrunchPad Kit [Video]

Those you you who’ve been following the CrunchPad project since we first announced it in the summer of 2008 weren’t too happy to hear about the recent… hiccups …that we continue to fight through. But never fear, while we continue to clean up the mess that our Asian contractor left behind we’ve been hard at work on a new project that lets anyone create an iPad like device from any laptop screen. http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/introducing-the-do-it-yourself-crunchpad-kit-video/
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

A different kind of company name

Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its name to Google. We’ve been wondering ever since how best to honor that moving gesture. Today we are pleased to announce that as of 1AM (Central Daylight Time) April 1st, Google has officially changed our name to Topeka .
How the new Google River View, which is being piloted in Leeds, could look Photograph: guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/leeds/2010/mar/31/leeds-google-canoodle-waterways-pilot-april-fool

Google canoodle in new waterways pilot | Leeds