13.02 GMT -> I'd suggest posting on reg america

(was funny though)

It's a shame Cade Metz made this article too obvious an April Fool, as up until the 4th paragraph it was quite funny! Aquiring Apple and IBM is just over-doing it on the April Foolery!

But with the dollar falling the way it is, 53bn USD isn't really that much cash, and the whole thing actually sounds quite reasonable. I'm not sure anymore that this isn't a real story!

April Fools indeed !

This one is on par with the Continuancy Presidency.

Well done <approves>

Very nice.

Microsoft buys the Houses of Parliament - "We'll knock down that dusty old relic and build a gleaming new edifice of corporate greed! With riverfront views too!" gushes a senior MS source.

Nobel Council stuns world by announcing Robert Mugabe as prime candidate for Nobel Peace Prize - "Well he's the obvious choice, but personally i would have chosen George W Bush" an unnamed source wittered.

And so on and so forth...

Mines the one made from unicorn skin and fairy wings

Chuckle Chuckle.

As someone who is forced to use Notes at work, I would like nothing better than for it to go away!

"Microsoft in a surprise move bought Linux and all rights to it. They promptly started replacing "Windows" with "Ubuntu" and PClinuxOS versions. They issued a statement saying, at last we have a secure operating system that serves the masses

without fear of BSOD's....more to come as changes are made.......

Almost guys......... almost.

"Published Tuesday 1st April 2008 13:02 GMT" so fool on you, as they say.

@Chizo Ejindu

The Houses of Parliament aren't all that old actually - only about 120 years or so

/mine is the anorak today

Wow, I have to admit this seemed like a feasible plan. Right up there with some of the best tragedies of history. Well done!

Paris, one of the best tragedies of history.

The Reg homepage is quickly turning into a "spot the real article" competition.

I've just seen a video that proves penguins can fly!

"You had me going there for a moment, but I thought $53bn was a little steep for BitTorrent (and for Comcast!)."

Where does it say US Dollars?

This morning 53bn Zimbabwe Dollars would pay for one days parking at Heathrow T5. This afternoon it's just about enough for a skinny latte.

Mine's the one with the gold Krugerrands still in the lining.

Even though it could have been written in a manner that suspended the disbelief a little longer, I don't mind.

Network management, indeed!

Keep it up. :-)

So in a story about the dangers of Wifi aimed at UK readers, u stick "April Fool" in the URL even tho UK readers will be cynical enough not to buy it for a second.

Then when you do a story aimed at the Yanks, who might be silly enough to fall for it, and you don't put a spoiler in the URL?

Where's the sense in that?

Oh, hang on, thats quite funny in it's self actually!

Mines the flame resistant one!

Bon

They all laughed. Meanwhile, Comcast's directors read the story and discovered the solution to all their problems...

Well done reg, had me going for a second :p

I was there for a moment, as no lunacy surprises me these days.

Paris, because she's kind to animals.

LOL too funny

Well it was a credible joke, seeing as $53 billion is worth about tuppence.

A gag that will live in infamy!........

i wtf'd for a second but then i lol'd hard :D

<3 el reg

Had me going right up till Bram Choen had to change his name :)

Oh come-on ! ... That would seriously solve the whole Torrent Issue. Let ComCastic handle it, it'll be deader than a wedge in no time.

(Posting this from work 'cause my ConSpastic internet experience is a little too if-fy to try from home).

<-- The leather one with the snot stains on the sleeve.

But isn't this what the tinfoil hat brigade at Public Knowledge write every day?

Can someone tell Cade, but April 1 stories should be hard to spot. Not screaming "Look at me I'm trying so hard to be funny".