Here’s the latest in a long living internet tradition. The Apri Fool by google.

I have to say, this one isn’t all that clever and they’ve done a much better job in previous years. But, it’ll no doubt dupe loads of ‘n00bs’ as it were.

Great fun for Google - nice to see they still like to play.

This year brings the Custom Time Flux Compactor to Gmail. The theory goes, you can change the time your emails appear to be sent. For example: send an email now - pretend you sent it yesterday when your deadline was up.

Here’s a few more from around the net, some old, some new:

Whatever next? Find out, with gDay MATE. Google Oz’s answer to searching what will happen in the future.

How about free toilet WIFI with Google TiSP?

Sick of having to log on to Gmail? Why not print all your emails out? Or, why not have Google Paper do it for you?

Sick and tired of life? Want to get away from it all? Maybe emigrating to Mars is the answer, with Virgle a joint effort from Google and Virgin.

Too many of those BetaMax tapes floating around? Tell you what, you really should convert them to HD-DVD. Get a new BetaMax converter, among these gems.

And just for fun, some flying penguins.

Here’s some more reading:

Museum of hoaxes
April Fools Day On The Web