Watch out: April Fools day

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

Google have (yet again) done a "product release" today: http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

I guessing lots of other companies are going to do something, but google was all I found.

[rightcoast]

It's late/early and I'm off to bed. I don't know how true it is...but my Gmail storage has been supposedly increasing all night since midnight It's over 1200 MB now. Googles cryptic posting on the matter says they will be increasing storage to 2GB.

Edit: I almost forgot, check out the Google Gulp FAQ :)

11. When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?

Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.


That is the first direct dig at MS I have seen from Google.

[Moose on the Loose]

The infinity +1 thing is a joke, if you scroll down more you will see that they say "we at Gmail enjoy a good joke" (or something like that). When you click the link there, you will see what they are REALLY planning to do (implement rich text, increase to 2 GB)

[MulderMan]

thinkgeek is playing its usual tricks - http://www.thinkgeek.com/index.shtml

[Wolf_10]

I got punked by CNET today, if your on the forum mailing list, you did too, but I really fell for it. Man that was funny.

[Punked Out Comp]

Whats google gulp?

[rightcoast]

It's fake, Punked. :)

[HellFish]

All you Homestar fans should check out the Aprils Fools index page:

www.homestarrunner.com

[DragonNOA1]

I got punked by CNET today, if your on the forum mailing list, you did too, but I really fell for it. Man that was funny.

What happened?

[Wolf_10]

What happened?

I am on the CNET Community Help & How-to newsletter, they sent an email today saying they were shutting it down. It was just really funny how he said it. :D

[Jaggannath]

Well, spill the beans. Cut and paste so all can enjoy :)

[Wolf_10]

OK this is the main paragraphI recieved from Cnet:

Dear CNET members,
I regret to inform you that we will be discontinuing the CNET Community Help & How-to newsletter. So I encourage all of you to stay strong and keep helping each other through our Community forums. I enjoyed writing these newsletters and will truly miss you all. So Tom, this week, you are on your own with this spyware issue, or you can take member Jim W.'s advice on how to physically remove pop-ups.

Gotcha! Just thought I'd have a little fun with you, after all, it's April Fool's Day! Now let's move on to tackle Tom's stubborn malware issue. This week, I received a ton of recommendations for resolving Tom's daughter's computer issue with spyware. Submissions were all over the map, from running additional spyware utilities to simply switching to a Mac. Coincidentally, at my office, I had two of my pretty tech-savvy coworkers get hit with the same type of malware you've experienced, Tom. And while they practically threw everything at it, including tinkering with their registry, it didn't resolve the issue. And using add/remove programs caused worse issues. Finally, the spyware severity was so bad, they had no choice but to back up all of their data and reformat to get the machines back up and running. Now that's some nasty malware!

So, Tom, while I would love to pick a concrete solution for your daughter's malware issue, depending on the severity, there really isn't a one-shot fix. Hopefully, this week's three winning answers (by Miguel K., Mark F., and Jacob S.), all of the honorable mentions, and other recommendations from our members will give you some insight on how to tackle your situation. If all else fails, there's always Jim's advice. Good luck, and please return to the forums to tell us what did the trick. And for those of you who have additional how-to advice or who have found yourself in Tom's shoes, join us in this week's discussion. Thanks, everyone.