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1.
go to xkcd.com: The webcomic XKCD now has a command prompt (google.com)
224 points by biotech on April 1, 2010 | 91 comments
2.
Quake 2 ported to HTML5 (ajaxian.com)
143 points by jeff18 on April 1, 2010 | 23 comments
3.
Science writer Simon Singh wins libel appeal (bbc.co.uk)
142 points by prakash on April 1, 2010 | 6 comments
4.
GitHub announces subversion support (github.com/blog)
138 points by kneath on April 1, 2010 | 34 comments
5.
Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future (cnet.co.uk)
116 points by MikeCapone on April 1, 2010 | 31 comments
6.
RethinkDB (YC S09) Raises $1.2 Million For Its Database For Solid-State Drives (techcrunch.com)
114 points by jasonlbaptiste on April 1, 2010 | 42 comments
7.
GwtQuake: Taking the Web to the Next Level (HTML5+WebGL Quake) (timepedia.blogspot.com)
102 points by mmastrac on April 1, 2010 | 19 comments
8.
Stephen Fry meets Steve Jobs (time.com)
91 points by danh on April 1, 2010 | 18 comments
9.
Why MBAs fail at Entrepreneurship (stuwall.tumblr.com)
92 points by smanek on April 1, 2010 | 36 comments
10.
Google honors Topeka, Kansas by becoming... Topeka. (googleblog.blogspot.com)
86 points by Groxx on April 1, 2010 | 29 comments
11.
What the iPad Really Means to Developers (pragprog.com)
82 points by ivey on April 1, 2010 | 32 comments
12.
Ask HN: What's your favorite April Fools Joke today?
74 points by joshfinnie on April 1, 2010 | 74 comments
13.
Not April Fools: New Zealand Proposing Software Patent Ban (arstechnica.com)
72 points by CoryOndrejka on April 1, 2010 | 19 comments
14.
Wikipedia over DNS (dgl.cx)
69 points by chanux on April 1, 2010 | 10 comments
15.
How to repossess an airliner (airspacemag.com)
68 points by mootothemax on April 1, 2010 | 20 comments
16.
Don't press any key to continue (interuserface.net)
68 points by mortenjorck on April 1, 2010 | 13 comments
17.
David Pogue’s Review of the iPad from 2 Angles (nytimes.com)
68 points by asnyder on April 1, 2010 | 52 comments
18.
'Trivially easy' to buy SSL certificate for domain you don't own (betanews.com)
66 points by billpg on April 1, 2010 | 25 comments
19.
Walt Mossberg's Apple iPad Review (allthingsd.com)
65 points by mshafrir on April 1, 2010 | 20 comments
20.
NASA loses contact with Spirit (msn.com)
64 points by geuis on April 1, 2010 | 19 comments
21.
Why I’ll never own another server (stu.mp)
63 points by twampss on April 1, 2010 | 31 comments
22.
Altair developer Ed Roberts dies in Ga. (chron.com)
59 points by waterlesscloud on April 1, 2010 | 13 comments
23.
Netflix Streaming App Coming to iPad (mashable.com)
54 points by MykalMorton on April 1, 2010 | 24 comments
24.
Padrino Ruby Web Framework (sits on top of Sinatra) (padrinorb.com)
54 points by jmonegro on April 1, 2010 | 21 comments
25.
Stop using Windows Notepad (msdn.com)
51 points by nreece on April 1, 2010 | 34 comments
26.
WakeMates are shipping! Congrats WakeMates (wakemate.com)
49 points by epi0Bauqu on April 1, 2010 | 30 comments
27.
Rails 3 Beta 2 released (github.com/rails)
46 points by bkudria on April 1, 2010 | 19 comments
28.
Ask HN: Bootstrapping a Startup Alone
45 points by matrix on April 1, 2010 | 33 comments
29.
RethinkDB is switching over to Lisp (rethinkdb.com)
44 points by coffeemug on April 1, 2010 | 15 comments
30.
Casting SPELS with Clojure (lisperati.com)
44 points by swannodette on April 1, 2010 | 8 comments

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