This is not a joke

Everyone loves April Fools' Day, especially online. In paper publishing, you have to really prepare ahead for a good gag, and then hope that something doesn't happen to make your joke fall flat or become irrelevant - or even worse, true. But April

Everyone loves April Fools' Day, especially online. In paper publishing, you have to really prepare ahead for a good gag, and then hope that something doesn't happen to make your joke fall flat or become irrelevant - or even worse, true. But April Fooling online is another story entirely; you can get instant joke satisfaction at the click of a submit button, and here's just a smattering of the jocularity that we've found in our daily net-trawlings.

The Register uncovers a dastardly plot by the United States Department of Justice to control the sale of Web cameras and similar digital devices to fight the spread of child pornography here , while NegativLand would have us believe that there's new kid in town when it come to primary colours here . The ever-popular Counterstrike is undergoing a name change , Gamespot is breaking new barriers with news reportage , while 3DActionPlanet has uncovered some startling Duke Nukem news . Finally, Blizzard has released some new screen shots of some of the new features in Diablo II: Lords of Destruction: do you dig it?