Don't be fooled - google "hoaxes"

Posted Thursday, 4 January 2007 | Category: All things web | Comments |

google tips system humour
Once a year, the folks at Google put their heads together to come up with a fun way to celebrate April Fool’s Day. This year it’s the Google TiSP, which promises free in-home wireless broadband service by connecting your router to your, um, toilet. All you have to do is drop the end of a fibre-optic cable into your toilet and flush (visuals here). This connects the cable to “TiSP access nodes”. A bit of further wiring and installing, and you have 8Mbps of internet connectivity, free!

How is this all funded, you ask? According to Google, the service would be supported by "discreet DNA sequencing" of bodily waste to display online ads that relate to culinary preferences and personal health!

If you’ve missed them, here’s a list of previous Google hoaxes:

Google MentalPlex (2000), which reads users' minds to find search results (no typing required).
Google Lunar Centre (2004), which advertises research jobs on the moon.
Google Gulp (2005), a fictitious drink designed to "maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent and less thirsty".
Google Romance (2006), which offers soulmate searches for lonely hearts.
Gmail Paper (2007), which offers free mail printing and shipping for gmail users (another 2007 prank).

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