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Applicants receive admissions letters

Daily Texan  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 11:00pm

Many out-of-state and Texas high school students have received disheartening letters from UT in the last couple of weeks.

The more than 29,000 high school students who applied to the University were notified by April 1 as to whether they would be given the opportunity to become a Longhorn.



 

Big Pun - Austin Hip-Hop Scene - April 1, 2008

Austin Metablog  Tue, 04/01/2008 - 8:31am

From the Four One Two oh-oh eight department... WTF?!? It has just been announced that there will be a Big...

(via Austin Hip-Hop Scene)



 

Google's April Fools' joke: Gmail Custom Time?

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 03/31/2008 - 11:21pm

UPDATE 4:10 a.m. PDT April 1: It's up! Check out Gmail custom time to see how Google uses an "e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality."

It looks like we are getting a preview of Google's April Fools' joke for Gmail a little early.

Google put ...



 

New Comment System Coming Online April 1

Donklephant  Sun, 03/30/2008 - 12:15pm

In an effort to make the conversations around here more interesting, easier to follow, etc., we’ll be testing Intense Debate commenting this coming Tuesday.

We chose them instead of Disqus because, well, I don’t think Disqus is very good.

At least not in my experiences with it. And If you’ve ever tried to follow a Disqus conversation where certain comments have been vote up because people like it, you know how completely confusing it can be.



 

EBay brings affiliate marketing program in-house

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 03/17/2008 - 7:00am

EBay was set to announce on Monday that it is bringing its affiliate marketing program in-house instead of outsourcing it to ValueClick.

(Credit: eBay)

Scheduled to launch April 1, the new eBay Partner Network will give eBay a direct relationship with the more than 100,000 Web sites that drive ...