Judgement:  It appears that this was indeed based on a false rumor.  The community was right about this one.  Judged at S$0.  -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction:

According to paidcontent.org, "A decision to go with Google completely for search hasn’t been decided on definitively, but something along these lines may occur."

This is a prediction that Ask will power itself with Google search by the end of April.