Not a Fool

I was thinking about April Fool's Day, and the Conficker worm that (so far knock on wood) has failed to attack the web. Was it a huge hoax, a digital April Fool? So much has been written and blogged about the Conficker worm. There are 12 million computers worldwide infected by it since autumn, and Microsoft has announced a $250,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the Conficker authors.

Visit the Museum of Hoaxes to see the most famous April Fool's pranks of all time. I think my favorite has to be the Left-Handed Burger that was announced by Burger King in 1998, or the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest a BBC prank from 1957 (click here for the video). Last year the BBC had the excellent and elegant Flying Penguins (click for video).

See the full list of 100 Top Hoaxes here:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/