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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

Happy April Fool's Day!!

Thursday April 1, 2004
April Fool's Day is the annual day to celebrate pranks, jokes and mayhem. The celebration dates back a thousand years or so- possibly having origins even further back in various pagan celebrations. There have been some tremendous hoaxes pulled throughout the centuries in the name of April Fool's Day. This article explores some of the background of this tradition and how it has spread to a variety of computer pranks you should watch out for. April Fool's Day Computer Pranks
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