Conficker with 10M victims, April 1 update soon Security experts are downplaying much of the speculation surrounding an expected 1 April update for the notorious Conficker malware. Also known as ‘downadup’, the malware has been spreading throughout 2009 and is believed to have infected millions of PCs. Analysis of the Conficker code suggests that the latest version will instruct infected machines... 

A few lucky people in the Indian Ocean will be treated to a rare event on Monday when an annular solar eclipse will transform the Sun into a dark disc with a blazing ring-shaped corona around its rim. In solar eclipses, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on the terrestrial surface. In an annular eclipse, a tiny shift in distance that results from celestial mechanics means...