Halloween Fun for Techies

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Around my house, Halloween is the most anticipated day of the year. That's mostly because my kids are candy hoarders, and Halloween offers opportunities unimagined the rest of the year. For me, it's not about the candy; it's about the costumes, the haunted houses, and--because I'm an unapologetic geek--the high-tech observations of the rite. In that spirit, PCWorld has some techie Halloween fare to recommend. Start by downloading the Halloween desktop theme for Windows 7, then take in the slide shows of 15 top horror games and 10 creepy mobile games, and make sure to finish by viewing the remarkable video of an over-the-top, do-it-yourself Halloween light show set to music. Happy Halloween, everyone! --Editorial Director Steve Fox Top Stories Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. 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Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. If you're planning a Halloween party instead of making your holiday gift list, how about printing out invitations in a Ghoulish font? And if you're busily hanging up paper ghosts and spider webs, don't neglect your computer: We've got several free wallpapers and desktop themes to choose from, including a festive Day of the Dead theme and mutant zombie-jack-o-lantern wallpaper. --Kim Saccio-Kent Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • Sponsored Downloads Mamutu - 1 YearMonitor your computer in real time for dangerous behavior. Mamutu blocks malicious activities by recognizing new and unknown Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers, worms, viruses, spyware, adware and rootkits. Featuring a small resource footprint, you wont even know its installed--until it saves you from a dangerous intrusion. 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