Halloween

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  • Track your trick-or-treaters with these mobile apps

    Posted October 31, 2011 - 5:27 pm

    Halloween always comes with just a bit of anxiety for parents. Here are four mobile apps that will help mom and dad chill out while their kids are collecting their cavity-makers.

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    Google Halloween Video: Behind the Scenes

    Posted October 31, 2011 - 11:57 am

    If you were able to spend any time on the Google home page this weekend, you may have noticed a time-lapse video by Google, showing a bunch of people carving letters in giant pumpkins to eventually spell out the word Google.

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    Halloween Fun: Slingshot vs. Zombies

    Posted October 31, 2011 - 11:33 am

    YouTuber JoergSprave from The Slingshot Channel presents his annual Halloween Special, and this time it answers a very important question: Can a slingshot protect you against a zombie?

  • 6 true and tested IT superstitions

    Posted October 21, 2011 - 7:50 am

    People who work in IT have a certain reputation for being logical, rational, and unswayed by the mysterious or supernatural. Here's a look at the superstitions and irrational beliefs that lurk beneath.

  • Trick or ... tweet?

    Posted October 28, 2010 - 5:25 pm

    Happy Halloween from IT Underworld.

  • 7 spooktechular haunted house ideas

    Posted October 28, 2010 - 8:00 am

    So...a Mac O'Lantern and some spider webs on your hedges just aren't doing it for you? We have ghoulish gadgets, angry birds, spooky iPhone apps, and video game-inspired costumes for getting in the Halloween spirit. Now, it's time to decorate your house...with techie terror. Moo hoo ha ha haaaa! Read on...if you dare...

  • Angry Birds Halloween sells a million in six days

    Posted October 27, 2010 - 2:39 pm

    Just in time for Halloween weekend, developer Rovio announced this morning that its sold a million downloads of Angry Birds Halloween in just six days on the App Store.

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    iPhone Halloween apps: Games and sound effects

    Posted October 27, 2010 - 12:58 pm

    Halloween’s coming. And just as you wouldn’t leave the house without a costume, a sack for carrying candy, and a good flashlight to help you steer clear of danger, the iPhone is rapidly becoming a must-have item for the holiday. After all, developers have filled the App Store with a number of Halloween-themed offerings, all aimed at helping you trick and treat your way through October 31.

  • Angry Birds Halloween edition released for $1

    Posted October 22, 2010 - 10:09 am

    Rovio has released a new edition of Angry Birds today in the form of Angry Birds Halloween. The new game, selling separately from the original, is listed at $1.

  • 10 spooky Halloween iPhone apps

    Posted October 21, 2010 - 12:00 pm

    Apps that range from frightening to frighteningly useless

  • The Gamer's Halloween Party Guide

    Posted October 13, 2010 - 11:33 am

    Halloween is great, but trick-or-treating doesn't suit most adults -- that's why Martha Stewart invented Halloween parties. Read on for GamePro's guide to a video game-themed Halloween party.

  • Ghoulish gadgets: cool Halloween tech

    Posted October 11, 2010 - 8:00 am

    Some would say that Halloween is not a techie-type holiday. To those people I, and the creative (read: demented) makers of these gadgets, say "Boo!"

  • The Gamer's Halloween Costume Guide

    Posted October 7, 2010 - 8:00 am

    Video games are so much a part of pop culture that you can buy pre-packaged Super Mario Bros. Halloween costumes at your local Wal-Mart. Go the extra mile, though, and your costume can further the influence of video games on everybody at your Halloween party. Here are five costume ideas to get you started:

  • Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web

    Posted October 30, 2009 - 11:49 am

    A snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation.

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    Halloween games for the iPhone

    Posted October 28, 2009 - 2:13 pm

    There's more to Halloween than just picking out a costume and making spooky noises--there's also the not-insignificant matter of fun and games. Continuing our look at some of the Halloween-themed iPhone apps filling up the App Store's virtual shelves, we turn our attention to a handful of games with a decidedly sinister spin.

  • Top tech-o-lanterns from around the Web

    Posted October 28, 2009 - 1:18 pm

    We've scoured the Web to find the best geeky gourds carved up by true techies. Take a look and then share your favorite tech-o-lanterns.

  • Come as you aren't: 10 geek costumes for Halloween

    Posted October 28, 2009 - 5:11 am

    Get into the spirit of the season and burnish your geek credentials at the same time!

  • Geek pranks: 15 high-tech tricks to haunt your co-workers

    Posted October 19, 2009 - 11:46 am

    Don't be stuck with only sweet treats this Halloween. Try these 15 high-tech tricks to make your co-workers wonder who's haunting them.

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    iPhone Halloween apps

    Posted October 16, 2009 - 5:03 pm

    Perhaps one of the scarier things you can imagine as October 31 nears is an iPhone (or iPod touch) devoid of spooky, Halloween-themed apps. Fortunately, we've braved the fearsome corners of the App Store to identify which apps will help you celebrate All Hallow's Eve, and which are just scarily lame.

  • The web's geekiest pumpkins

    Posted October 31, 2008 - 12:25 pm

    To celebrate Halloween, NetworkWorld scoured the Web to find the best geeky gourds carved up by true techies. From Ubuntu and emoticons to Firefox and Yoda, these geek pumpkins will amaze and inspire.

  • Geek pumpkins

    Posted October 31, 2008 - 12:19 pm

    How cool are these Halloween pumpkins on Wire.com?

  • 8 creepy gadgets for Halloween

    Posted October 31, 2008 - 11:48 am

    " target="new">creepiest gadgets I've ever seen, but cool, nonetheless. A possessed fountain, halloween contact lenses, coffin fogger ... oh my!

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