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Halloween is one of the best holidays of the year, when we think about its creative potential. Every year, a group of college students join efforts to build their own spooky place in which they invite all the community members to spend a frightening Halloween. For five years, the participants contributed to create a... |
2 November 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Country singer and actress LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cibrian had a lot of fun on Halloween, if her Twitter feed is any indication. To go trick or treating with the kids, the two dressed up as white trash newlyweds.
LeAnn, who is a very active Twitter user, uploaded photos of herself and Eddie in full costume &n... |
2 November 2011
03:30 GMT |
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Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison first got international media attention with their Las Vegas wedding, which came to defy the age gap between them and, as they put it, show the world that their love was real. They're not stopping now.
For the past couple of weeks, the two have been getting increased media a... |
2 November 2011
03:11 GMT |
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So many people were talking about it earlier this year, but it seems that the Royal Wedding still has some going crazy over it. The Today people are among them. After spoofing the Kardashians on the weekend edition, this morning, The Today went for something more royal: Kate Middleton's wedding to Prince Wilia... |
1 November 2011
09:34 GMT |
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You know you've got it made when people dress up as you on Halloween – just look at the amount of Charlie Sheen costumes this year. On this note, The Today show, the weekend edition, dedicated an entire segment to the Kardashian. They must have been honored. In fact, they were game for the challenge and ... |
1 November 2011
08:56 GMT |
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Celebrities love to play dress-up. Whether their idea of a Halloween costume means wearing underwear for outerwear, or they truly invest a lot of time and effort into it, they always manage to put on quite a show. This year was no different, of course. Some of the biggest stars out there (Kate Hudson and Heidi Klum a... |
31 October 2011
14:21 GMT |
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If you live in the US, you may have noticed the new Halloween doodle Google has put up. Unlike in previous years, Google went out and bought real pumpkins, carved them out and put them on display at the Googleplex and on the Google homepage.
Google didn't carve just any old pumpkins, it bought six, one for each... |
31 October 2011
12:41 GMT |
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The guys over at Microsoft Channel 9 have found some inspiration in Saw when they put together “Kinect to Kill: A Channel 9 Halloween Special,” and the result is nothing short of spectacular. Watch the video embedded below to get a taste of what it would be like if Kinect fell in the hands of a serial kil... |
31 October 2011
11:54 GMT |
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With Halloween just around the corner, perhaps you want to customize your Google Chrome to be in tune with the holiday. Unfortunately, there aren't that many Halloween themes for Chrome, though a couple look rather interesting.
Funnily enough, perhaps the best looking Halloween theme for Chrome is not even avai... |
31 October 2011
10:01 GMT |
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If you still don't have a Halloween costume for tonight, Google has some tips for you, perhaps inspiring you on what to wear and, more importantly, what not to wear.
As in every year, searches for Halloween costumes spike around this time. Google has taken a look at the most popular searches and can help you av... |
31 October 2011
09:17 GMT |
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We couldn't imagine a proper Halloween party without the presence of bats, and we could apply this statement to most of the horror movies which showcase vampires, castles, coffins and sharp teeth.
Our nocturnal friends seem to be threatened by a mysterious, deadly disease, manifested throughout the “white... |
31 October 2011
08:46 GMT |
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In preparation for Halloween, most people create costumes, deck out their houses, but what about their browsers? Well, if you're using Mozilla Firefox you're in luck, there are plenty of Halloween-themed personas (themes) for Firefox for you to choose from.
Here are just four of them, animated ones that li... |
31 October 2011
08:01 GMT |
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As in every year for the past decade or so, Google is running a Halloween themed doodle. And this year, it really went all out. While regularly it just runs a simple image doodle, or perhaps an animated one, this year it's taking pumpkin carving to the next level.
The company got hold of six huge pumpkins, some... |
31 October 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Halloween is one of the most popular American holidays, especially since it allows people of all ages to get creative and dress up in creepy outfits. Therefore, it would not come as a surprise if the same persons took to Facebook to show off their costumes.Zuckerberg’s social network is currently estimated to ... |
30 October 2011
08:39 GMT |
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Are you a fan of Google Maps and a fan of Halloween? Who isn't, now you can combine your two passions with the brand new Maps and Earth inspired pumpkin carving sheets, just in time for the weekend before Halloween.You can grab the PDF file Google has kindly made available, print it out, stick that on a pumpkin ... |
29 October 2011
09:01 GMT |
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I know, Halloween is mostly about showcasing your frightening, awesome, new costumes and receiving candies and other treats from the people who live next door.
But you might feel even better while thinking that your holiday spirit had no impact what-so-ever upon the environment.
There are only a few things actual... |
29 October 2011
03:55 GMT |
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As usual, Valve has unleashed a special themed event on its Steam digital distribution service, slashing the price on a variety of games in honor of the upcoming Halloween celebration in the USA.Steam has gotten its community used to quite a lot of massive discounts, offering not just daily deals, but also mid-week o... |
28 October 2011
06:00 GMT |
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With Halloween getting near is time for some good old-fashioned pumpkin smashing fun and what better way to make it all more interesting that to film it super slow-motion at 1,000fps.And this is just what a YouTube user had in mind when it took a RED Epic camera to record this truly entertaining video that is enclose... |
27 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Gameloft and Sega, two of the most prominent mobile game developers, are slashing the prices on several key games for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, in light of Halloween. Every year, major video games developers and publishers are proud to discount their games whenever a holiday is in sight, and this time is no diff... |
26 October 2011
09:04 GMT |
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Goodwill Industries International will help their customers celebrate Halloween in an eco-friendly way, by giving them the opportunity of buying excellent products which were destined to end up in landfills, at very convenient prices. The company shows its care for environmental causes, since it supports the process ... |
13 October 2011
04:31 GMT |
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Bing can help users cut down the time spent “trick-or-treating” on search engines looking for inspiration for the best Halloween costume this year.
Microsoft has enlisted the help of celebrity stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn for BingHalloween.com, a destination designed to provide a range of id... |
10 October 2011
07:14 GMT |
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Researchers have wondered for a long time why people go out on Halloween night and search for scary thrills, such as horror movies, nasty costumes, haunted houses and so on. A new study throws some more light on this behavior. The investigation determined that most people search for these spine-chilling effects preci... |
1 November 2010
05:51 GMT |
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Halloween is not here for most of the world, but the scariest day of the year has already started in parts of the Pacific ocean. Google is not wasting any time and is already running a dedicated doodle in New Zealand with Australia next. And what better way to celebrate Halloween than with a good old fashioned Scooby... |
30 October 2010
09:42 GMT |
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Need For Speed World, the online racing game from EA, will hold another special community event this weekend, with a big part of the game being redesigned in order to celebrate Halloween, and a special competition will also be available to players, offering big prizes.Need For Speed World is a new type of title in th... |
26 October 2010
03:07 GMT |
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If you want something that really shows you can push the envelope when it comes to playing dress up for Halloween and, at the same time, that you’re not afraid of a little controversy, try the meat dress Lady Gaga wore at this year’s VMAs. According to reports cited by the Daily Mail, you can forget about... |
25 October 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Getting ready for Halloween? Then you might as well make the best out of it. A new contest brought to users by Microsoft and Instructables.com is designed to give users some sweet gear to really help them celebrate the upcoming holiday. Users will need nothing more than costume building skills and the right software... |
25 October 2010
11:51 GMT |
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Rovio Mobile Ltd. has announced the release of Angry Birds Halloween, a special edition of the immensely popular physics-based puzzle game. “With Halloween fast approaching, we are excited to announce special treats for fans of Angry Birds - Angry Birds Halloween for iPhone and iPod touch and Angry Birds Hallo... |
21 October 2010
08:47 GMT |
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Security companies warn that affiliate marketing spammers have already began exploiting Halloween to trick people with fake prizes, contests and offers.It's a known fact that cybercriminal activity always intensifies around holidays, when people are more vulnerable and have more money to spend."Halloween is draw... |
20 October 2010
12:53 GMT |
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Microsoft has certainly produced a wide variety of themes for Windows 7, featuring anything from cute puppies and kittens, to exotic landscapes, cartoons, and super-cars, but the company is now offering the scariest theme pack for the operating system yet. Eerie Autumn is now available for download from the Windows ... |
19 October 2010
10:18 GMT |
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The group of internationally known hackers going by the name of “the iPhone Dev Team” has posted an update on its blog, this time simply wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. The infamous team of hackers seldom makes posts that have nothing to do with its PwnageTool jailbreak & unlock solution, or Apple&rsq... |
2 November 2009
06:11 GMT |
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Security researchers report that a wave of Halloween-themed threats are out to get you. Beware of dodgy e-cards, screensaver downloads, poisoned search results, and spam, they warn.In this day and age, it goes almost without saying that the Internet is a scary place on every holiday. But Halloween in particular is a ... |
31 October 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Team Fortress 2 managed to stir quite the commotion when its teaser trailers started to be released. The “Meet the Cast” series revealed the game to be a hilarious interpretation of the classic TF of the original Half Life. The title is an online first-person shooter based on a class system that contains ... |
30 October 2009
05:31 GMT |
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Noah Cyrus, Miley’s younger sister, is just nine years old. However, at this age, her parents allowed her to do the red carpet – at a charity event, nonetheless – in a tight mini-dress, platform boots and full face of makeup, thus getting the entire blogosphere on fire, as News.com informs. Noah a... |
26 October 2009
11:23 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment has announced a host of events set to be introduced in MMOs like the Everquest pair, Legends of Norrath, Star Wars Galaxies and Free Realms as Halloween approaches. The biggest events should take place in Free Realms, the free-to-play MMO that Sony launched this year. The Super Spooktaculer ... |
19 October 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Rob Zombie’s sequel to the 2007 “Halloween,” the aptly named “H2: Halloween 2,” premiered in select theaters this weekend and, as some critics had already estimated, failed to perform as producers and the movie studio would have wanted. While it did well enough to warrant a sequel, ticke... |
1 September 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Some horror movie fans have been waiting for this for far too long, but the waiting is now closer to coming to an end, as the first official trailer for Rob Zombie’s “H2: Halloween 2” has just been released. With a release date set for August 28, the sequel to the 2007 film and part of a much larger... |
25 April 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Fans of horror movies, and especially of Michael Myers’ story, must be waiting breathlessly for the sequel to Rob Zombie’s 2007 film, the somewhat redundantly called “H2: Halloween 2.” Until it drops in theaters in August 2009, fans have just had the pleasure of seeing the first minutes of the... |
21 April 2009
10:53 GMT |
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When Rob Zombie released “Halloween” in 2007, rebooting the story of the masked killer Michael Myers, critics were not too thrilled at having to watch it. Fans, however, loved the new film and, as such, were equally eager for a sequel to come out. Now, said sequel is underway and it will certainly not dis... |
8 April 2009
12:04 GMT |
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As we all know, Halloween is a worldwide holiday, taking place on October 31 and linked to celebrating the spirits of the dead. Still, this is pretty much all that the celebrations have in common in the parts of the world where they are held. While Halloween was imported in most of the countries during the last part ... |
30 October 2008
04:55 GMT |
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Indie Mac and PC game developer Phelios has put one of its games up for free grabs, also releasing it on the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. While the Mac OS X version of Whack the Dead is free to download, the iPhone version of this “addictive” title is priced at $2.99.Delivered in the nick of time ... |
29 October 2008
04:45 GMT |
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iPresentee is well known for offering some of the best templates / themes and objects for use with Apple's Mail, Keynote, iWeb and iWork applications. It is customary for the company to generously offer free, fun-to-use items every now and then, and today is no different. Download your free, Halloween-themed Mai... |
24 October 2008
05:54 GMT |
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Following the lead of World of Warcraft, where players are now threatened by a zombie uprising that is connected to the launch of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Rockstar is saying that players in Grand Theft Auto IV should also be careful about infected individuals who display zombie-like behavior.The in-game ... |
24 October 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Most modern games get delayed. PlayStation Home, while not technically a game, is a PlayStation 3 linked social service/open world which might be more than one year late. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, which launches this month, has also seen several delays while Duke Nukem 3D is the most delayed game of all tim... |
2 September 2008
10:35 GMT |
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I never would have thought of dressing up as a BioShock character, but apparently, some dude and his daughter have and they're featured in a pretty cool video you can watch below. Halloween is always a great season for reenacting scenes from great gaming titles like Halo 3 and BioShock. This shows which games re... |
2 November 2007
03:38 GMT |
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I know it's the second Britney article today, but this is important news I'm bringing. It comes as a relief to learn that the trainwreck still knows how to speak and hasn't turned into a half-asleep, Cheetos popping mutant. The troubled singer - who lost custody of her kids to ex-husband, Kevin Federli... |
1 November 2007
10:35 GMT |
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Security company Sophos discovered a Halloween spam campaign which attempts to redirect the users to malicious websites 'equipped' with dangerous files. The spam messages can be easily identified using their subjects: 'Happy Halloween', 'Dancing Bones', 'The most amazing dancing ske... |
31 October 2007
09:43 GMT |
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The Google video sharing technology YouTube seems to be the first service powered by the super giant which started the Halloween party. As you can see if you visit its official website, the famous YouTube logo was replaced by a new doodle, especially designed for Halloween showing a pretty cool pumpkin instead of the... |
31 October 2007
07:14 GMT |
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Because tomorrow is October 31 and everyone prepares their costumes for Halloween, the companies from all around the world adapted their websites in order to celebrate this holiday. Since Google is one of the most visited webpages on the web, it is very likely to see a new doodle which is especially supposed to bring... |
30 October 2007
10:31 GMT |
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Black cat owners, beware! Here comes the Halloween! The time when the mind of many crazy people out there gets unleashed. At the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, people are still shocked by what they saw the day after the 2004 Halloween: a black cat duct-taped to an 8-ft (2.5 m)-tall crucifix. These rare e... |
30 October 2007
07:43 GMT |
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I know it's Halloween and all, but really, enough with the outfit shockers. Even the people who write fashion reviews and spend some of their time seated in front of a computer either cheering or booing (depending on whatever crazy fashion choices some people make) have their nerves. And they can have heart atta... |
30 October 2007
07:17 GMT |
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