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Share: | AU Optronics's Flexible E-Paper Can Charge Itself AU Optronics develops a concept e-reader that is self-powered in sunlight and flexible as paper. Share: | |  | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays It's that time of the year again, when days get short, nights get long, and Christmas seems just over the horizon. 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 | | Halloween 3D ScreensaverMost Halloween screensavers are boring and plain, but this screensaver is artistic, outstanding and smart. And scary of course! Featuring a horrifying Jack olantern served together with skeletons, skulls and shrieking sounds, install this--if you dare. (Compatibility: Windows XP/Vista/Win 7) PCWorld newsletter subscribers use discount code DEF-6Y1E-DA for 50% off! | | AV Voice Changer Software 7.0Confuse your friends. Confound your enemies. Generally have a lot of fun with this voice changing software. 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