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Friday IT Fun: Halloween Treat

By Chris Paoli
10/28/2010

Checking out all these links may or may not invoke the spirit of Bill Gates to appear on your computer monitor. If you've found something you think other IT pros will appreciate, send an e-mail to [email protected] so we can include it in next week's edition. Also, keep up with us all week long on Twitter.

Spooky Tech Tales(CNET.com) - And when he quickly returned to the home page, he saw the bloody hook dangling from the USB port…

Q&A at Blizzcon(Cracked.com) – The Creatures of the Basement descended upon Anaheim last week. I hope you survived.
Time-Traveling Cell Phone User (Gawker.com) – Doc Brown told him to blend in… He's going to have a field day when he sees this video.
Filipino Prisoners Dance to Thriller (YouTube.com) – Time to dust off one of the greatest online videos, just in time for Halloween.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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