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A quick look at iTunes is enough to tell that we’re just a few days away from Halloween: pumpkins, bats, witches and ghosts wander around the App Store in a bunch of Halloween-themed apps of all sorts. You get countdown clocks, photo editors, costume creators and creepy sound generators, among others.

But there’s also another type of Halloween apps on iTunes – those that are released as special Halloween editions instead of having been created from scratch just for the holiday. They’re usually very popular apps already, and having a special Halloween edition makes them even more enjoyable. Let’s take a look at some examples:

Angry Birds Halloween HD – One of the most downloaded games of all times on the App Store, Angry Birds, has released a Halloween special edition for iPad with spooky night backgrounds, smashable pumpkins and grizzly sound effects. The game won't scare the hell out of you but is as fun and addictive as the original edition.

Mosaic Photo Halloween - While the original Mpsaid Photo app enables you to create original image mosaics with your photos, the Halloween version will boost your creativity with new Halloween-themed pictures. Like in the standard version, you can also import photos and share your creations on Facebook and Flickr.

Doodle Jump Halloween -The latest version of this popular game is entirely devoted to Halloween. A new haunted game theme and lots of creepy creatures such as vampires, witches and zombies are the most outstanding new elements in this special version, where the main character has evolved from being just Doodle to becoming a scary Doodlestein.

Windows: Do you remember those good old fighting games you used to play in arcades? You can bring back those sweet memories with Little Fighter 2, a fun Street Fighter remake with cute manga-style graphics. Engage in endless battles and use your secret movements to beat all your enemies! You can play against other people or the PC, with support also for online games.

Mac: Are you addicted to keyboard commands? You'll love working with Witch, a window switcher that allows you to move quickly through minimized and foremost windows and call up applications quickly. The program, which essentially is a preference pane item, is simple to customize, just set your own keyboard shortcuts as triggers and decide what actions to call. Simple and efficient.

Symbian:  If you need to read documents on your phone then you need to get yourself iSilo, a sophisticated reader for viewing HTML documents and text files on your phone. The best thing about the software is that it uses a little trick to make these files as small as possible, saving you space on your device.

Haunted by visions of spyware and trojans invading your computer? Forget calling up an exorcist or the Ghostbusters to clean up your PC. Instead you should make sure you have the right applications set up, not only to protect your computer but also to clean up the mess any intruder can cause.

Using a lot of passwords online? Yeah, you're not the only one. What we suggest is setting up Roboform, a solid password manager with advanced functions to fill in online forms automatically. You should also have Folder Guard installed, to keep personal files safe from the prying hands of witches and devils. What about having a solid gatekeeper to prevent all the ghouls and monsters penetrating your PC? Kaspersky Antivirus is a good choice, an antivirus that will thoroughly scan your PC for any malware. Add to that the impenetrable ZoneAlarm Firewall and your computer should be all safe and sound.

To make solid backups of your work, we suggest Norton Ghost. No it won't invoke the Ghost of Christmas Past. Instead Norton Ghost is great at backing up and recovering anything on your PC. Malicious ads trying to slip through the holes in your PC? Ad-Aware is still one of the best malware protections on the market, with a very regularly updated database.

Don't let the ghouls waste your Halloween night by wreaking havoc in your PC. Our security section covers all the tools you should need to make your PC as safe as Fort Knox.

No doubt you're busy cutting holes in bedsheets and attaching cobwebs to your eyelids in preparation for Halloween next week. But why should humans have all the fun? There are plenty of spooky downloads available that will make your computer as scary as any of the made-up ghouls you'll see wandering the streets on October 31st. Here is a selection of some of the most grizzly Halloween wallpapers, screensavers and themes:

• ALTools Halloween Desktop Wallpapers - Ghoulish wallpaper collection
• Halloween Wallpaper - Never have vegetables been so frightening
• 3D Spooky Screensaver - Howl at the moon while your PC is idle
• Halloween House Theme - Scare yourself witless with this spooky theme
• Cemetery Screensaver (Mac) - Zombies, witches, ghosts, skeletons...Mum!!!

I know what you're thinking, Maths isn't fun, but I'm telling you now: Sit down, shut-up and listen. Maths isn't fun, you're right. But as I'm going to make it a little more enjoyable the least I expect is you do me the duty of paying attention. Right, here goes:

• Math Test Generator - Simple sum compiler to test the children
• Math Ninja - Bizarre mixture of Ninja training and maths exercises - 8 levels of difficulty
• Mathemagus - A young magician's apprentice must outwit the grumpy witch Myrgiana
• Kids Abacus - Fun way of counting to 100
• MixedUp - Challenge yourself with endless fractions