The temperatures dip below freezing, the sun sets earlier, Starbucks cups turn red, and everyone wonders if Snowpocalypse 2.0 is just over the horizon. All telltale signs that the holiday season is here, and on this episode, we celebrate the holiday season in style. Actually, in lots of styles.  We proudly present Tech the Halls: Tech tAUk’s Christmas Spectacular! (And Hanukkah!), our 90-minute special edition for the holiday season. In addition to a sleigh-packed package of tech coverage, we've made this a musical episode by "techifying" a number of songs of the season, with some hilarious results. We've also decked out our studio so it doesn't look like (as much of a) black hole, and we've got snacks and goodies to make our season merry and bright. Not yours, though. We can't figure out how to share snacks and goodies through the camera yet. Our tech headlines this week: * Microsoft & Twitter Breakfast Sparks Takeover Rumors ( * Google Chrome OS, Web Store Demoed at Chrome Event ( * Concentration Camp Game Was Meant to Be 'Fun' ( * Man Raises Over $500,000 to Build iPod Watches ( (Product Website ( * Users Sue YouPorn for Spying on Them ( * New Jersey Could Become First State to Legalize Online Gambling Then, Josh gets on an airplane (actually in front of a green screen, but we tricked him) to discuss the latest bout of holiday travel fun brought to us by the TSA, noting some of the controversies that their newest screening policies have aroused. We then step back and recap some of the biggest developments in tech from 2...