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From a veteran researcher who brings "session cookies" courtesy grandma to a mohawk cut-and-color station, the annual Las Vegas computer security conferences Black Hat and DefCon might be nerdy, but they're never dull.

Redmond announces live TV for the Xbox, as well as voice search via Bing and voice-controlled games. Also, for battle games: shooting with gestures.

CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/mVF-UlkHQEU" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/wMMiMxUaEAg" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products? & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/qMk0NW5iurE" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6wCN5RXtWMk" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/cly1Gm5hDvc" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind & amp; Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ONWj_YISvew" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6FxZm2t_w14" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/Zy84N3tJV24" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ZckQ-xL8cr8" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy? & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/w5BH3qYJpdM" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

Noise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/rvVoSe2whys" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

As the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game--by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/fHN6IjO6cuk" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

Tweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let's just see you try to resist tweeting this story. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/izNp-kD10Rw" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check? & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/M4sVyIvtJkM" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

A research note from Citigroup says Apple CEO Tim Cook is not leaning toward a future MacBook Air with iPad-like features. So, now what? & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/rHb4aGL8jAU" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

Why buy when you can rent, borrow, or stream books for a lot less cash? & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/LNwuU766sX4" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

The Facebook chief may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it, because Facebook in turn gets a tax deduction. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/uZts6RqWrGA" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;

The Commercial Juicer at Hammacher Schlemmer offers regular consumers the opportunity to upgrade their home juicing volume. For a price. & lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/a6m9CQsKYUY" height="1" width="1"/ & gt;