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thanks to a Grinch target shoppers and they have to cancel their credit cards I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update hackers have stolen information on 40 million credit and debit cards from Target store shoppers hackers were able to get customer names credit and debit card numbers expiration dates and also the three digit security code on the back of those cards this impacts anyone who's shopped at a u.s. Target store between November 27th and December 15th of course that's right smack in the middle of the biggest holiday shopping time Black Friday weekend if you shopped at a Target store you need to watch your credit card or bank statements for any unusual activity right now it looks like online shoppers were spared and Target says the system is safe now to use your card if you go shop now target is working with law enforcement to hunt down the hackers many airlines won't bug you anymore about turning off your electronic mobile devices during takeoff and landing but you still can't make a phone call on the plane that may change because the Federal Communications Commission is considering to allow in-flight phone calls there is some good news for those of you that would be irritated by chatty neighbors both Delta and JetBlue said that even if the FCC allows in-flight phone calls they won't both airlines said they want to keep flights quiet for customers but customers would be allowed to text and send emails on mobile devices for those of you with a Windows Phone there are two new Xbox media apps available there's Xbox video and Xbox music preview these apps let you stream movies shows and music it's handy for switching viewing between devices so say if you start watching a movie on your phone you can switch to the TV with the Xbox and it'll pick up where you left off Google often hides little tricks into its software or websites the latest trick helps you get into the holiday spirit with Christmas carols first you have to open the Google Search app on iOS or Android then you launch a voice search or you can even type in the phrase ok Google now let's go caroling in response you'll get a list of carols along with lyrics and a bouncing ball and the song can play from your phone it's a bit of activity for kids and for spreading Christmas cheer for all to hear but if you're not the sing-along type you can still get in the holiday spirit with lots of free holiday music many streaming media services have stations designed for the holidays you already know about Pandora but there are also preset Christmas stations on slacker Songza and tune in radio that your tech news update and you can find more details at cnet.com slash and be sure to follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey