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This week's best posts include:

• Alpha Geek: Video Editing 101
  "'Tis the season for sharing home movies--but don't try your friends' and relatives' patience waiting for something good to happen in the hours of tape you shot on vacation."
• Q&A with Microsoft about Windows Vista
  "Just got back from a weekend visit to the Microsoft campus up in Redmond, Washington where I got the chance to hear about Windows Vista and other new MS creations..."
• Hack Attack: How to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels
  "You can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you're thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural!"
• Geek to Live: iTunes power tips
  "Today I'd like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version."
• Lifehacker Book Preview, Chapter 7: Organize Your Stuff
  "The more findable your data is, the more effective you can be."
• 15 unusual ways to use Google
  "...including tracking packages, converting units of measure and providing encyclopedic information."
• How NOT to be a Blackberry parent
  "In perhaps the most depressing article about information addiction ever published - or yet another eye-grabbing attempt by the mainstream media to demonize technology - the Wall Street Journal reports on 'Blackberry orphans,' kids who feel neglected by thumb-crazy parents."
• Download of the Day: Google Toolbar 3 Beta (Firefox)
  "Access your bookmarks or your Google Docs & Spreadsheets files from anywhere..."
• Make your own gift wrap
  "Do-it-yourself alternatives to store-bought gift wrap include comics, magazine pages, paper bags and even aluminum foil."