Eight ways to turn your Nano into a weapon. Blog: Apple computers. Apple iPods. Apple...weaponry? Excuse me?Enter ex-Marine Brad Collum, who thought up eight unusual ways to murder... [CNET News.com] 

Video: Hear our reporters' take on the Office 2007 delay.Video: Hear our reporters' take on the Office 2007 delay. After yet another product delay, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy about the emerging pattern. Go behind the scenes with Charlie Cooper, Brian Cooley and Ina Fried for this week's CNET News.com Reporter's Roundtable.
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Mac 911: Unwelcome fireworks. Login item making your Mac loopy? Here's how to edit your way out of a jam. 

News: CrossOver lets Windows apps run on OS X, sans Windows. CodeWeavers has announced plans to release an Intel Mac version of CrossOver, its WINE-based Windows compatibility software. 

Review: Parallels Desktop for Mac. Intel-based Mac users who have the need or desire to work with other operating systems will find a valuable tool in Parallels Desktop for Mac. This virtualization application lets you run nearly every version of Windows on your Mac (as well as multiple versions of Linux) at very good speeds and without ever needing to reboot your machine.
 

Macworld Podcast: Camcorder tips. All new Macs come with the iLife '06 suite, which includes the video-editing program iMovie. But how does one edit good video, not to mention shoot good footage in the first place? Fortunately, Richard Baguley is on hand to give us some camcorder selection and shooting tips. 

Bush the reckless. The president quietly threatens to gut Social Security again, and the timing could be good for Democrats. [Salon] 

Flooded and forgotten. Louisiana is still devastated, and its people -- black and white, rich and poor -- feel like the rest of the country doesn't care. [Salon] 

Apple executes smooth transition to Intel-powered Macs. As well as the transition to Intel chips has gone, a few issues remain. Chief among them is the arrival [MacDailyNews] 

Analyst: Apple to release ‘AppleVision’ set-top box ‘TiVo killer’. Most Apple watchers are spending their time gaping at the current runaway success of the company... [MacDailyNews] 

New Oregon cold-medicine law seeks to clamp down on meth labs. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Popular cold and allergy medicines containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine will require a prescription in Oregon beginning Saturday as the state becomes the first to go that far to keep the pills from home meth labs. [News Review - News] 

Employee sues Umpqua Community College. The resigning director of facilities at Umpqua Community College has filed a lawsuit claiming the college violated his First Amendment rights and punished him for speaking out on matters of public interest. [News Review - News] 

Unlocking the Promise of Web 2.0 (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The Internet is evolving. Whereas once it served mostly as a conduit for data, today the World Wide Web is turning into something more akin to a giant operating system, an immense interactive platform on which full-blown applications run in your browser and collaboration occurs in real time. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 

Editors' Notes: Where did we go right?. Technology transitions rarely go smoothly. But Apple's move to Intel chips has been remarkably free of the usual Sturm und Drang. 

Palestinian Premier Says Israel Seeks to Cripple Government. Ismail Haniyah called the seizure of 64 members of Hamas part of a "premeditated plan" to cripple the Palestinian government. By GREG MYRE and STEVEN ERLANGER. [NYT > Home Page]