Sunnyvale (CA) – Yahoo introduced a new open location-based services (LBS) platform called Fire Eagle that helps users publish their current location to the Web, while giving them the ability to control how and where their location data is shared. Geodata are shared with authorized applications on the Internet, mobile and desktop applications.

First Look - Product announcements are always tricky in a the way how you describe a products features in a flashy enough way to attract attention, but remain sufficiently careful to not overstate its features and benefits.

Calgary (CA) – Voodoo, the boutique end of HP, has been designing crazy computers for a while, and HP’s almost unlimited resources have now allowed it to make an even crazier laptop. We first wrote about the ultra-portable Envy 133 back on June 10th and now take a closer look at Voodoo’s MacBook Air-killer.

With Envy 133, it seems that the engineers wanted to swing for the fences because the notebook is completely built out of carbon fiber, and the way how engineers got multi-touch touchpad to work is just madness. As you can see in the gallery, both the speakers and touchpad are set inside of drilled carbon fiber.

Chicago (IL) – It was clear yesterday that Mozilla is likely to achieve its goal to become part of the book of Guinness World Records with the most downloaded software within 24 hours. The download pace has slowed considerably on day 2, but allowed the company to cross the 10 million mark in less than 48 hours.

By Suzanne Choney
MSNBC
updated 8:16 a.m. CT, Tues., June. 10, 2008

They’re the Cadillacs of smartphones, and the choices of the über-hip. How do you decide whether to go the iPhone or BlackBerry route?

By William J. Astore

BY SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

(06-04) 10:01 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.

By BRIAN BERGSTEIN - AP Technology Writer
Edition Date: 06/03/08

By Scott Hillis

SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (Reuters) - June has arrived and for Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fans and investors that means just one thing -- a new iPhone.

By J.D. BIERSDORFER
New York Times News Service

WINDOWS ON A MAC
Q. what is the easier way to run the windows operating system on intel-based macintosh hardware boot camp or a program like parallels.

A. Both methods of running windows on amac have their advantages. but before you take the plunge you should figure out how an how often you want to run windows.