A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine flu), on the ground in real time.

What's great about the iPhone is if you want to check for registered sex offenders in your neighborhood, there's an app for that. I'm not making this up. The iPhone sex offender locator app is called Offender Locator and uses the GPS in your iPhone to locate registered sex offenders living near your current location.

A new Disneyland iPhone App for sale on iTunes makes your trip easier through cooperation. The “Got PlanS Disneyland Park Planner” by HyTech Professionals (ie, not Disney) includes the usual trip planning mobile application components: a park map, dining suggestions, attractions, etc. But Got PlanS has a few features that make it more than worth its modest price

Microsoft has unveiled a line of mobile applications designed to rival iPhone applications and software. The software giant also inked a deal with the world's third-largest cell phone maker, LG, to use Windows software in some 60 devices to be produced between now and 2012.