Can technology foster neighborly love and real life communication? A bunch of new start-ups certainly think so. A New York Times piece reports on these businesses that allow people to share, exchange and rent technological gadgets in a local setting—and so far, consumers are willing to share rather than buy.

But not all is equal in technology. TechCrunch ran an article on the gendered technological arena: there are just not many women being Silicon Valley entrepreneurs compared to men.

In other technology news, MarketWatch is predicting a lukewarm reception to the upcoming Windows 7 phone, citing an as-yet-unknown app market model as one of the pitfalls. The phone might be cool, the article reads, but without developers sustaining the app stores, it won't fly.

Which is exactly what RIM is going through. Their latest privacy brouhaha with a couple of countries are costing the BlackBerry users—and their latest product, Torch, is doing nothing for them.

And with regards to privacy, there's probably nothing more unsafe than tweeting about your current exact location. USAToday reveals just how pinpointing where you're at might open up the potential for robbery and burglary.

Neighborly Borrowing, Over the Online Fence [NYTimes]

RIM Looks Forward as India, Other Challenges Loom [Reuters]

Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Blaming the Men [TechCrunch]

Location Services Pose Huge Security Risks [USAToday]

Low Hopes for Microsoft's Phone 7 [MarketWatch]