YouTube's got TV in its sights
Internet video chief Chad Hurley says he wants YouTube to be watched in the same way as television, up from 15 minutes a day to an average of five hours. Such a move in watching time would have the potential to open up the global $450bn (£292bn) television advertising market to YouTube, which was bought by Google for $1.65bn in 2006.
The Telegraph 

Smartphone games booming in US
The US mobile games market contracted by 13 per cent in terms of subscribers in the 12 months ending February 2010 to sit at 50.9 million. The good news, however, is that there was a 60 per cent increase in the number of people playing games on smartphones over the 12 month period (now at 21.4 million).
Mobile Entertainment

Microsoft completes Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 has been "released to manufacturing", the last major milestone before release. RTM occurs when Microsoft officially signs off the code, and the company will now allow Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 to be installed on new machines by PC makers, burnt to CDs and uploaded to Microsoft's servers ready for download.
PC Pro

UN split on cybercrime conventions
A United Nations committee on international crime prevention is split on how to deal with cybercrime. Some countries want the existing European convention to be adopted worldwide, while others want a completely new agreement to be created. At the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Brazil last week nations debated how to tackle what they agreed was a major and growing problem.
The Register

US college blocking Apple iPad connections
The Apple iPad may be flying off the shelves, but it hasn't been an unmitigated success for the company, with US universities admitting that the device is causing them problems. With the UK launch put back by a whole month due to the US demand for the device, Apple's iPad is performing above expectations in terms of sales, but some colleges are having trouble with the device.
Tech Radar

Media consumption on the increase
People are watching more television, reading more news, playing more video games, spending more time updating their social networking profiles and using more video on demand services than they were six months ago, according to a KPMG survey published today, but their actual spending has plunged as increasingly consumers expect free access. Spending on 'traditional' media such as newspapers and magazines has dropped almost 20 per cent in the last six months, while spending on digital media has almost halved.
The Guardian

T-Mobile and 3UK build Europe's largest shared 3G network
T-Mobile UK and 3UK are on course to complete their joint network infrastructure programme by the end of 2010. The pair say that when completed, it will be Europe's largest shared network and will offer smartphone and dongle customers the most far-reaching 3G coverage in the UK, along with excellent levels of connection coverage and performance.
Mobile Business Magazine

Social media and stranded traveller
If the volcanic ash from Iceland had made its way across Europe five years ago, its effects would have been even more distressing for the thousands of people stranded far from home. Why? Because five years ago most people did not have access to the social-networking services which are helping some stranded travellers make their way home.
BBC News