Microsoft expects fastest-ever uptake of Office 2010 release
Microsoft expects customers to adopt the latest version of its Office productivity software at a faster rate than any previous version. The prediction is based on the fact that the beta version of the software has been downloaded and tested by three times as many people as any previous version. Office 2010 is to be released to business officially today (12 May) at an event in New York.
Computer Weekly

Apple dismisses Android market share claim
Apple has dismissed a report that claims that Google’s Andriod platform now has a greater share of the US smartphone market than the iPhone.  The NPD report said that Android phones — from the likes of HTC, Motorola and Google itself — took 28% of the US market in the first quarter of 2010, ahead of the iPhone’s 21 per cent.
Mac User

Hard drives better than cloud for small businesses?
An executive from EMC has claimed small businesses would be better off financially buying a hard drive than taking up any cloud offerings. Despite the company talking endlessly about cloud computing over the past few days at its annual conference in Boston, Joel Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager of common storage platform operations at EMC, said it wasn't necessarily the best option for smaller operations.
IT Pro   

Will new Government kill the Digital Economy Bill?
The formation of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Government has raised hopes that the controversial Digital Economy Bill will be repealed.  Both parties were hugely critical of the bill, which passed through the Commons during the so-called "wash-up" procedure before the General Election.
PC Pro

Nokia plans smartphones unit
Nokia is planning to set up a new unit focused on smartphones as part of a management restructuring. Rick Simonson, head of the mobile-phone unit, is stepping down due to personal reasons. In July, chief development officer Mary McDowell will succeed Simonson, who will continue as senior adviser.
The new unit focused on smartphones, mobile computers and internet services will be headed by sales chief, Anssi Vanjoki. The Finnish company will launch a new line of smartphones later this year. Nokia is also looking to split its mobile devices business into three units, down from the current five
Global Telecoms Business

EA Mobile revenues shift up a gear
EA Mobile generated $55 million of GAAP revenues in the first quarter of this year - EA's fiscal fourth quarter.That's up 12% year-on-year. For its fiscal 2010 as a whole, EA Mobile generated $212 million of revenues, up 12% from its fiscal 2009.Mobile accounted for 6% of EA's overall revenues in the first quarter of this year, the same as it did a year ago.
Mobile Entertainmnet

China to be largest consumer of chips by 2014
China will unseat the US to become the world's largest consumer of chips by 2014, according to Intel. While much of the world has been languishing in recession, sales in countries like China, Brazil and Russia have driven demand for hardware and services. The industry is also having to deal with different sales strategies for these new markets that do not reflect traditional buying patterns.
V3

Brands embrace in-ad video format
Firefly Video is an online video ad platform that enables advertisers to run video within any display ad format.The player is embedded in the ad unit itself, allowing publishers without video capabilities to monetise video without any special integration or technology.
New Media Age

ITN Appoints Its First Mobile Head - Miguel Tatay
UK TV-and-video news producer ITN Productions is hiring its first ever head of mobile - mobile ad net 4th Screen Advertising’s Miguel Tatay.ITN has been getting lots of work in original online/multimedia video news commissions for the last couple of years through its prolific ITN On division, and has recently been wrapping some of them in to smartphone apps.
Paid Content

Android Google Maps – now for cyclists
Google Maps for Android already offers directions for driving, walking and public transport. Now it's added cycling – but only in the US at present, and only for Android 1.6 users. Other new features include the ability to share your location through email, messaging or Twitter (in addition to Google Latitude) and a new quick-launch navigation icon for your programme launcher.
Mobile Entertainment