Industry News Roundup, May 11

by Matt Cannon
11 May 2012

My picks of the latest news from across the UK IT industry for the week ending Friday 11 May. This week Microsoft’s cloud productivity pack Office 365 has won an important certification and shares in Sony tumble to a 31-year low.

BBC | Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm

The BBC's Ian Hardy looks at why companies have been rushing to embrace HTML5 - and the innovative ways it is being used.

The Telegraph | BT superfast broadband rollout 'ahead of schedule'

BT has completed its superfast broadband rollout to 10 million British homes ahead of schedule, the company has said.

The Register | Office 365 hard enough to penetrate US government

Microsoft’s cloud productivity pack Office 365 has won an important certification from the US government, by ticking off all the to-do’s on the list to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

The Guardian | Facebook App Center to herald launch of first paid apps on social network

Facebook is getting into the app store game, announcing an initiative called App Center which it claims will help developers get their social web and mobile applications discovered by more people.

BBC | Sony shares tumble to 31-year low amid record losses

Sony shares have tumbled to a 31-year low, a day after the company reported a record annual loss of 456.7bn yen ($5.7bn; £3.5bn).