Microsoft Office 2010 Available May 12

Business users will be able to get Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010: May 12. Consumers will have to wait until June to buy the product online and at retail, Microsoft officials said on March 5, via a post to the Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog. Microsoft also began offering users who are purchasing Office 2007 a free upgrade to Office 2010, as of today, March 5.

iPad Available April 3

Apple officially set the release date early Friday, after months of speculation about when the device would become available to the public.

Wi-Fi models will be available in the U.S. on April 3 and models with Wi-Fi and 3G will be available in late April.

Customers can pre-order any iPad, for a starting price of $499, from Apple’s online store beginning March 12, and an iBooks application for the iPad will be available as a free download on April 3, according to a company statement.