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Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie foreshadowed a couple of still-to-be-released Microsoft’s cloud-developer services during his speech at the company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) on July 24. Ozzie was careful to avoid codenames or ship dates during his talk for Wall Street analysts and media in Redmond.

While more and more users are choosing “premium” versions of Windows, the opposite is happening with Office, Microsoft’s other cash cow. Stephen Elop, the head of Microsoft’s Business Division, told attendees of Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) in Redmond on July 24, acknowledged

The same day that Forrester Research is touting yet another of a growing number of studies claiming Vista is failing to gain traction in the enterprise, Microsoft is claiming just the opposite. In a presentation at Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond on July 24, company officials outlined their bullish projections and claims for Windows Vista.

Quick update from Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM): Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 to the Web “later this year.” Microsoft has tried its best not to provide a ship target for IE 8 — like most of its Windows client family of products.

During Microsoft’s annual Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, the company will finally show off semi-publicly the spherical Surface computer that has been rumored for the past few months. Microsoft listed its “multi-touch Spherical display” as one of the demos that the company will show off during its DemoFest for conference attendees next week.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer played online-services pitch man duirng his opening keynote at Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM), explaining why Micorsoft believes it must continue to invest heavily in search and advertising to remain competitive in the coming years.

Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer in a note he sent to employees on July 23 about President Kevin Johnson’s surprise departure from the company.

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