Over the last five years, Microsoft has undergone a gradual, but significant, shift in its public image, a shift toward interoperability and a willingness to play more fairly in competitive markets. Full Article at BetaNews

Steve Gillmor noted that in a previous talk, Ozzie promised to "do the right thing" with regard to integrating Silverlight technologies down the road into the whole discussion of HTML 5 standards. Full Article at BetaNews

If the world needs one browser-based operating system, why not three more? With the interest Google's Chrome OS has generated, can operating systems based upon Firefox, Internet Explorer, even Opera, be far behind? Full Article at PC World

Microsoft launched Windows Azure, its cloud-based services offering at the recent Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Full Article at ZDNet

Published: 05:00 PM EST Google's Android is working to match the iPhone App Store's mobile software market but with fewer restrictions for developers. Full Article at AppleInsider

Download of the day Microsoft kicked off its Professional Developer Conference (PDC09) with the announcement that its Windows Azure cloud platform would be available on Jan. 1, 2010, and new features and functionality would quickly follow suit. Full Article at Internet.com

After years of planning, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie has delivered the foundation for Microsoft's future - a technology that allows Windows applications to run either in the cloud or in-house. Full Article at ComputerWeekly.com

This sounds an awful lot like sour grapes to me: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software engineer, told a Professional Developers' Conference earlier this week that it wasn't the apps that would make or break the smartphone platforms. Full Article at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

“Customers want choice and flexibility in how they develop and deploy applications,” announced Ray Ozzie. Full Article at Tech Shout!

Instead, Windows Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky demonstrated the latest test version, with the Trident rendering engine running on DirectX instead of GDI - to show that IE development is still going on, and making progress on performance and... Full Article at Tech.co.uk

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie significantly blew past the basic Exchange, SharePoint and SQL database hosting services with the Azure announcements at PDC 2009 yesterday. Full Article at PC World

Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Full Article at RedmondMag.com

Speaking yesterday at the Professional Developer’s Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explained what’s really important when it comes to the smartphone business, and it’s apparently nothing at all to do with the number of apps... Full Article at The Apple Blog

LOS ANGELES — In a major game changer for both the industry and the company, Microsoft has launched its cloud. Part of what's billed as the next evolutionary step in computing, the move marks a major expansion and investment. Full Article at Vancouver Sun

"Mobile apps aren't an important factor in the success of a smartphone platform, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie claimed today," Electronista reports. Full Article at MacDailyNews

Windows 7 took the Professional Developer Conference stage this morning in the guise of Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows & Windows Live division. Sinofsky stood before the crowd of Microsoft developers as a victor. Full Article at BetaNews

One noticeable no-show at this week’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is Live Mesh. Full Article at ZDNet

After spending some time in private beta with the likes of services like Wordpress, Azure, which Microsoft describes as "software plus service," will go into general availability on Jan. 1. Full Article at E-Commerce Times

Bill Gates is not walking through that door, folks. It's Ray Ozzie's show now. And Microsoft's Chief Software Architect is tying the company's future to the cloud computing platform Azure -- an amorphous product that clients can't see or touch. Risky? Full Article at Channel Web