Analyst firm Ovum describes Microsoft's results as "dismal" but suggests the worst might be over for the software giant.

Had your fill of pre-release and now release candidate Windows 7 from Microsoft, and want something else shiny and new to try out? Step right up and take your chances with the law while downloading a “pirate” copy of the Office 2010 Technical Preview, now available at all those endangered torrent sites near you.

When Microsoft launched Office 2007, it also introduced the new “ribbon” interface, hated by some and loved by others. Screenshots of the Office 14 suite, said to be due for release in 2010, now show the ribbon is everywhere – but will Microsoft update Powerpoint so it matches and betters the “cinema transitions” in Apple’s Keynote?

Sorry to disappoint those fans of MS Office who were hoping to see an Office 14 release ahead of the official Windows 7 arrival. According to some leaked Microsoft slides, it looks like that is not going to happen. Not that anyone actually cares, do they?