Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, contends that 7 minutes of the June 7 keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been blocked off for a presentation by Microsoft to talk about Visual Studio 2010, the company’s suite of development tools. Chowdhry says the new version of VS will allow developers to write native applications for the iPhone, iPad and Mac OS. And here’s the kicker: he thinks Microsoft’s presentation could be given by none other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. 

I just can't take this seriously. What would be in it for Microsoft?

The Android platform is a much bigger threat to Apple than anything Microsoft can introduce in the mobile phone market. In the meantime, Apple is also purportedly working on their own search offering for the future.