Microsoft vs Apple has become a fable, as now we can see Apple and Microsoft vs the rest of the world. After Apple, Seattle’s tech giant has also shrugged off economic worries by posting a record $15 billion earning in the last quarter.

With their healthiest financial figures, both the companies are jumping upward the economic chill. Microsoft’s net income of $4.3 billion is enough to dwarf Apple’s $1.14 billion, but still Apple’s per share earnings are higher.

Xbox 360, which outsold the PS3 in the US , UK and Japan, has been named as one of the big ticket items of this year and aside from Xbox 360 enterprise and server software also offered good earnings.

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