win 7相助 微软获利45.2亿-凯发k8官网

microsoft has reported profits of $4.52bn (£2.96bn) for the three months between april and june - up 48% on the same period last year.

本年度四月至六月，微软获利45.2亿美元，同比增长48%。

windows 7 has sold well since its launch last year

the software giant said strong sales of its windows 7 operating system helped to boost profits.

the company said 175 million windows 7 licences had now been sold since its launch last year.

total revenues（总收入） hit $16bn with strong sales from the bing search engine and the xbox games console.

profits for the year to the end of june were $18.76bn, a 29% increase on the previous 12 months.

"the revenue growth, combined with our ¹ cost discipline, helped us achieve another quarter of ² expansion," said peter klein, microsoft's chief financial officer.

as well as the launch of new products, including office 2010 earlier this year, microsoft has benefited from a ³（回弹） in technology spending.

worldwide sales of personal computers have risen by more than 20% in the last three months, according to research company idc.

amazon profits up

microsoft's strong results came amid a raft of positive ⁴ news from the us.

online ⁵ amazon also reported a big rise in its profits for the quarter, which were up by 45% on last year at $207m.

amazon said a big increase in sales of electronic books for its ⁶ device had helped profits.

it's flagship store amazon.com is now selling more kindle books than hard copies, the company said, with kindle book sales now up 200% on the same time last year.

earlier, ^{7 8 9}, delivery firm ups and telecom at&t also reported strong ¹⁰.

in response shares on wall street's dow jones industrial average ended the day up nearly 2%.