Microsoft Earnings Beat Estimates on Office, Xbox Sales

Microsoft’s fiscal first-quarter earnings jumped 51% as the world’s largest software maker boosted sales of its Office 2010 product and grabbed share in the videogame-console market. Microsoft shares jumped on the news.
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Apple’s Stealth Assault on the Video Game Market

By now you probably know that the surprise hit of Apple’s latest earnings call was the hockey-puck-size AppleTV device. But an unexpected upside for Apple is that AppleTV could be a backdoor entry into the video-game console ma…