Microsoft 3Q profit falls from Vista-heavy 2007 quarter
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080424/capt.6ab99c210274474d9fe522fbadf21995.earns_microsoft_nybz177.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AN3Jj5n_ZinSiwQHMw.ojQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., talks to the crowd of scientists as the keynote speaker for the seventh annual Institute for Systems Biology International Symposium in Seattle in this April 21, 2008, file photo. Microsoft Corp. is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings, Thursday, April 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft)AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 11 percent from a year earlier, when the software maker reported more than $1 billion in deferred revenue tied to delays in the launch of the Windows Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
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