Wow! That's a lot of kit being shifted by Apple. With the publication of its financial results for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, Apple announces revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share.

International sales accounted for 42 percent of the quarter's revenue. Compare that with a revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million, or $.92 per diluted share, for the same time last year....