<span style="font-size:19.5pt;">Apple passes Microsoft to be biggest tech company</span>

<span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company.

Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).

Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.

However, Microsoft still enjoys higher profits than Apple. Its most recent annual net profit was $14.6bn (£10bn), compared with $5.7bn for Apple.

Microsoft also reported bigger full-year revenues of $58.4bn, with Apple on $36.5bn.

Apple's shares closed Wednesday trading down 0.4% at $244.11, while Microsoft fell by 4% to $25.01.

http://news.bbc.co.u...8684.stm</span>

Edited May 27, 201015 yr by Sylph

And to think Apple was WAY below $100 about 5 years ago.

Not its at $250.

I'm waiting for the dang Iphone to come out, I'm sick of my 3G.