Almost unbelievably, Vista licenses have passed the 100 million mark. Microsoft has also moved over 17.7 million Xbox 360s total, growing the install base by over 70 percent from the year before (pre-Halo 3). Even with Bill G on the way out, things don't look so bad from this side of Ballmer. [Microsoft]

So how fast is the Wii printing money now vs. last year? Because Nintendo is all weird and Japanese (not really), they don't do a quarterly breakdown, but a three-quarterly breakdown. Having sold 20 million Wiis worldwide—14.29 million in the last nine months—and over 64.79 DSes—nearly 25 million in the last nine months—Nintendo raked in a ridonkulous $2.43 billion profit, or almost double what it made in the same period last year. They also said they're going to make even more money this year than previously thought.

While AT&T pulled in 2.7 million new suckas, most of the profit boost vs. last year actually spurs from its digestion of BellSouth, which had taken place at the time. They posted profits of $3.1 billion for the quarter, up from $1.9 billion last year on revenues of $30.3 billion, up from $15.9 billion. U-verse rollout is still moving along, with an expected 1 million subscribers by the end of the year. Exciting!

On the Nokia front, their profit is up 44 percent to $2.6 billion, having reached their lifelong dream of claiming 40 percent of the handset market. They sold over 133 million of 'em from October to December—a lot of gabbers. Naturally their stock shot up on the news, while poor Motorola is pretty much bombing the hells outon all fronts. Guess we know where Nokia pulled some of its newfound marketshare from.

Netflix is still rollin' dough too, even as it stands on the brink of assault from multiple fronts—subscribers are up 18 percent, to 7.5 million, which helped them pull in $15.4 million, a nice little boost from $14.9 million last year. Good job, guys!

And that's it for today's money-grubbing. [NYT, NYT, NYT, NYT]

To put that into perspective, Motorola's net income amounted to 4 cents per share, which was down from $623 million, or 25 cents per share a year earlier. Sales also fell from $11.79 billion to $9.65 billion. If that wasn't enough, Motorola's global market share is down 13 percent from 23 percent at the end of 2006—and it hasn't bottomed out yet.

As mentioned back in October, the most serious losses have come from their handset division. Sales have sunk 38 percent to $4.8 billion during the quarter, with a total operating loss of $388 million. The total damage tops out at $4.9 million compared to a $3.67 billion profit in 2006. Not to worry though, Motrorola execs said that innovative new devices would help turn things around. Duh! During morning trading Motorola shares plunged $1.96, or 15.9 percent, to a nearly four-year low of $10.36. [Brietbart via Valleywag]

One shiny spot was data revenues, which are up 28 percent vs. last year. A big question for Sprint's decision people is whether the quarter's results are making Xohm look more like a venture they should bet big on or an unnecessary risk for a struggling company. Your opinions, expert or otherwise in the comments. [Sprint, Flickr]

FiOS rates are also growing, adding 202,000 TV subscribers for 717,000 total (wonder where this comes in), with FiOS internet pulling in 229,000 newbies. But FiOS rollout continues to scratch Verizon's piggy bank, knocking earnings down by 9 cents a share. The DSL front on the other hand is pretty bleh, with "unimpressive" growth, though it's obviously less important than growing out FiOS subscribers, given the amount of money they're dumping into the network. [Reuters]

75 percent of client Windows customers are opting for "premium versions" (wonder why?), so that segment grew 150 percent vs. the same quarter last year (before Vista Home Premium became buyers' default version), aiding a client revenue growth of 20 percent. OEM revenue's up 25 percent.

Xbox 360-wise, they moved 1.8 million units this quarter—a 90 percent surge over same quarter last year— which was attributed to the August price cut, Halo 3 interest and a production ramp up. Overall, the division generated $1.9 billion in sales, with $330 million of that coming from Halo 3. Interestingly, the 360's leading sales of 3rd-party games of the current gen systems.

For the overall year, Microsoft's projecting revenue of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion for an operating income of $23.3 billion to $23.7 billion, making the $240 million they tossed Facebook and the GDP of some countries look like a pittance. [Microsoft]

They estimate their global handset marketshare to be 13 percent, jibing with an earlier report, which marks a drop from 22 percent marketshare a year earlier. We've said it before, and it's worth repeating, a real flagship would help the languishing brand power and maybe edge it back toward claiming its old number 2 spot from Samsung. Or, you know, you could maintain your image of pumping out RAZR knockoffs and bleeding money like you've got the deadly Motaba virus. [Motorola]

Bravia didn't touch the black either (-¥21 billion), due to falling LCD prices. The real boost to the bottom line compared with last year's quarter is that this year Sony's not swallowing a ¥51.2 billion loss from its infamous battery recall, as well as a ¥30.3 billion bonus from a weak yen, though Cybershot and Handycam sales helped push the consumer electronics division to profits of ¥106.9 billion. Overall, not a pretty picture for Sony when two of its marquee brands are bleeding cash, even more profusely so than in past quarters. [IHT, CNN Money]