Microsoft, Amazon Post Strong First Quarters on the Strengths of Windows 7 and Kindle

Two of our Most Innovative Companies, Amazon and Microsoft, are among the many that reported their quarterly financial earnings today. And, because our list is exactly that good, both are showing healthy growth on the strength of new or new-ish products.

Microsoft's overall revenue is up 6% from this quarter last year, and would actually have been 8% but the purchases of the upcoming Office 2010 suite had to be deferred until next quarter, when the product is actually released. That bests...