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Lots of companies have published their earnings from the last quarter which also represents the last quarter of the calendar year. Google, Intel, and Microsoft have all registered amazing records even though the search giant has failed to live it up to the analysts’ expectations, a fact which hasn’t happened in the past 27 months.

Google has posted a $2.71 billion profit from a $8.13 billion revenue in Q4 2011. Year-over-year the search giant has increased its profit as in Q4 2010 it recorded a $2.54 billion revenue. The earnings per diluted share stand at $9.50 although the analysts were expecting the company to reach at least $10.50 per share. In addition, most analysts said that Google should have gathered at least $8.40 billion net revenue, but the problem was that Android sales have increased as much as they would have hoped.

The company’s quarterly earnings also say that Google’s gross revenue reached $10.58 billion which represents at 25% increase over the same period in 2010 and a record for the search giant which has never went over $10 billion in a quarter.

Google’s traffic has increased a little therefore the costs have also increased. The search giant has also been affected by the hard drives shortages cause by the flooding in Thailand. After the company failed to meet the expectations of the analysts, Google’s stock has dropped up to 9%.

The earnings report also mentions that more than 700,000 Android devices are activated on a daily basis, 11 billion apps were downloaded from the Android Market, while Google+ has reached more than 90 million registered users.

Moving towards Intel, the processor manufacturer has registered $13.9 billion in revenue in order to announce a $54 billion revenue for the full year. The company was helped by AMD’s failure to pose a real challenge on the PC market. ChipZilla is also expecting a strong year in 2012 thanks to a very high demand of ultrabooks, a market which is on the rising.

Intel said that the net income for Q4 2012 stands at $3.4 billion, while the operating income has reached $4.6 billion. For the first quarter of 2012, ChipZilla is expecting to record $12.8 billion in revenue.

Last but not least, Microsoft posted its earnings for Q2 2012 fiscal year. The Windows market posted $20.89 billion revenue which represents a new record and a 5% increase over the same period in Q2 2011 fiscal year. Microsoft’s profits reached $6.62 billion which is down from $6.63 billion over the same period in the 2011 FY.

The biggest revenue increase has been recorded in the Entertainment & Devices Division where Microsoft recorded $4.24 billion in revenue, up 15% from Q2 2011. The statement also said that more than 66 million Xbox 360s, 18 million Kinects and an impressive amount of 525 million Windows 7 copies have been sold across the globe, while there are more than 40 million Xbox Live registered users.