INTRODUCTION
The Comeback Kids
E-biz has returned with a vengeance. Meet the 25 men and women who got things clicking
EMPIRE BUILDERS
Meg Whitman, eBay
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com
Terry Semel, Yahoo!
Barry Diller, InterActiveCorp
Eric Schmidt, Google
Online Extra: Jeff Bezos: Fixated on the Customer
Amazon's chief talks about the initiatives that have led it to defy skeptics and become the all-star e-tailer
ARCHITECTS
Sean Maloney, Intel
John Thompson, Symantec
Sam Palmisano, IBM
Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital
Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon
INNOVATORS
Sanjay Sarma, MIT's AutoID Center
Steve Jobs, Apple
Mark Benioff, Salesforce.com
Jorma Ollila, Nokia
Online Extra: Sanjay Sarma: Mighty Smart Labels
The MIT researcher says radio-frequency ID tags are almost here -- and their uses will be mind-blowing, perhaps lifesaving
WEBSMART
Linda Dillman, Wal-Mart Stores
Michael Dell, Dell
David Neeleman, JetBlue
VISIONARIES
Howard Rheingold, Author of Smart Mobs
John Arquilla, U.S. Navy
Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Economist
Ken Kutaragi, Sony
UP-AND-COMERS
Mark Goldston, United Online
Jim Ramo, Movielink
Charles Zhang, Sohu.com
Joe Fedele, FreshDirect
Online Extra: Mark Goldston: A Lucrative On-Ramp
The CEO of low-price ISP United Online explains why the 40 million households without broadband access are worth targeting
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The Info Tech 100
BusinessWeek's exclusive ranking of the world's top IT companies
Will Web Services Click?
Instead of exploding, the movement to help disparate computer systems easily communicate is gaining in fits and starts
Women of Tech
In Corporate America, the number of tech outfits run by women is small. But their influence is growing, as are their achievements
Q&A with eBay's Meg Whitman
The head of the online auctioneer explains how it keeps growing by paying special attention to users' needs
Tech Gurus
Meet five people who aren't waiting for an economic rebound to push back the boundaries of technology
Q&A with IBM's Sam Palmisano
Customers are in charge now, insists Big Blue's CEO, and technological change will be driven primarily by their needs
Q&A with Apple's Steve Jobs
Apple's visionary-in-chief looks at tech's condition today and says: "I see a recovery in innovation coming out of this downturn"
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