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Top 100 Global Brands Scoreboard

Posted on 09 March 2006 by admin

The table that follows ranks 100 global brands that have a value greater than $1 billion. The brands were selected according to two criteria. They had to be global in nature, deriving 20% or more of sales from outside their home country. There also had to be publicly available marketing and financial data on which to base the valuation.

Source: Interbrand and BusinessWeek 

2005
Rank
 2004
Rank
 2003
Rank
 2002
Rank
 2001
Rank
 Brand Parent Country
 2005
Brand
Value
($Mil)
 2004
Brand Value
($Mil)
 Change in
Brand Value
(%)

 1  1  1  1  1 Coca-Cola Coca-Cola U.S.  67,525  67,394  0
 
 2  2  2  2  2 Microsoft Microsoft U.S.  59,941  61,372  -2
 
 3  3  3  3  3 IBM International Business Machines Corporation U.S.  53,376  53,791  -1
 
 4  4  4  4  4 GE GE U.S.   46,996  44,111  7
 
 5  5  5  5  6 Intel Intel U.S.  35,588  33,499  6
 
 6  8  6  6  5 Nokia Nokia Finland  26,452  24,041  10
 
 7  6  7  7  7 Disney Walt Disney Company U.S.  26,441  27,113  -2
 
 8  7  8  8  9 McDonald’s McDonald’s Corporation U.S.  26,014  25,001  4
 
 9  9  11  12  14 Toyota Toyota Motor Corporation Japan  24,837  22,673  10
 
 10  10  9  9  11 Marlboro Altria Group U.S.  21,189  22,128  -4
 
 11  11  10  10  12 Mercedes-Benz DaimlerChrysler AG Germany  20,006  21,331  -6
 
 12  13  NR   NR   NR  Citi Citigroup  U.S.  19,967  19,971  0
 
 13  12  12  14  15 Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard U.S.  18,866  20,978  -10
 
 14  14  15  15  17 American Express American Express U.S.  18,559  17,683  5
 
 15  15  16  19  18 Gillette Gillette U.S.  17,534  16,723  5
 
 16  17  19  20  22 BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Germany  17,126  15,886  8
 
 17  16  17  16  NR  Cisco Cisco U.S.  16,592  15,948  4
 
 18  44  45  41  38 Louis Vuitton LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton France  16,077  NA   NA 
 
 19  18  18  18  21 Honda Honda Japan  15,788  14,874  6
 
 20  21  NR   34  42 Samsung Samsung S. Korea  14,956  12,553  19
 
 21  25  29  31  32 Dell Dell U.S.  13,231  11,500  15
 
 22  19  14  11  8 Ford Ford U.S.  13,159  14,475  -9
 
 23  22  23  45  44 Pepsi Pepsi U.S.  12,399  12,066  3
 
 24  23  21  22  23 Nescafé Nestlé Switzerland  12,241  11,891  3
 
 25  26  27  25  19 Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch U.S.  12,018  11,499  5
 
 26  24  22  24  26 Budweiser Anheuser-Busch U.S.  11,878  11,846  0
 
 27  28  24  23  25 Oracle Oracle U.S.  10,887  10,935  0
 
 28  20  20  21  20 Sony Sony Japan  10,754  12,759  -16
 
 29  33  37  NR   NR  HSBC HSBC Britain  10,429  8,671  20
 
 30  31  33  35  34 Nike Nike U.S.  10,114  9,260  9
 
 31  29  28  28  30 Pfizer Pfizer U.S.  9,981  10,635  -6
 
 32  NR   NR   NR   NR  UPS UPS U.S.  9,923  New   New 
 
 33  27  26  26  NR  Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley U.S.  9,777  11,498  -15
 
 34  30  NR   NR   NR  JPMorgan JP Morgan Chase U.S.  9,455  9,781  -3
 
 35  35  39  43  41 Canon Canon Japan  9,044  8,055  12
 
 36  34  35  42  43 SAP SAP Aktiengesellschaft Germany  9,006  8,323  8
 
 37  37  41  39  33 Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs U.S.  8,495  7,954  7
 
 38  NR   NR   NR   NR  Google Google U.S.  8,461  New   New 
 
 39  36  38  40  39 Kellogg’s Kellogg’s U.S.  8,306  8,029  3
 
 40  38  36  36  31 Gap Gap U.S.  8,195  7,873  4
 
 41  43  50  50  49 Apple Apple U.S.  7,985  6,871  16
 
 42  40  43  44  46 Ikea Ikea Sweden  7,817  7,182  9
 
 43  NR   NR   NR   NR  Novartis Novartis Switzerland  7,746  New   New 
 
 44  45  NR   NR   NR  UBS UBS Switzerland  7,565  6,526  16
 
 45  39  NR   NR   98 Siemens Siemens Germany  7,507  7,470  1
 
 46  41  44  NR   NR  Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson U.S.  7,346  7,057  4
 
 47  42  40  37  37 Heinz H. J. Heinz Company U.S.  6,932  7,026  -1
 
 48  47  46  47  40 MTV Viacom U.S.  6,647  6,456  3
 
 49  59  53  52  50 Gucci Gucci Group N.V. Italy  6,619  NA   NA 
 
 50  46  32  32  29 Nintendo Nintendo Co., Ltd. Japan  6,470  6,479  0
 
 51  50  52  53  NR  Accenture Accenture Ltd. U.S.  6,142  5,772  6
 
 52  49  47  54  NR  L’Oreal L’Oréal SA France  6,005  5,902  2
 
 53  65  59  60  55 Philips Philips Netherlands  5,901  NA   NA 
 
 54  51  48  51  45 Xerox Xerox Corporation U.S.  5,705  5,696  0
 
 55  60  NR   NR   NR  eBay eBay Inc. U.S.  5,701  4,700  21
 
 56  48  42  38  35 Volkswagen Volkswagen Germany  5,617  6,410  -12
 
 57  52  55  57  57 Wrigley’s Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company U.S.  5,543  5,424  2
 
 58  61  65  67  59 Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. U.S.  5,256  4,545  16
 
 59  58  57  62  60 Avon Avon Products, Inc. U.S.  5,213  4,849  8
 
 60  56  56  59  56 Colgate Colgate-Palmolive Company U.S.  5,186  4,929  5
 
 61  54  49  49  51 KFC YUM! Brands, Inc. U.S.  5,112  5,118  0
 
 62  53  34  30  27 Kodak Eastman Kodak Company U.S.  4,979  5,231  -5
 
 63  55  51  48  47 Pizza Hut YUM! Brands, Inc. U.S.  4,963  5,050  -2
 
 64  57  54  55  54 Kleenex Kimberly-Clark Corporation U.S.  4,922  4,881  1
 
 65  64  61  64  61 Chanel Chanel S.A. France  4,778  4,416  8
 
 66  62  60  61  NR  Nestlé Nestlé S.A. Switzerland  4,744  4,529  5
 
 67  63  62  66  NR  Danone Groupe Danone France  4,513  4,488  1
 
 68  66  74  80  76 Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. U.S.  4,248  4,156  2
 
 69  67  63  65  65 Kraft Kraft Foods Inc. U.S.  4,238  4,112  3
 
 70  68  75  79  NR  Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc. U.S.  4,085  3,801  7
 
 71  69  67  68  70 adidas adidas-Salomon AG Germany  4,033  3,740  8
 
 72  70  68  69  69 Rolex Montres Rolex S.A. Switzerland  3,906  3,720  5
 
 73  76  81  74  66 Motorola Motorola, Inc. U.S.  3,877  3,483  11
 
 74  71  76  58  52 Reuters Reuters Group PLC Britain  3,866  3,691  5
 
 75  72  69  76  74 BP BP p.l.c. Britain  3,802  3,662  4
 
 76  74  NR   NR   NR  Porsche Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche AG Germany  3,777  3,646  4
 
 77  NR   NR   NR   NR  Zara Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A. Spain  3,730  New   New 
 
 78  77  79  81  72 Panasonic Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd Japan  3,714  3,480  7
 
 79  81  NR   NR   NR  Audi Volkswagen AG Germany  3,686  3,288  12
 
 80  80  71  75  62 Duracell The Gillette Company U.S.  3,679  3,362  9
 
 81  75  NR   72  NR  Tiffany & Co. Tiffany & Co. U.S.  3,618  3,637  -1
 
 82  79  73  NR   NR  Hermes Hermes International France  3,540  3,376  5
 
 83  78  78  77  71 Hertz Ford Motor Company U.S.  3,521  3,411  3
 
 84  NR   NR   NR   NR  Hyundai Hyundai Corporation S. Korea  3,480  New   New 
 
 85  90  89  NR   NR  Nissan Nissan Motor Co., Litd. Japan  3,203  2,833  13
 
 86  83  82  NR   NR  Hennessy LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton France  3,201  3,084  4
 
 87  88  NR   NR   NR  ING ING Groep N.V. Netherlands  3,177  2,864  11
 
 88  86  85  84  78 Smirnoff Diageo plc Britain  3,097  2,975  4
 
 89  91  NR   NR   NR  Cartier Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA France  3,050  2,749  11
 
 90  84  83  83  77 Shell Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Brit./Neth.  3,048  2,985  2
 
 91  87  86  85  NR  Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson U.S.  3,040  2,952  3
 
 92  89  88  87  79 Moët & Chandon LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton France  2,991  2,861  5
 
 93  95  87  86  NR  Prada I Pellettieri d’Italia S.p.A.  Italy  2,760  2,568  7
 
 94  NR   NR   NR   NR  Bulgari Bulgari S.p.A. Italy  2,715  New   New 
 
 95  93  NR   100  91 Armani Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Italy  2,677  2,613  2
 
 96  85  77  73  67 Levi’s Levi Srauss & Co. U.S.  2,655  2,979  -11
 
 97  NR   NR   NR   NR  LG LG Electronoics Inc. S. Korea  2,645  New   New 
 
 98  97  92  91  87 Nivea Beiersdorf AG Germany  2,576  2,409  7
 
 99  98  93  93  88 Starbucks Starbucks Corporation U.S.  2,576  2,400  7
 
 100  99  90  88  82 Heineken Heineken N.V. Netherlands  2,357  2,380  -1

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PC WORLD’s 100 Best Products of 2005

Posted on 02 January 2006 by admin

 

The 100 Best Products of 2005.

All Products Listed by Ranking

  1. Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
  2. Google Gmail Web Mail
  3. Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger) Operating System
  4. Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card Wireless Networking
  5. Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD
  6. Alienware Aurora 5500 Performance PC
  7. Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Drive Portable Hard Drive
  8. Skype VoIP Service
  9. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Digital SLR Camera
  10. PalmOne Treo 650 PDA Phone
  11. Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Antivirus Antivirus and Firewall Software
  12. Mysoft Technology Maxthon Browser Plug-In
  13. Rio Carbon Midcapacity MP3 Player
  14. Webroot Window Washer 5.5 Utility
  15. Maxtor H01R300 Shared Storage Drive Network Hard Drive
  16. Google Search Engine
  17. Netgear 54 Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Travel Router Model WGR101 Travel Router
  18. OnlyMyEmail Pro Spam Filter
  19. Sony PlayStation Portable Handheld Gaming Device
  20. NVidia GeForce 6600 GT Graphics Board
  21. APC Back-UPS RS 800VA 120V Uninterruptible Power Supply
  22. 2BrightSparks SyncBackSE Utility
  23. Moon Software Password Agent Password Manager
  24. HP Officejet 7210 All-in-One Multifunction Printer
  25. Winternals Software ERD Commander Data Recovery Software
  26. Ubuntu Linux 5.04 Linux Distribution
  27. Epson PictureMate Photo Printer
  28. Mozilla Thunderbird E-Mail Program
  29. Cloudmark Anti-Fraud Toolbar Browser Security Plug-In
  30. Vonage VoIP Service
  31. Cloudmark SafetyBar Spam Filter
  32. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Image Editor
  33. The New York Times on the Web Web Site
  34. Apple ITunes Media Player
  35. Seagate USB/FireWire Hard Drive External Hard Drive
  36. Canon CanoScan 9950F Scanner
  37. IRiver IFP-895 Flash-Based MP3 Player
  38. Valve Half-Life 2 PC Game
  39. Samsung HL-P5063W Rear-Projection TV
  40. Tor Privacy Software
  41. LG Flatron L1981Q 19-Inch LCD
  42. Dell 3000cn Color Laser Printer
  43. BlackBerry 7100t PDA Phone
  44. Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Pro USB Memory Key
  45. Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ Internal Hard Drive
  46. Compaq Presario V2000 All-Purpose Notebook
  47. Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Media Player
  48. Canon Pixma IP4000R Inkjet/Photo Printer
  49. Best Software Simply Accounting Accounting and Personal Finance
  50. Orb Media Streaming Service
  51. Flickr.com Photography Site
  52. Dell Inspiron 6000 Desktop Replacement Notebook
  53. DirecTV HD DVR HR10-250 HD Receiver and DVR
  54. ACD Systems ACDSee 7 Photo Organizer
  55. Dell UltraSharp 1704FPV 17-Inch LCD
  56. Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom Digital Camera
  57. Qnext Instant Messenger
  58. IBM ThinkCentre A51p All-Purpose PC
  59. SightSpeed Video Instant Messenger
  60. Wikipedia Online Resource
  61. Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1 Instant Messenger
  62. CMS 80GB USB 2.0 ABSplus Notebook Backup System Portable Hard Drive
  63. Nikon Coolpix 7900 Digital Camera
  64. Contour Design RollerMouse Pro Mouse
  65. Adobe InDesign CS2 Desktop Publisher
  66. Shuttle Computer XPC i8600b Small PC
  67. IBM ThinkPad X41 Ultraportable Notebook
  68. Adobe Premiere Elements Video Editor
  69. Dell Axim X30 PDA
  70. A9.com Search Engine
  71. Toshiba RS-TX20 Digital Media Server DVD Recorder
  72. Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 Burning Software
  73. Plextor PX-716UF Rewritable DVD Drive
  74. Casio Exilim EX-Z750 Digital Camera
  75. Apple Mac Mini Small PC
  76. Google Desktop Search Desktop Search Tool
  77. Mitsubishi LT-3050 30-Inch LCD TV
  78. Apple IPod Photo Large-Capacity MP3 Player
  79. Dell 3300MP Projector
  80. FileMaker Pro 7 Database
  81. Sunbelt Software CounterSpy Anti-Spyware Software
  82. Six Apart TypePad Blogging Tool
  83. Acronis True Image 8 Backup Software
  84. Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
  85. Brother HL-5140 Monochrome Laser Printer
  86. Apple ITunes Music Store Music Downloads
  87. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Web Site
  88. Opera 8 Web Browser
  89. Copernic Desktop Search Desktop Search Software
  90. Motorola Razr V3 Cell Phone
  91. Delphi MyFi Satellite Radio
  92. PDAapps VeriChat Standard Edition Mobile Instant Messaging
  93. Sonos Digital Music System Streaming Media Device
  94. EMC Dantz Retrospect Professional 7 Backup Software
  95. Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS Navigation Device
  96. Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 2.0 Portable Speakers
  97. Logitech Z-5500 Digital PC Speaker System
  98. Antec P160 Desktop Case
  99. Corel Painter IX Paint Program
  100. Citrix Online GoToMyPC Personal Remote Access
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PC World’s 50 Greatest Gadgets

Posted on 24 December 2005 by admin

PC World‘s list of the top 50 tech gadgets of the last half century was assembled after we polled our editors for nominations. We then rated the nominated gadgets for usefulness, design, degree of innovation, influence on subsequent gadgets, and the “cool factor.” Here are the results. (For more on our 50 Greatest Gadgets project, see the full story.)

  • Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
  • Apple iPod (2001)
  • (Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
  • PalmPilot 1000 (1996)
  • Sony CDP-101 (1982)
  • Motorola StarTAC (1996)
  • Atari Video Computer System (1977)
  • M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000)
  • Regency TR-1 (1954)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
  • Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
  • Motorola PageWriter (1996)
  • BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998)
  • Phonemate Model 400 (1971)
  • Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978)
  • Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973)
  • Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 %281998)
  • Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
  • Handspring Treo 600 (2003)
  • Zenith Space Command (1956)
  • Hamilton Pulsar (1972)
  • Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963)
  • MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
  • Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
  • Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
  • Commodore 64 (1982)
  • Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
  • Sony Betamax (1975)
  • Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
  • iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002)
  • Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999)
  • Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
  • Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 10 (1998)
  • Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
  • Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
  • Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
  • Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
  • Play, Inc Snappy Video Snapshot (1996)
  • Connectix QuickCam (1994)
  • BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
  • Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969)
  • Polaroid Swinger (1965)
  • Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999)
  • Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
  • Learjet Stereo-8 (1965)
  • Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1982)
  • Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989)
  • Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
  • Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)

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