Author: Chris Gonsalves

Disruptive Forces: Nintendo

Nintendo Location: Kyoto, Japan CEO: Sartoru Iwata Revenues: $7.8 billion What they do: Nintendo has been around for 130 years and has spent most of

Disruptive Forces: Amazon.com

Amazon.com Location: Seattle CEO: Jeff Bezos Revenues: $14.8 billion What they do: Online retail, storefronts for small businesses and enterprise-class cloud computing Disruptive qualities: Amazon

Disruptive Forces: Walmart

Wal-Mart Location: Bentonville, Ark. CEO: H. Lee Scott Revenues: $351 billion What they do: The nation?s preeminent discount retailer is a fixture in nearly every

Disruptive Forces: Apple

Apple Location: Cupertino, Calif. CEO: Steve Jobs Revenues: $26.5 billion What they do: For a company that garners just 7 percent of the market share

EFF Announces Pioneer Award Winners

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Awards honor those that make ?significant and influential contributionsto the development of computer-mediated communications and to the empowermentof individuals in