What makes a company wired? We start by looking for the basics: strategic vision, global reach, killer technology. But that’s not enough. To land a spot on our annual Wired 40 list, a business also needs the X-factor – a hunger for new ideas and an impatience to put them into practice. Such companies inevitably become trendsetters, literally: As we debated and redebated the list this year, six major themes flickered into view. From the rise of peer production to the end of carbon pollution, they tell us where the world is heading. These are the companies leading the way.

Search and info companies making the Wired 40. The number in (paren) is where the company was ranked in 2005.

1. Google (2)
2. Apple (1)
5. Yahoo (5)
6. Amazon.com (4)
9. News.Corp (NEW)
19. eBay (10)
20. Infospace (NEW)
36. Microsoft (28)

Companies no longer on the list can be found here. They include:
+ Fedex
+ Nokia
+ Dell

Source: Wired

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