Google agenda setters
Marc Benioff
AS Profile With cloud computing being one of the hottest buzzwords at the moment, Benioff's approach seems more relevant than ever and has resulted in his fifth appearance on the Agenda Setters list. One member of... [29 Sep 2009]
Marten Mickos
AS Profile Sun has of course since been acquired by Oracle and one Agenda Setters panellist suggested this was due to the presence of MySQL in Sun's portfolio. One of the Agenda... [29 Sep 2009]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Linus Torvalds has only missed out on the Agenda Setters list twice (2006 and 2008) since it started in 2000 and returns in 2009 at a respectable 20, reflecting the continuing importance of open source... [29 Sep 2009]
Dave Girouard
AS Profile The main reason why the Agenda Setters judges included Girouard alongside his CEO, Eric Schmidt, is that he has led Google's successful expansion of its business-to-consumer model to the... [29 Sep 2009]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile As CEO of Oracle, Ellison hasn't made it onto the Agenda Setters list as much as you might expect. One Agenda Setters panellist said: "Ellison's vacuum cleaner approach... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top 10 for the sixth consecutive year in 2009 and rises two places from his 2008 ranking as Google continues to expand... [29 Sep 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile It's not the first time Twitter has featured in the silicon.com Agenda Setters list, its rise since last year is marked: then the three co-creators (Williams, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone) were collectively... [29 Sep 2009]
Moon mobiles, Windows without Gates and DIY wi-fi signal boosting
News Meanwhile, the big name atop this year's silicon.com's Agenda Setters list was father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee - with the judges reckoning he's as relevant now as he was when he invented the world... [15 Dec 2008]
Microsoft CEO: "Not interested" in Yahoo!
News Agenda Setters 2008 Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the top technology movers and shakers. has signalled over the past couple of days that it was... [07 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test
News The prize was founded in 1990 by academic Hugh Loebner and this year's challenge - to be held at the University of Reading on Sunday 12 October - is the 18th annual contest.silicon.com caught up with Loebner, who was recently voted into... [10 Oct 2008]
Exclusive: 2008 Agenda Setters revealed
News Also earning spots in the top 10 are previous Agenda Setters Jimmy Wales (Wiki Media founder), Mike Lynch (Autonomy founder and CEO) and Eric Schmidt (Google CEO). Sir Tim Berners-Lee... [07 Oct 2008]
Greg Wyler
AS Profile The Agenda Setters panel said Wyler should be recognised for "providing help to some of the poorest in the world in a contextual manner - not forcing Western thought processes down the throats of people... [07 Oct 2008]
Marc Benioff
AS Profile This is the fourth time Benioff has featured in the Agenda Setters list - he peaked at number 10 in 2004. Benioff's slide down the Agenda Setters list is more to do with... [07 Oct 2008]
Robin Li
AS Profile Robin Li attracted the praise of the Agenda Setters judges for taking search in China beyond the offerings of the established players such as Google with the creation of Baidu, and also... [07 Oct 2008]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile No one better typifies the rebellious spirit and creative opportunities of open source than the outspoken Stallman, the Agenda Setters panel agreed. A frequent Agenda Setter, Richard... [07 Oct 2008]
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