54 The Godfather of Invention--The inside story on Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures. Will snapping up thousands of patents make it a leader in innovation—or litigation?

62 Games: Tiny Ones for a Giant Market The likely payoff from cell-phone play

63 Computers: The Next Cheap Thing ncomputing’s device for mass pc access

68 Software: Office Rivals Microsoft’s megapackage has company

70 Phones: Putting It All Together Add a little Wi-Fi, and some video...

72 The Web: Lending Peer-to-peer banking online

74 Markets: Latin America Jockeying for the red-hot cellular market

76 Downfalls: Four That Tumbled Samsung, ibm, France Télécom, Intel

78 The Info Tech 100 Tables