Full text of Steve Jobs‘ No. 1 entry by Fortune Magazine’s Brent Schlender:

Steve Jobs
Chairman and CEO, Apple

During the first two decades of his remarkable 30-year career, the Apple Inc. founder twice altered the direction of the computer industry. In 1977 the Apple II kicked off the PC era, and the graphical user interface launched by Macintosh in 1984 has been aped by every other computer since. Along the way Jobs conceived of “desktop publishing,” gave the world the laser printer, and pioneered personal computer networks. As a side gig he bankrolled Pixar, which fostered the development of the technology and a brand-new business model for creating computer-animated feature films.

Since returning to Apple in 1997, he has changed the dynamics of consumer electronics with the iPod, and persuaded the music industry, the television networks, and Hollywood to distribute their wares with the iTunes Music Store. With his hugely successful Apple Stores, he gave the big-box boys a lesson in high-margin, high-touch retailing. And this year, at the height of his creative and promotional powers, Jobs orchestrated Apple’s entry into the cellular telephone business with the iPhone.

That’s five industries that Jobs has upended - computers, Hollywood, music, retailing, and wireless phones. At this moment, no one has more influence over a broader swath of business than Jobs.”

Jobs is followed by Rupert Murdoch at #2. Other IT-related people in the list are Google founders Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and Sergei Brin (#4 ) and Microsoft’s Bill Gates (#7 ).

Fortune’s full listing here.

Honestly, I would have been shocked it if wasn’t.

Time Magazine has declared the iPhone the ‘Invention of The Year‘ for 07. Writer Lev Grossman says in the mag’s website that despite the hype, the problems and the criticism, “Apple’s iPhone is still the best thing invented this year. ”

Grossman lists five things that make Apple’s iPhone THE gadget of the year:

1. The iPhone is pretty.
2. It’s touchy-feely.
3. It will make other phones better.
4. It’s not a phone, it’s a platform.
5. It is but the ghost of iPhones yet to come.

Grossman elaborates and explains these points and more in his piece, available online here.

Al Gore’s been put on the front page of the Apple website to honor him for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at making the planet aware of global warming. Another award! Way to go, Al.

We just wonder though if his being on the Apple board have anything to do with it. The bigger wonder is seeing Jobs be the suck-up this time around.

But, really, Al deserves it anyway.

(Sorry for all the screencaps and Macpics lately. Have been in Fort Ilocandia, Ilocos Norte for a conference for the past few days and it’s been hell posting anything from here. Things’ll normalize tomorrow, don’t worry.)

Nike and Apple’s partnership for the Nike + iPod Sport Kit has won the 2007 Consumer Products Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA), which is a set of awards honoring the best in, er, design.

This year it’s the only Apple product in the honor roll. More from the IDEA site.