Brandchannel.com reported their Top Brands of 2006, you can take a look at the article here, http://brandchannel.com/start1.asp?fa_id=352.  Interestingly enough in the Global top 5 and in the US/Canada top 5, 4 of them are Technology companies.  While the Global list is topped by Google, in the U.S. and Canada we see that Apple takes the top spot!  I guess they are selling a few of those Macbook’s and iPod’s!