Microsoft to fix URI security flaw after criticism; The week's 25 most-read stories

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Zebra Technologies Cost-effective Centralized Printer Management Discover how centralizing printer management creates value beyond keeping printers up and running. Managing network printers from one centralized platform costs less to install, operate, upgrade and maintain than traditional distributed management systems. Network World Daily News: PM, 10/11/07 BREAKING NEWS Microsoft to fix URI security flaw after criticism Microsoft plans to fix a bug in the Windows operating system that has been blamed for a handful of critical vulnerabilities in Windows software. NEWS PODCAST Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide NETWORK WORLD 360 Microsoft is relenting to critics and will put a fix in place that will handle Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) links more safely; Johns Hopkins University's Terrible 10 Rude Behaviors Lists features cellphone usage and texting during conversation. (6:15) The top 25 most-read STORIES and BLOGS this week 1. Pinging through first full 'Internet census' in 25 years 2. iPod Nano catches fire in man's pocket 3. Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 4. Two schools say Cisco switches don't make the grade 5. Top 12 Google GPhonies 6. Top 10 reasons Web sites get hacked 7. The 10 best Cisco videos on YouTube 8. Why Google's GPhone won't kill Apple's iPhone 9. T-shirt displays Wi-Fi signal status 10. 5 IT projects that need your attention right now 11. Is Apple more controlling than Microsoft? 12. SAP to buy Business Objects for $6.78 billion 13. The best and worst vendor blogs 14. This year's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries 15. Ballmer claims Red Hat violates Microsoft IP 16. The 2007 Ig Nobel prize winners 17. IT pay falls short 18. High-tech phone wants to be your personal trainer 19. AT&T issues 'censorship' mea culpa 20. Ig Nobel: Honoring weird science at Harvard 21. GPhone in the wild!? 22. Cisco aims to sway FCC on digital TV regulations 23. Vonage buys way out of patent flap with Sprint Nextel 24. 13 free tools ease IT management 25. 10G Ethernet tests show promise for data centers

MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Pinging through first full 'Internet census' in years 2. Top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 3. Salary survey: IT pay falls short 4. Ballmer claims Red Hat violates Microsoft IP 5. iPod Nano catches fire in man's pocket 6. 10 best Cisco videos on YouTube 7. Two schools flunk Cisco switches 8. 10G Ethernet tests show promise for data centers 9. Why Google's GPhone won't kill iPhone 10. The Wi-Fi T-shirt MOST E-MAILED STORY: Two schools say Cisco switches don't make the grade

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