This week's (and this year's) most-read stories; FTC approves Google/DoubleClick deal

Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile FTC approves Google/DoubleClick deal By Grant Gross The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will not try to block Google's acquisition of online ad-serving vendor DoubleClick, the agency said Thursday. Read full story MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY SOPHOS INC. Learn why NAC Should be your Security Partner Download this whitepaper to find out how Network Access Control technology helps IT professionals comply with corporate security policies and federal regulations. Discover how NAC assesses the security state of all computers on your network and takes action if they do not comply. Learn more today. RELATED NEWS: News podcast: Network World 360 The Federal Trade Commission said it would not block Google's acquisition of DoubleClick; and Cisco is warning of a flaw in the Firewall Services Module found in its popular Catalyst switches. (4:47) Favorites from 2007 The top 100 stories of 2007 The most popular stories of the year. See which ones you missed. Top 10 Buzzblog items of '07 Verizon's on the list, of course - three times. Gates is there. Wikipedia and the bit about Blackberry costing a guy a girlfriend. Layer 8's top 10 of 2007 At Layer 8 we get to write about all manner of tech and not-so-tech topics. Take our Top 10 stories of the year - we have articles on everything from a look at unmanned military aircraft to open source math software and a look at cursing in the workplace. The top 10 slideshows of 2007 In 2007, Network Worlders discovered slideshows. They're fun, they're informative - what's not to like? As the year closes, we take a look back at the slideshows that most intrigued our readers. Plus: 10 biggest newsmakers 10 biggest turkeys Top 10 New Data Center stories This week's most-read stories 1. 10 crazy USB stocking stuffers 2. How to really bury a mainframe 3. How feds are dropping the ball on IPv6 4. Strange Xbox signal suspected of jamming wireless LANs 5. The 9 worst Microsoft products ever 6. Top 15 USB geek gadgets 7. 15 must-have Firefox tricks 8. IPv6 guru predicts last-minute switch to protocol 9. How much do you know about Cisco? Take our quiz and find out 10. Sun server/storage exec: Virtualization has customers confused 11. Cisco opening up IOS 12. Football field-sized kite powers latest heavy freight ship 13. General Motors turns down the heat, saves millions 14. Unix admin tried to axe power grid 15. BGP bug bites Juniper software 16. Microsoft security update cripples IE 17. Sun, ex-staffers in war of words over OpenDS project changes 18. Cool Tools Holiday Gift Guide 19. The 15 biggest tech disappointments of 2007 20. Vonage sued by Nortel 21. Everything you need to know about Microsoft certs (and then some) 22. Google Toolbar flaw opens door for phishers 23. The Cisco/Microsoft battle for unified communications 24. 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