Opinion

‘Twas the season to acquire

* Once again we find the holiday season 'twas the season to acquire

Mobile networks’ time has come

The new telecom deal?

Crystal eye(ball) on the carriers

Learn to play the piano

Reviewing IBM’s 2006 buying binge

Microsoft: The old and the restless

Multiple flaws in Cisco Clean Access

* Patches from Cisco, Ubuntu, Trustix, others * "Happy New Year!" worm on the move * Microsoft sees botnets as top cyber-threat, and other interesting reading

NetFlash: Cisco to acquire IronPort Systems for $830 million

* Cisco to acquire IronPort Systems for $830 million * Imperva identifies AJAX flaw * Major League Baseball hits a Web site home run * AT&T pledges net neutrality to seal BellSouth deal * Dzubeck on the year ahead: What’s hot for 2007 * Buzzblog: T

Patch issued for OpenOffice.org WMF vulnerability

The 50 most powerful people in networking, what’s hot for 2007 and more

Welcome to The Best of Network World. Here is this week's Readers' Choice, with the most-clicked stories of the week.

The year’s top stories

* Top 10 LAN- and router-related stories of 2006

Using a camcorder for data backup

Telecom: Back to the future

Programming your brain

Web is perfect place for controvesial footage

Interactive media? Not for this LA Times guy.

The Bionic Woman returns? Acckk

Thumbs up for EMC Information Calendar

Toyota’s online hybrid love-fest

Get going on going green

Off topic: New York City subway rider defines heroism

SAM Stinks

NTT reports growing IPv6 traffic, peering in U.S.

* NTT peering with more than a dozen carriers through four exchange points in the United States

Where to go for free career podcasts; Microsoft outlines Vista certifications

* News about career resources, Microsoft certifications, hiring forecasts

How many Wi-Fi security sensors should you install?

* Security sensor placement considerations

Microsoft Live’s Ms. Dewey

* Microsoft Live’s Ms. Dewey, annoying but interesting

Identity management conferences, good and bad

* Reader response to Gartner’s identity management conference

Now that Vista is out, how long ‘til Longhorn?

* Now the wait is for Longhorn Server

Linux happenings in 2007

* This year promises to be a big one for Linux