The regular "Popular news" that comes with Joomla system shows you the most read articles of all time.If a new article is "booming" and getting a lot of reads it will never be on this list because the first articles ever written we probably have more hits.
Expose Image Scroller (Flash)
This module adds a very simple yet effective image scroller to your site.
Related items module for Joomla
This module add links at the buttom of every content item to other related content items.
FireBoars latest posts module
This is a great module that shows the latest posts in your Fireboard forum.