AOL
Dumping Google For Microsoft
A joint effort between Time Warner and Microsoft will see them co-develop an advertising
network to compete with services from Yahoo and Google. The grandiose plans that
saw Microsoft spending billions on a stake in AOL and combining dialup businesses
has been...
Date: 2005-12-08
United Online Joins VoIP Arena
The company plans to offer free computer to computer calling, and five tiers of
computer to telephone call pricing topping out at $14.95 per month plus international
call rates.
Date: 2005-11-04
AOL
Preps Skype Killer For Launch
Time Warner's oft-discussed AOL will enter the VoIP sector on October 4 with its
TotalTalk solution. Now that AOL has announced
its TotalTalk launch date, they could take the lead away from Skype and get a
significant head start on similar initiatives pending from Yahoo and Microsoft.
Date: 2005-09-20
AOL
Broadcasts New Podcast Features
AOL has announced Podcasting 101 and placed a list of popular ones within its
AOL Music site.
Date: 2005-09-14
AOL
Boosting Music Search With The Biz
The Web-based reality show will do more than give someone a shot at running a
record label.
Date: 2005-09-01
File-Sharing
Makes Up Majority of ISP Data Traffic
Cambridge England's CacheLogic has released results of a study that it conducted
regarding peer-to-peer (P2P) activity and its impact on ISPs.
Date: 2005-08-29
AOL
Enjoys A Sticky June
The June 2005 figures from Nielsen//NetRatings show AOL users spent over six hours
per person using its sites. Yahoo was the top brand for combined home and work
uses in June, as the press release notes over 99 million unique
Date: 2005-08-26
Municipal
WiFi—Unfair Competition?
Philadelphia joins the list of the latest municipalities looking to install a
city-wide wireless network. As HP and Earthlink place their bids for the project,
regional ISPs are crying foul for understandable...
Date: 2005-08-25
AOL Preps Ticketing Site
Debut
A partnership with ticket resellers TicketsNow and Stubhub will form the core
of AOLTicketMarketplace.com. AOL has had a relationship with TicketMaster for some
Date: 2005-08-23
You've Got Jail!
A very much ex-AOL employee will spend 15 months enjoying the hospitality of the
federal penal system.
Date: 2005-08-18
Broadband
Riding The Power Lines In Texas
Electricity takes the world into the future. The statement sounds a little dated
but with the recent FCC ruling that utility companies could run high-speed Internet
access through existing electrical outlets. Broadband over Power Lines or BPL
may just be the wave of the future.
Date: 2005-08-16
AOL
Posts Mobile Portal Online
The online services provider announced the launch of AOLMobile.com, and extended
its AOL.com portal to WAP 2.0 browsers.
Date: 2005-08-15
Relevance
Of Relevant Content
Search engines actively and regularly seek new content. As more and more search
engine algorithms evolve into complex, human-centric logics, they seek content
that is relevant to the search conducted by the surfer. They also want to present
freshly updated content to their users. Google sends out its 'freshbot' spider
to gather and index new material from all the sites which offer it.
Date: 2005-07-22
Why
Web Hosts And ISPs Need Web Site Monitoring
If you have spent much time earning a living on the Internet, few things will
surprise you. However, I am always amazed with how many companies and individuals
make astounding claims without backing them up.
Date: 2005-06-23
AOL
Goes Blogging
The online service provider opens up AOL Journals to users of its
AIM instant messenger service. They are called ‘aim blogs' and are
part of the AOL Journals service. A blog could be called a simple
web log of someone's thoughts or opinions.
Date: 2005-05-12
AOL Introduces VOIP Service
America Online has decided to throw their hat into the voice-over IP industry by introducing an AOL-branded VOIP feature called AOL Internet Phone Service.
Date: 2005-04-08
HP extends IT services contract with AOL
Hewlett-Packard Co. has extended a services and maintenance contract worth tens of millions of dollars with America Online Inc., according to Dan Socci, vice president of HP's technology services support organization.
Date: 2005-03-11
AOL Releases Browser Beta Test
AOL made their new Web browser available for download. It is based on Internet Explorer but with a few more features. Here is how AOL describes the browser at the AOL Browser Beta Test site:
Date: 2005-02-14
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