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AIM Global Data Management Survey 2004
White Papers The results of the AIM Global Data Management Survey 2004 show that financial institutions all over the world undertake considerable efforts to deepen and automate their data management extensively. The background for these efforts, besides cost...
[May 4, 2005, 0:00]
AIM Users Prone To Name Hijacks
News On Wednesday, two AOL user sites -- Inside-AOL.com and AOL-Files.com -- revealed that the accounts of AIM users were being stolen by hackers using a technique that has been wafting about the Internet for weeks.
[December 1, 2000, 9:32]
AIM Opens Up To Macromedia Developers
News Beginning early next year, AOL will offer a software development kit for AIM and ICQ to Macromedia Central, the software maker's initiative that allows its Flash animation to retrieve information without an Internet connection.
[November 19, 2003, 14:55]
AIM: You've Got Email As Well
News The new version, called AIM 4.8, offers a few extra perks, such as the ability to send email and access one's address book. AIM 4.8 also lets people manage their AOL Alerts, a feature that sends email updates about sports scores, news headlines...
[June 17, 2002, 10:49]
AIM Security Tool Opens Back Doors
News That flaw could have given potential intruders full control over an AIM user's computer. The security group w00w00, which discovered last week's serious flaw in AOL's instant messenger software, said on Tuesday that a program that could act as a...
[January 10, 2002, 12:02]
AIM To Buddy Up With ICQ
News Technically, allowing AIM and ICQ to communicate does not mean AOL is opening its instant messaging network. The ability to communicate with ICQ is a feature in AIM 5.1, a test version of the software currently available on AOL.com.
[October 30, 2002, 13:44]
AIM Add-on Prompts Spyware Concerns
News Some AIM 5.5 customers say they were surprised to discover that some of their activities are being tracked, and they criticised AOL for failing to better flag their practices. People who use AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) have started complaining on...
[March 3, 2004, 17:05]
AIM+ 'spyware' Component To Be Removed
News The recent decision comes after some users of Big-O Software's AIM+ program -- which adds chat logging, ad removal and other features to AIM -- complained that the program violated their privacy by sending information about their online identity...
[June 7, 2002, 13:44]
AIM Buddies Come At A Cost
News AIM users can also buy animated "SuperBuddy" icons outright for $1.95 each or $4.95 for three. The beta version arrived about the same time that AOL warned that a security flaw in AIM's user status function could be vulnerable to "buffer overflow...
[August 16, 2004, 15:50]
AIM Security Hole Still Threatens Users
News The glitch's latest incarnation could have been just as dangerous as the previous version, publicised in January, opening the way for malicious AIM users to execute any program on a vulnerable user's computer, said Matt Conover, a hacker with a...
[May 7, 2002, 11:25]
Snaps, Crackles And Pops Aim To Stop CD Piracy
News But the tests also take aim at the basic consumer practice of copying CDs to a computer for personal use without ever trading the songs with others. According to Macrovision, the company that has provided the technology to several major music...
[July 19, 2001, 14:45]
AOL Plugs AIM Security Hole
News The AIM hole surfaced at a period of heightened scrutiny of instant-messaging security. The problem, which in this case affects AIM's game request function, occurs when an application crashes after being flooded with more code than it can accommodate.
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
Microsoft Campaign To Take Aim At Linux Leaders
News Microsoft is refining its "Get the Facts" Linux attack, taking specific aim at Red Hat, Novell and IBM rather than the broader movement around the open-source operating system. The new tactic is based on the fact that the vast majority of Linux...
[September 16, 2004, 9:10]
AOL Blocks ICaster From AIM Program
News America Online (AOL) has now blocked iCast, a CMGI company, from accessing its AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) program.iCast's iCaster application combines a multimedia player with messaging, using technology from Tribal Voice, another CMGI firm.
[March 2, 2000, 13:14]
AOL Bent On Taking 'AIM'
News In a posting on the Sourceforge.net site, Douglas E Warner said he received a letter from an attorney representing AOL, who asked him to stop using the letters "AIM" to describe his phpAIM project. AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein would not say how...
[June 22, 2001, 11:49]
Yahoo! Influence Seen In AIM Makeover
News With the beta of AIM 5.0, the company offers a new feature dubbed AIM Expressions that wraps a graphical skin around the messaging client. AIM lets people swap text messages in real time and has attracted more than 150 million registered users.
[July 15, 2002, 7:57]
Add A Business To Your AIM Buddy List
News By clicking a link or typing in a name, consumers can add a business to the AIM buddy list. The AIM program allows consumers to chat with customer service reps whether or not they're at the Web site, said David Hsieh, co-founder and vice president...
[January 27, 2000, 10:05]
AIM Taken Offline By 'glitch'
News AOL's AIM service, with 29.1 million members, in recent months has fallen behind Microsoft's MSN Messenger, which has 29.5 million members, according to a recent report by Jupiter Media Metrix. America Online says a glitch temporarily blocked...
[April 4, 2001, 10:09]
IBM, NetApp Take Aim At Midrange Storage
News IBM plans this week to introduce the TotalStorage FastT 900, a product that takes aim at EMC's Clariion CX 600 product. IBM and Network Appliance (NetApp) are both introducing new gear this week aimed at driving high-end storage features into the...
[February 17, 2003, 9:03]
Spyware Takes Aim At Mozilla Browsers
Talkback "Spyware takes aim at Mozilla browsers" the spyware is only installed if users agree to a certain download" While I realize the MS toadies are rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of a Mozilla/Firefox spyware threat, this is hardly in the...
[February 9, 2005, 14:16]
