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AOL 8.0 slips out the door
News America Online has quietly released a preview version of its next-generation AOL 8.0 software, which will include more ways for people to customise the look and feel of the service. The preview version, offered to beta testers this week, is not a...
[June 13, 2002, 7:32]
AOL trumpets version 8.0
News AOL 8.0 is now available within the firm's proprietary service. Subscribers can download AOL 8.0 by typing "upgrade" into the keyword box, where a window appears to walk people through the process. AOL, a division of media giant AOL Time Warner, is...
[October 10, 2002, 15:44]
New AOL 8.0 smacks down pop-ups
News America Online on Tuesday said it will discontinue serving pop-up advertisements in conjunction with the release of AOL 8.0, the latest upgrade of its flagship Internet service. Executives of both AOL and its corporate parent AOL Time Warner...
[October 16, 2002, 8:53]
AOL previews version 8.0
News America Online on Wednesday released a preview version of its upcoming AOL 8.0 service, slated for official release this autumn. Separately, AOL unveiled a new version of its Web search engine that is powered by Google.
[July 31, 2002, 14:50]
Recycling campaign to AOL: You'll get mail
News The two had rented a film and found a free AOL CD in the bag. That's what two technology workers from El Cerrito, California, aim to deliver to AOL's doorstep in Dulles, Virginia, as part of a mission to persuade the Web giant to stop its direct...
[October 29, 2002, 8:52]
AOL opens up spam tools
News The software for blocking unwanted email previously had been accessible only to AOL customers who use the latest versions of the company's online services, AOL 9.0 Optimised and AOL for Broadband. The personalised anti-spam controls are now...
[September 30, 2003, 16:40]
Google's first results due
News This week, it secured a deal to deliver search-related ads to America Online Europe, shutting out former AOL partner Overture for the business. That means that Google and Yahoo agree to grant as much as 80 percent of the fees from search ads to...
[October 21, 2004, 10:10]
AOL takes cue from TV
News The attention on advertisers follows recent moves by AOL to retain and attract subscribers by tapping the vast film and music properties of Time Warner. With the introduction of AOL 8.0 next week, the beleaguered online unit of media giant AOL Time...
[October 10, 2002, 8:18]
AOL discs heat up on eBay auctions
News AOL's program discs -- those persistent CDs that seem to never stop arriving in your mailbox -- are making the jump from junk to jewel. Touting the launch of version 8.0 of its online service, AOL has released a series of collectible discs sporting...
[October 24, 2002, 9:49]
AOL-Microsoft deal bodes ill for Netscape
News That's one upshot of Thursday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, according to industry analysts who predict that the Netscape browser -- currently at version 7.02 -- will now move from a neglected orphan of AOL Time Warner to a...
[May 30, 2003, 7:41]
AOL UK redundancies could prompt strike
News Journalists working at AOL UK may strike following the announcement of a wave of redundancies at the company. The journalists are upset by AOL UK's decision to make over 100 compulsory redunancies rather than provide the option for employees to...
[December 15, 2006, 11:31]
AOL Internet chief resigns
News De Castro, who joined AOL in April, will leave the company at the end of the month to "seek new opportunities," the company said. De Castro's responsibilities, which included running the flagship AOL service, will shift to Ted Leonsis, the veteran...
[November 12, 2002, 15:29]
AOL offers lower revenue estimates
News AOL Time Warner on Monday said 2001 earnings will come in well below its previous financial forecasts, and it gave lowered estimates for 2002. In 2002, AOL Time Warner does not expect any help from a struggling economy.
[January 8, 2002, 9:42]
AOL to kill pop-ups
News The Dulles, Virginia-based company, the interactive arm of AOL Time Warner, plans to automatically install pop-up-stopping features onto the desktops of its 33 million members during the next two weeks.
[March 12, 2003, 8:02]
AOL blocks AT&T's IM client
News We're not sure what AOL's going to do. US telecoms giant AT&T took on AOL Wednesday, releasing software that let users of its "IM Here" instant messaging service contact users of AOL's AIM service. But AOL began blocking those attempts Wednesday...
[December 9, 1999, 16:12]
AOL 7.0 tests Netscape browser
News Microsoft and AOL have theoretically squared off in the browser market since AOL announced in November 1998 that it would acquire Netscape for $4.2bn. In an email to software testers, AOL said it is trying out Netscape's rendering engine, dubbed...
[March 15, 2002, 11:39]
AOL to launch corporate instant messaging
News On Wednesday, AOL is set to launch its new AIM Pro instant-messaging service, which features security and online meeting functions aimed at corporate users. Eventually the one-to-one videoconferencing will be expanded to allow four-way conferencing...
[July 19, 2006, 16:00]
AOL buys ad firm Tacoda
News Time Warner's AOL internet unit has agreed to acquire Tacoda, a company that offers behavioural targeted ads. This is the latest ad-related purchase for AOL. AOL purchased video ad firm Lightningcast last year and Advertising.com, the largest third...
[July 25, 2007, 8:28]
AOL blocks 2bn spam emails in one day
News AOL on Wednesday said it repelled more than two billion unsolicited commercial emails in a single day this week. Earlier this week, AOL formed an alliance with Microsoft and Yahoo! AOL and Microsoft also recently filed suit separately against...
[May 1, 2003, 13:35]
AOL: We'll block Tribal Voice, too
News Tribal Voice said it will use protocols AOL had published earlier this year to let developers of Unix-based applications access its service. But in the wake of a very public battle with Microsoft over instant messaging, AOL has since removed links...
[September 8, 1999, 8:50]
