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AOL acquires GameDaily

August 16, 2006 AOL acquires GameDaily Web site and related newsletter, expanding its AOL Games Network. TAGS: America Online Inc., newsletter, video game, brand

AOL may drop member fees

July 6, 2006 May ax charges for services like having an AOL.com e-mail account, to entice customers to keep using the offerings. TAGS: America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., subscriber, Internet Service Provider

AOL, WGBH partner on closed-caption online video

July 21, 2006 Unlikely team of media giant, public broadcasting network adds captions for hearing-impaired to CNN streaming video. TAGS: America Online Inc., online video, CNN, Time Warner Inc., streaming video, video

AOL announces 'Second Life' presence

January 22, 2007 Very little fanfare surrounds the faded online giant's entry into the virtual world. TAGS: Second Life, America Online Inc., virtual worlds, Time Warner Inc.

AOL's disturbing glimpse into users' lives

August 8, 2006 Release of three-month search histories of about 650,000 users provides rare glimpse into their private lives. TAGS: America Online Inc., Georgia, Florida, lives, Ohio, Time Warner Inc., database, photograph

AOL apologizes for release of user search data

August 7, 2006 Search log information originally intended for use on new research site; company calls data posting a mistake. TAGS: information retrieval, Ari Schwartz, America Online Inc., researcher, Time Warner Inc.

AOL picks new CFO from Time Warner top brass

March 1, 2007 Company names operations executive Nisha Kumar as replacement for Stephen Swad amid larger management shuffle. TAGS: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., CFO, vice president, acquisition

AOL Music migrates to Napster

January 12, 2007 Deal to replace download service gained in MusicNow acquisition, preserve members' existing music libraries. TAGS: AOL Music, Napster Inc., America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc.

AOL offers new high-speed software

October 4, 2006 Called OpenRide, it lets people multitask via one integrated, four-part screen. TAGS: America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., IM, e-mail

AOL hires Microsoft manager

July 25, 2006 Michael Wehrs to be chief technical evangelist for AOL wireless group. TAGS: America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp.

AOL offers free antivirus software

August 7, 2006 Active Virus Shield software is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to for-pay security software. TAGS: America Online Inc., antivirus software, antivirus protection, Time Warner Inc., antivirus, security, toolbar, spyware, virus, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail, PC, Microsoft Corp.

FAQ: Protecting yourself from search engines

August 9, 2006 Sites record what you look for--just ask AOL users whose search histories were disclosed. How to protect privacy? TAGS: search engine, America Online Inc., privacy, FAQ, Time Warner Inc., record, search result, history, blog, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., IP

AOL: You've got free e-mail

August 2, 2006 Company is looking to transform itself into a Yahoo-style media portal but still relies on ISP revenue. Can it solve the puzzle? TAGS: America Online Inc., Joe Laszlo, Time Warner Inc., online advertising, broadband, amortization, subscriber, Internet access, Internet Service Provider, e-mail

AOL hanging up on dial-up customers?

February 28, 2006 Many see price hike for dial-up services as part of its metamorphosis into a broadband Web portal. TAGS: America Online Inc., Web portal, subscriber, broadband, Time Warner Inc., portal, high-speed Internet access, DSL, cable company, Internet access, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., U.S.

Vista-compatible AIM 6 beta released

January 12, 2007 Latest version of AOL's instant messaging application offers Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility among other features. TAGS: AOL Instant Messenger, beta, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, IM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

AOL acquires Lightningcast

May 18, 2006 Online-advertising company specializes in streaming video and audio placement, ad campaign management. TAGS: Advertising.com, broadband video, America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., streaming video, broadband, video

AOL unveils latest AIM

November 15, 2006 AIM 6.0 features offline messaging, conversation logging and message forwarding to cell phones. TAGS: America Online Inc., AOL Instant Messenger, Time Warner Inc., cell phone

Netscape wins one month from executioner

January 31, 2008 As it puts forward Flock, Time Warner's AOL unit has extended support for its once-popular Netscape browser by a month, to March 1. TAGS: Netscape Communications Corp., America Online Inc., Netscape Web Browser, Time Warner Inc., Web browser, Firefox

Three workers depart AOL after privacy uproar

August 21, 2006 Net giant fires two, CTO resigns after disclosure of members' search data prompts widespread criticism. TAGS: America Online Inc., CTO, chief technology officer, researcher, Time Warner Inc., Internet search, worker, Adobe PDF, database, e-mail

AOL to lay off 1,400 call center workers

October 18, 2006 The company will close two U.S. call centers and sell one as part of a restructuring announced in August. TAGS: call-center, America Online Inc., worker, Time Warner Inc., layoff, Arizona
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