Saturday's Sentinel police log Nov 7, 2009
A Upper Frankford Township woman responded to an e-mail purporting to be an attempt to update her AOL account information, after which someone attempted to make a $400 Western Union transfer at 11:39 a.m. Nov. 4 using her information. The bank denied the transfer, and police are investigating who stole the womans information. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Scam hits more e-mail accounts Nov 7, 2009
The list contains e-mail addresses and passwords from Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, Gmail and other service providers. The list was published on the same website as the original list of 10,000 Hotmail login details. (BBC News -- Technology)
McBride: Now is Not the Time Nov 7, 2009
message boards and services like AOL and Prodigy, a small group of hard-core fans kept talking Browns, poking fun at the Ravens immediate failures, and debating the ethics of franchise theft with folks from the eastern seaboard. It was back then that I got sucked into a world that later came to consume my career, my free time, and a not inconsiderable portion of my income. (BerniesInsiders.com)
Business briefs Nov 7, 2009
AOL named Susan Lyne, the former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, to its board as the Internet company prepares to be spun off from Time Warner ... AOL named Susan Lyne, the former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, to its board as the Internet company prepares to be spun off from Time Warner. (New York Post -- Business)
A Cookbook for the Pennywise and Time-Crunched Nov 7, 2009
March 19, 2009 : Emails I had in my AOL account have vanished ... Sept. 7, 2006 : A security guard, Solomon Savea, badge number - 90187, at the Hawaii State Library, calls me a "ni - - er" twice" in the library foyer, in a loud voice. Aug. 10, 2006: I have been told by Sen. Barack Obama's office, where I sent this same correspondence, that someone from Sen. Akaka's office would contact me, because Sen. Obama's office forwarded the correspondence to them. I have yet to hear from Sen. Akaka's... (Epicurious.com)
The Geekdom of Google Nov 7, 2009
() and AOL (), both of which alienated users with their sometimes annoying and ineffective ads. Google uses its mysterious mathematical formulas to give higher play on search results pages to ads that get lots of clicks. (BusinessWeek)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Nov 7, 2009
That compares to almost 2 hours with Google; 2 hours and 16 minutes on Microsoft's network; and 3 hours and 28 minutes on Time Warner's sites, including AOL.. Google's time numbers are climbing, no doubt because of new products like. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
What to Eat After Getting Your Wisdom Teeth Removed? Nov 6, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: What to Eat After Getting Your Wisdom Teeth Removed. (Epicurious.com)
Holiday III, Internet Shopper, Feature Releases Nov 6, 2009
Prior to TrialPay, Alex founded Always Online, a program that allowed frustrated AOL subscribers to acquire and maintain the ISPs overloaded dial-up lines and FraudEliminator, the first consumer anti-phishing company (later merged with SiteAdvisor and acquired by McAfee). He holds an AB in Applied Math and Computer Science, cum laude, from Harvard University. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Good luck, seriously! You have an extremely difficult challenge ahead, to make... Nov 6, 2009
AOL Names Time Warner Cable's Minson As CFO. Cable Operator's Deputy CFO Rejoins AOL, As Online Unit Prepares Spinoff ... AOL, which Time Warner Inc. is in the process of spinning off, has tapped Time Warner Cable deputy chief financial officer Arthur Minson as executive vice president and CFO.. (Multichannel News)
Time Warner Looks Ahead to Future Without AOL Nov 6, 2009
With overall profits down, the media giant sees a brighter future ahead of its AOL spinoff and publishing restructuring ... Part of the drag on Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) balance sheet will be shed by the end of the year, as the company reaffirmed its intention to complete the spinoff of AOL in December, undoing the much-ballyhooed mega-merger that took effect in January 2001 ... The spinoff, he said, "will enable both AOL and Time Warner even more to focus on our core businesses.". (SmallBusinessComputing)
PaulForresterInside The NBA At long last, Greg Oden has said good riddance to his softer side. Nov 5, 2009
I've been beat up so bad by being honest with the press, I'm going to be the [Bill] Belichick of the NBA." -- Warriors coach Don Nelson, via AOL FanHouse, offering his blunt assessment of his media responsibilities. "I really don't go out when I'm in Cleveland no more. I just stay in my room. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Ad revenue keeps falling at AOL Nov 5, 2009
AOL advertising revenue continues to fall - Washington Business Journal ... AOL advertising revenue continues to fall ... Advertising sales fell 18 percent, led by lower paid-search and display advertising on AOL sites and by reduced sales of ads on third-party sites. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
AOL advertising revenue continues to fall Nov 5, 2009
Advertising sales fell 18 percent, led by lower paid-search and display advertising on AOL sites and by reduced sales of ads on third-party sites ... The AOL division's operating income was cut in half from a year ago ... 1 billion, because of AOL, and declines in its publishing and film business. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Time Warner upbeat despite decline in sales Nov 5, 2009
Chief executive Jeffrey Bewkes is pushing for higher affiliate fees for the company's cable channels and spinning off AOL by year-end to help drive profit. Advertising revenue continued to fall at AOL and the magazines. (Business Report, South Africa)
AOL Peeved by Adware Outbreak Nov 5, 2009
Representatives for BuddyLinks, a sneaky program that turned unwary AOL Instant Messenger service users into instant spammers Wednesday, did not respond to repeated requests for comment ... But AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says the company is considering taking legal action against BuddyLinks' distributor. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
Time Warner Q3 Profits Falls 38%, Raises View Nov 5, 2009
With its eyes on being the top content provider across technologies, Time Warner has been shuffling its broad portfolio of media properties, including the spinoff of its cable business earlier this year and the planned spinoff of Web media unit AOL.. The company still expects to spin off AOL as a separate, publicly traded company by end of this year ... AOL revenue fell 23% as advertising sales slid 18. (SmartMoney)
Companies race to offer instant Web search, including Twitter Nov 5, 2009
U.S. user share* for overall searches in. home, work and university users Source: ComScore. (USA Today -- Tech)
Time Warner raises profit outlook Nov 5, 2009
Time Warner's third-quarter net income fell 40% to $661m from $1bn a year earlier, partly due to lower ad sales at AOL and its magazines business ... However, film studio Warner Bros, magazine publisher Time Inc and internet unit AOL all reported a fall in revenue ... In May this year, Time Warner said it would spin off AOL as a separate company. (BBC News -- Americas)
MSN Offers Public Sneak Peek at New Look Nov 4, 2009
Today AOL, MSN, and Yahoo are among the handful of survivors that remain extremely popular. According to data provided by MSN, it receives 600 million monthly visitors, making it a top Internet destination. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Democrats Face Setbacks in Elections Nov 4, 2009
Firefox wasn't loading CBS, so I'm using aol today and my spelling (typing, really) is horrible. wonder if aol makes you stupid. (CBS News)
A Single Sign-In for All Your Websites? Google Hopes So Nov 4, 2009
Google and other major online players, including AOL, Facebook, Microsoft Plaxo, MySpace, and Yahoo, are pitching a simpler alternative: A single password/username combo, such as your Google or Yahoo ID, for multiple sites. The concept, based on the industry standard isn't exactly new. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Sizing Up Murdoch, Redstone and Other Moguls Nov 3, 2009
Time Warner spun off Time Warner Cable and will spin off AOL. This is clearly the trend. So then, what do you think of the Comcast NBC-Universal Deal. (Time.com)
Gadget Watch: Recipe Readers and Cooking Tablets Coming Soon? Nov 3, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Gadget Watch: Recipe Readers and Cooking Tablets Coming Soon. (Epicurious.com)
Welcome to the Thanksgiving Countdown Nov 2, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. To save, rate, and share recipes. (Epicurious.com)
Tossing Pettitte’s name out there Nov 2, 2009
ESPN s Howard Bryant believes Pettitte is making quite a case for himself based on his big-game performances, while Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse says if he sticks to his guns on not voting for cheaters, Pettitte never will get his vote. If Price bases his vote on what Pettitte accomplished on the field, his postseason performance does carry a lot of weight. (Boston Globe)
Should Web Search Data Be Stored? Nov 1, 2009
AOL's disclosure last week of the Web-search habits of more than 650,000 of its unwitting members has fanned privacy fears and rekindled the debate over the collection and storage of this often private information. The revived concerns that surfaced last year when AOL and other major search companies received subpoenas from the Justice Department for their search data ... Inc.'s AOL, Inc. and Corp. cooperated, while Inc. challenged the request. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
What Are Web Surfers Seeking? Well, It's Just What You'd Think Nov 1, 2009
Last week, AOL released a trove of what it thought were anonymous Web-search data from 650,000 of its customers. While intending to help researchers, AOL instead set off a privacy controversy because some of the users could, in fact, be tracked down ... But taking up AOL on its original intentions, I got hold of the data set -- 2. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Privacy Debacle Hall of Fame Nov 1, 2009
Earlier this month AOL publicly released a data trove: 500,000 search queries culled from three months of user traffic on its search engine ... Apparently, AOL's anonymizing process didn't include removing names, addresses and Social Security numbers. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Veronicas Single "4ever" Impacting Radio Now Oct 31, 2009
New Video Premiered on AOL Music October 26th; Aussie Twins Featured on Season Finale of MTVs Styld December 20th ... The band, fronted by 24-year-old twins Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, also shot a brand-new video for the track, which premiered on AOL Music on the impact date. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Facebook Awarded $711M in Spam Lawsuit Oct 31, 2009
Wallace has previously been sued by the Federal Trade Commission and companies such as AOL and Concentric Network. In May 2006, Wallace and his company Smartbot. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
8 Tech Trends for 2010 Oct 31, 2009
AOL has provided this capability for eons (isn't that what chat boards are all about. but Omegle. (Fox News)
BBQ, Wine, Chocolate, Pumpkins, and Sausage! Oct 30, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: BBQ, Wine, Chocolate, Pumpkins, and Sausage. (Epicurious.com)
Local calendar Oct. 29 edition Oct 30, 2009
Entertainment Calendar. Thu Oct 29, 2009, 04:02 PM EDT. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Yahoo to Allow Users to Opt Out of Custom Ads Oct 30, 2009
The company has three different services that serve up ads, including aol ... AOL "secures each registrant's affirmative consent" to its terms of service and privacy policy, it said ... Platform-A participants with targeted ads, meanwhile, must disclose cookie-related ad practices and provide opt-out links, said Jules Polonetsky, chief privacy officer for AOL. He estimated that the number of people who have opted out is in the tens of thousands. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Hank Skorny Appointed Senior Vice President At RealNetworks Oct 30, 2009
Prior to founding Thumbspeed, Mr. Skorny held senior executive positions at Infospace Mobile and AOL Mobile. His career has included general management, senior product management and engineering positions at Adobe Systems, Microsoft and Apple Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Projection Man Oct 29, 2009
Clients that have used Obscura s technology include: 3M, Adobe, AOL, Audi, BMW, Canon, General Motors, Google, Heineken, Honda, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Levi Strauss, Lexus and Virgin. The company was founded in 2000 when co-founders Chris Lejeune and Travis Threlkel got together on their first project, a high-resolution video dome that Connolly called a planetarium on steroids. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Renters: List an Apartment Oct 29, 2009
com, AOL, MySpace, Univision and hundreds of other leading Web Sites. Post up to 20 photos. (Florida Today)
Change Passwords: Crooks Want Keys To Your E-mail Oct 29, 2009
Virgin mail accounts have become hot commodities; a valid log-on to a Windows Live, Gmail, YahooMail or AOL e-mail account can sell for as much as $2 -- more than double what a stolen credit card account number fetches, says Fred Rica, principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers' security practice. Cybercriminals are attuned to the fact that many people use their free Web mail account address to open financial, social network, travel and other online accounts. (W-USA News, DC)
Chinese paper claims Google hampers searches Oct 28, 2009
The group's Web site says it is coordinated by Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and supported by companies such as Google, PayPal, Mozilla, AOL and Trend Micro. Google, based in Mountain View, California, has faced other complaints about its operations in China, where the government uses an extensive filtering system to try to block access to material deemed lewd or subversive. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Name That Halloween Candy! Answers Oct 28, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Name That Halloween Candy. (Epicurious.com)
Privacy Debacle Hall of Fame Oct 28, 2009
Earlier this month AOL publicly released a data trove: 500,000 search queries culled from three months of user traffic on its search engine ... Apparently, AOL's anonymizing process didn't include removing names, addresses and Social Security numbers. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Mexican military finds tunnel 100 feet from US Oct 28, 2009
The AOL poll I saw seemed consistent with all the others I've seen. Some 73% of Americans, or more, oppose opening our borders to every Mexican national who wants a new and better life, without benefit of standing in line. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Younger employees help senior executives unlock social media mystery Oct 28, 2009
"We spent eight hours every day on AOL IM.". The baby boomer executives who might have scolded these young people for that if they had been their parents are now turning to them for help. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Adware Spreads Quickly on AOL IM Oct 28, 2009
A surreptitious program spreading Wednesday morning is turning AOL Instant Messenger users into advertising spammers. The problem starts when users receive an instant message that appears to come from someone on their Buddy List (a list of friends and co-workers 00004000 who also use the AOL Instant Messenger service). (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Oct 28, 2009
That compares to almost 2 hours with Google; 2 hours and 16 minutes on Microsoft's network; and 3 hours and 28 minutes on Time Warner's sites, including AOL.. Google's time numbers are climbing, no doubt because of new products like. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Monopoly on power, profit Oct 27, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Low-cost entertainment for frugal travelers Oct 27, 2009
com (AOL's online video library) can provide free late night or rainy day entertainment when leaving the hotel is not convenient. Imeem. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Savory or Sweet? Two Baking Cookbooks (Plus Recipes!) Oct 27, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Savory or Sweet. (Epicurious.com)
Time Warner strips AOL of luxe in spin-off Oct 27, 2009
Take a good look at AOL boss Tim Armstrong's face -- he might be the guy sitting next to you in economy class on your next flight to Silicon Valley. That's because Time Warner, which convinced Armstrong to give up the culinary wonders of the Google cafeteria for the brown-bag lunch that is AOL, is retaining the corporate jets when the struggling Internet service is spun off from the media giant, according to an amended Securities and Exchange Commission filing made yesterday ... In addition to a... (New York Post -- Business)
Vintage Web-hosting site shutting down Oct 27, 2009
GeoCities was the third most-visited site on the Web in December 1998, behind AOL and Yahoo. with 19 million unique visitors, according to a CNNMoney report. (CNN)
We were blessed to get a tip that our now deleted Ourstage fan page was still... Oct 27, 2009
The site allows users to rank the best new artists on the site using what the company calls a "game-proof judging engine." OurStage's other partners include ABC Radio, Radio One, AOL Music and Bonnaroo ... AOL's Ourstage has deleted the WinterBand fan page on behalf of a handful of people who didn't like what we teach and filed frivolous "complaints" ... AOL's Ourstage has deleted the WinterBand fan page on behalf of a handful of people who don't like what we teach and filed frivolous... (Multichannel News)
What Are Web Surfers Seeking? Well, It's Just What You'd Think Oct 25, 2009
Last week, AOL released a trove of what it thought were anonymous Web-search data from 650,000 of its customers. While intending to help researchers, AOL instead set off a privacy controversy because some of the users could, in fact, be tracked down ... But taking up AOL on its original intentions, I got hold of the data set -- 2. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Where Are They Now? Oct 25, 2009
In 2001, Borrelli became senior vice president of AOL Broadband. In 2005, mobile TV service provider NEP Broadcasting tapped him as CEO.. (Multichannel News)
At Web 2.0 Summit, the Party's Back On Oct 24, 2009
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong seemed to want to , too, assuring that the company has been readying "a fairly substantial shift in our technology" but declined to say much more ... Two of the big companies with executives in the Summit lineup, MySpace and AOL, that their much-talked-about reinventions will actually be successful. (CBS News)
AOL Peeved by Adware Outbreak Oct 24, 2009
Representatives for BuddyLinks, a sneaky program that turned unwary AOL Instant Messenge 00004000 r service users into instant spammers Wednesday, did not respond to repeated requests for comment ... But AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says the company is considering taking legal action against BuddyLinks' distributor. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
Buffett's Wrong: 3 Companies That Beat His Oct 24, 2009
But in that decade, it relegated competitors like AltaVista and Lycos (and in a less direct way, Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL) to the dusty sections of our mental libraries. Just as Google went from zero to 60 in about a decade, so, too, could the mythical guy in his mother's basement. (MSNBC -- Business)
Largest Web-Spinning Spider Discovered Oct 23, 2009
urn:x-aol:oid:mddn:b4652480-bf74-11de-bcc5-2f23288b52e6 AVG RATING: (3) ... urn:x-aol:oid:mddn:5859d55c-bf68-11de-b7a0-f78ddbeb6093 AVG RATING: (0) ... urn:x-aol:oid:mddn:7229ae0c-bf64-11de-b99f-7ffc00333d8f AVG RATING: (4). (Newsmax)
AOL hard at work on 'content platform' Oct 23, 2009
AOL hard at work on 'content platform ... AOL hard at work on 'content platform ... (10-22) 17:22 PDT -- As it braces to be spun off and struggles with revenue, Time Warner's AOL Internet unit is busy crafting a new strategy focused around content creation that represents a shift in its focus, AOL's CEO Tim Armstrong said Thursday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Foreclosures Up 5% from Summer to Fall Oct 23, 2009
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Cellufun Launches Halloween Games for Mobile Phones Oct 22, 2009
Cellufun partners with mobile operators and media companies such as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, AOL, and USA Today to deliver branded entertainment and custom-designed mobile marketing solutions. Cellufun garners over 200 million page views per month. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun Live Online Oct 22, 2009
with your AOL, Google, Yahoo. Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter, or other account to post a comment. (Multichannel News)
Run a Business from Your iPhone: The Best Apps Oct 22, 2009
This AOL app gives you free access to real-time stock information and lets you track multiple portfolios. See how much money you're spending by the day, week, month, or year. (Datamation)
Hispanic Television Update Oct 22, 2009
Former AOL executive Kevin Conroy joined Univision in January to buttress the media company's online and mobile content, no easy task given that the U.S. Spanish-language media leader can't tap content from partner Grupo Televisa. Conroy, in an email exchange, discusses the challenges and opportunities therein. (Multichannel News)
Q&A: Kevin Conroy, President, Univision Interactive Media Oct 21, 2009
Former AOL Veteran Discusses Strategies To Bolster U.S. Spanish-Language Media Leader's Web Presence ... The former AOL executive joined Univision in January, and has since worked in beefing up Univision's online and mobile content -- a real challenge, considering his company is not allowed to use content from partner Grupo Televisa on its Web offering. (Multichannel News)