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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Monopoly on power, profit Oct 27, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
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)
Savory or Sweet? Two Baking Cookbooks (Plus Recipes!) Oct 27, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Savory or Sweet. (Epicurious.com)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
If you feel I am that bigger fool let me know as well ,email bestsolutionsfl at aol dot com The "EVERYBODY WINS PLAN" A business plan that ENDS FORECLOSURES,short sales and all defaulting loans. Please PPIP participants (5) pay attention,you can convert that $3 billion collected and in your funds (Blackrock NYSE BLK $226 and 4 others ) into 20% to 30% PER YEAR as a ROI in the next 7 years. (CBS News -- US)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Should Web Search Data Be Stored? Oct 21, 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)
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)
Vegetarians in Dallas: Where do you eat? Oct 21, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Vegetarians in Dallas: Where do you eat. (Epicurious.com)
Free parental control program matches others Oct 20, 2009
Several weeks ago AOL sent a message regarding upgrading to the newest version of its software, which I did. Now when I open my Firefox browser, the AOL welcome screen comes up ... Across the top it reads "AOL.com Welcome to AOL-Mozilla Firefox.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
How Do You Define Holiday Flavors? Oct 20, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: How Do You Define Holiday Flavors. (Epicurious.com)
In defense of Elder Oaks Oct 19, 2009
mikem wrote on Oct 18, 2009 9:03 PM:" Taffy, you forgot to post the link to the survey, or did you accidentally ALT-F4 it.Been with AOL long? :) ". round earther wrote on Oct 18, 2009 9:21 PM:" Caballo:"Homosexuality spits in the face of the plan of God. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Climate Assumptions From Another Planet Oct 19, 2009
" AOL media columnist Jeff Bercovici called ... 10/14/2009 06:18 PM ET Last week at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Wisconsin, former Vice President Al Gore took questions from journalists about global warming for the first time in years. I attended to ask him about factual errors in his movie, "An Inconvenient Truth. " You wouldn't know it from ... 10/14/2009 06:15 PM ET What most distinguishes today's recession is not the response of government, but our response to... (Investors Business Daily)
Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Beats 'Balloon Boy' Story on Google's Most-Searched Topics List Oct 19, 2009
On August 29, 2008, the day that Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin would be his running mate, "sarah palin" was the most-searched term of the day on AOL. The second-most searched term was "dr. siegal's cookie diet." (). "After 34 years and more than 500,000 followers, it's immensely gratifying to know that Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet is more relevant today than ever," said Matthew Siegal, president and CEO of Dr. Siegal's Direct... (Canada Newswire)
Lose Weight By Eating More? Oct 19, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. com: Lose Weight By Eating More. (Epicurious.com)
Phila.'s spooky Eastern State Penitentiary Oct 18, 2009
Ranked in 2008 as the No. 1 haunted house in America by AOL City Guide, Terror Behind the Walls is more of a good old-fashioned scare than anything truly terrorizing. Crazed guards and zombie-like inmates pop out from everywhere as visitors make their way through a maze of dark corridors. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ted Turner Passed Cash `Like a Joint,' Feels `Like a Dummy' on Sale of CNN Oct 17, 2009
Turner lost $7 billion when Time Warners stock collapsed in the wake of the 2001 merger with AOL, the Internet business it is now shedding ... Time Warners dropped 60 percent in three years following the AOL mergers completion in January 2001. (Bloomberg)
comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for September 2009 Oct 17, 2009
TV led the category with nearly 20 million visitors (up 63 percent), followed by AOL Television with 13 million (up 7 percent) and NBC Network with 11 ... AOL Advertising led the September Ad Focus ranking reaching 91 percent of Americans online ... com: The Womens Network 29,213 -- --------------- ------- -- ----------------- ------ 4 AOL LLC 100,324 29 NBC Universal 29,053 -- ------- ------- -- ------------- ------ 5 FACEBOOK.COM 95,497 30 ESPN 28,822 -- ------------ ------ -- ---- ------ 6... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
So Little Time, So Many Good Food Blogs Oct 17, 2009
The Epi-Log on Epicurious. To save, rate, and share recipes. (Epicurious.com)
Who Else Will Challenge Gore's 'Truth'? Oct 16, 2009
The left-leaning Nation magazine ridiculed President Obama's press shop for turning him into the "whiner-in-chief." AOL media columnist Jeff Bercovici called. 10/14/2009 06:18 PM ET. (Investors Business Daily)
Privacy Debacle Hall of Fame Oct 15, 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)
Who's Behind the White House War on Fox News? Oct 15, 2009
The left-leaning Nation magazine ridiculed President Obama's press shop for turning him into the "whiner-in-chief." AOL media columnist Jeff Bercovici called the war on Fox a "loser's strategy" that "signals weakness." And that's the friendly fire. Dunn found refuge in rival CNN's green zone, where she blasted Fox News as a "research arm of the Republican Party." Unhappy with headline-generating Fox News hosts who have wrested control of the news cycle from Team Obama, Dunn complained about... (Townhall.com)
Yahoo to Allow Users to Opt Out of Custom Ads Oct 15, 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)
Cutting Edge Haunted House Voted as One of 'America's Best Haunted Houses' by Hauntworld Magazine Oct 14, 2009
com, Hauntworld Magazine, AOL, Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal, US Airways Magazine, Fangoria Magazine, USA Travel Guide and dozens of other media sources. About. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Twitter moving to larger SoMa office space Oct 14, 2009
The micro-blogging service has agreed to sublease a 31,000-square-foot office at 795 Folsom St., now used by another social-networking firm, Bebo Inc., which is owned by AOL.. Sarah Gavin, vice president for communications at AOL, said Bebo plans to move from the sixth floor to a lower floor "to take up a more appropriate size space in the same building.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Oct 14, 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)
