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Miranda Moves to Version 0.9.32

It hasn’t been too long since the last Miranda update, which saw several bugs fixed and improvement of overall stability for the application.The previous version also cared for some MSN-related issues with file transfers and receiving messages from Yahoo! Contacts. With the latest version of the instant messeng...

10 October 2011
07:57 GMT

AIM Debuts Bulk Contact Importer for Gmail Chat Interoperability

A couple of weeks ago, people noticed that they were unable to log into their AOL/AIM accounts from Gmail, like it they have been for the past few years. Well, the three people still using AIM noticed. At the time, AOL provided some info and said that AIM and Google Talk will become interoperable, but the move came w...

20 May 2011
06:11 GMT

Google Talk and AIM to Become Interoperable, with a Couple of Caveats

Gmail and Google Talk users have been able to chat with their AIM friends for several years now. But this required them to log into both their accounts. Now, that is changing and Google Talk will become interoperable with AIM chat. However, this comes with a couple of hurdles for users and the transition won't b...

9 May 2011
05:20 GMT

Dell Acquires Scalent and Improves its Own Data Centers

Like any well-to-do PC maker, Dell makes a point of being at least as prominent on the enterprise front as it is on the consumer market. As such, it is on a constant lookout for ways to increase its portfolio of intellectual property (IP). Buying patents is, of course, one option to achieve this goal. The other is t...

3 July 2010
05:20 GMT

Aol Launches Stand-Alone Lifestream, Mobile Apps

Aol has been working on Lifestream for quite a while now. The social web aggregation service has been integrating it with its various other products. It started out in AIM, one of the two IM services Aol runs, and, recently, it made its way into AOL Mail. Now, though, it’s shedding its shackles and becoming a s...

12 March 2010
07:15 GMT

Rambler, Another Russian Company Bidding for ICQ

There seems to be a lot of activity from Russia lately when it comes to internet services and companies. The Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies has already made a name for itself with after the investments in Facebook and Zynga, but there are plenty of others who are looking to venture out of the home...

16 February 2010
04:56 GMT

AIM Now Lets You Talk to Your Facebook Chat Friends

Google is not the only one touting social web integration in one of its products, in fact, most of its competitors, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL, raised their hands saying "we had it first." AOL even went one step further and announced a couple of new features in partnership with Facebook, notably missing from Google Bu...

10 February 2010
04:06 GMT

ICQ Bidders Narrowed Down to Four Takers by AOL

AOL has been an independent company for a couple of months now and, much like Yahoo, has been looking to shed some unnecessary weight. Among the products put up for sale is one of the two IM services the company runs, namely ICQ. Certainly not as popular as AIM in the US, it has a sizeable following in other parts o...

8 February 2010
10:41 GMT

AOL to Put ICQ on Sale for About $300 Million

AOL is already looking ahead of the upcoming split from Time Warner and is making plans to spin-off some non-essential proprieties to allow it to focus more on its new direction, moving away from services and more towards content. The rumor now is that it's looking to shed its ICQ instant messaging service and ...

19 November 2009
06:51 GMT

Post Twitter and Facebook Updates from AIM

A couple of months ago, AOL introduced a new feature for its instant-messaging client, AIM, the Lifestream, which allowed users to view the status updates of their friends from Twitter and Facebook by displaying their stream inside the application. Yahoo and Microsoft have also introduced similar features, but now AO...

8 September 2009
05:42 GMT

AOL Snatches Up Former Yahoo Executive Brad Garlinghouse

AOL is continuing its reshaping in anticipation of the spin-off from media giant Time Warner with a new hire at the top level. Brad Garlinghouse, a former senior vice president at Yahoo, will join AOL as the head of the Internet and Mobile Communications. The division includes some of AOL's most valued and '...

8 September 2009
04:06 GMT

AIM for Windows Mobile Updated to 2.0.9.1 Beta

AOL announced recently the availability of AIM for Windows Mobile 2.0 Beta. Mobile phone users who would like to enjoy all the features that the desktop PC version of the solution can offer while still benefiting from mobility can now download the 2.0.9.1 beta version of the application to see what novelties have bee...

7 July 2009
07:54 GMT

AOL Instant Messenger Released for Mac (Beta) – Free Download

AOL has released its popular IM client for Mac users. Currently at its first beta version for the Macintosh platform, the instant-messaging client boasts features like Friendly Names, multi-point file sharing, tabbed IM conversations, AIM Blast groups and more.Released shortly after the iPhone version kicked off, &ld...

30 September 2008
10:35 GMT

BlackBerry Welcomes AOL Mail, AIM and ICQ

If you've been dying to use AOL Mail, AIM and ICQ on your BlackBerry smartphone (assuming you own one), you should be thrilled to find out that RIM has partnered with AOL in order to embed these features into the Canadian-made handsets. From now on, fans of AIM and ICQ, the popular instant messaging applica...

10 September 2008
05:11 GMT

Windows Live Messenger Friendly Infections

Browsers and operating systems are still the preferred avenue for attacks, vulnerability exploits and spreading malicious code. But at the same time, the consistent effort poured by developers to bulletproof the main attack vectors from Windows Vista to Linux, and from Internet Explorer 7 to Firefox, means that malwa...

24 March 2008
16:41 GMT

Beware of IM Attacks!

Using Instant Messaging services is a 'must' for everybody that has set eyes on a computer. Faster than anything else and less expensive at that, this type of service has caught on big time with all those tech-savvy. Because of that, the attention of hackers has turned on them and attacks have been increasi...

1 February 2008
17:41 GMT

AIM Says It's Secure, New Hack Proves It Isn't

A security flaw in the AIM instant messaging client, discovered a few months ago, has recently been patched, AOL proudly announced. But it seems like the users are still at risk, as some researchers managed to prove. It's pretty simple to show that AIM is still vulnerable: all you need to do is to find a way to ...

6 December 2007
06:20 GMT

Chatty GMail Out and About

The day must be really long for the people in charge with working at Google's mail service. "Get up, work, work, work, lunch, work, work, cup of tea, work, work, work, quick shower, work, dinner at the office, work, falling asleep on the keyboard." And the second day all over again.As foreshadowed by Ionut Alex....

5 December 2007
03:26 GMT

Google Talk and AIM Sitting in a Tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

Two years ago, when Google bought 5% of AOL one clause of the agreement was about the "enabling [of] Google Talk and AIM instant messaging users to communicate with each other, provided certain conditions are met."It took a long time for everything to be in place and the conditions to be met, but it eventually happen...

9 November 2007
04:32 GMT

Yahoo! Latest Messenger - Close to an Attempt to Topple AIM in the US

The Yahoo! Instant Messenger 9.0 Beta that was rolled out on Tuesday was well received by the users and that was to be expected. Its user base grew 19% over the last year and that is the best news for Yahoo! that was to be had, now with the announced closing of Yahoo! 360. It is likely to play a central role in linki...

1 November 2007
10:33 GMT

New Instant Messenger Available for Download

AOL updated AIM a few days ago and made the 6.5 version available for download for all the users. Just as before, this latest release of AIM can be installed without any charge and includes lots of new or improved features which might bring a new chatting experience for your own pleasure. For example, the new applica...

10 October 2007
07:57 GMT

YM's Rivals Get Involved in Social Networking Services

AOL has always been regarded as one of the potential companies which can compete with Google and Yahoo in many aspects, the instant messaging competition being one of them. AOL's AIM always tried to challenge Yahoo Messenger but this time, it is a serious attempt. A few days ago, AOL signed a deal with Bebo, a f...

9 October 2007
17:06 GMT

Must-Have Patch to Secure Your Instant Messenger

A recently discovered vulnerability in AIM revealed that a hacker can harm a user's computer if he manages to exploit and take advantage of the flaw. Security researchers from Core Security Technologies confirmed the issue and sustained it affects AIM 6.1 as well as 6.2 beta, the latest release of the applicatio...

28 September 2007
05:16 GMT

One More Instant Messenger Makes You Vulnerable

Today's online instant messengers challenge one another with new functions and abilities that lure new users to their products and win the competition. SecurityFocus reports a new security flaw in AOL Instant Messenger which might allow an attacker execute malicious codes in order to take the control of the comp...

14 September 2007
03:41 GMT

Resident Evil: Dead Aim Unlockables and Secrets (PS2)

Resident Evil: Dead Aim (Japanese Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard - Heroes Never Die) is the fourth release in the Gun Survivor series and the first to feature third-person movement, similar to its predecessor titles in the Resident Evil series. Capcom were able to develop and release this game on the Sony PlayStation 2, a...

11 April 2007
04:59 GMT


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