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Windows 7 Not so Great as Advertised and Has Compatibility Issues: Is Microsoft in Collusion With Manufacturers Like HP?

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Word Ace, Microsoft, Windows 7, Hewlett-Packard, Transparent Language, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Xp, Bill Gates, Creative Cam, MS Word, Best Buy, Geek Squad, Dell, Michael Russnow, True Fonts, Laser Jet, Hp, Altec, Inspiron, Panasonic, Dell Computers, Aol, Mozilla Firefox, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Mozilla, Msnbc, Computers, Total Security, Abc, Twitter, Nbc, Skype, Facebook, Cnn, Internet Explorer, Youtube, Fox News, Technology News
Michael Russnow

There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.

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AOL's Army of 3,000 Journalists

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Aol, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, The New York Times, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

The news last week that AOL has grown the number of journalists it employs - inclusive of full and part time, or freelance - to 3,000 from 500 since T...

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"Sharpen the Saw," Whether You Like It or Not

Greg Coleman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Job Layoffs, Greg Coleman, Work-Life Balance, Aol, Amagansett, Ceos, Living News
Greg Coleman

Over the five months that I took off from work, I learned a lot of very valuable lessons and came out of the experience feeling like the luckiest guy in the world. But it didn't start out that way.

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TechStars: It's About Community

David Cohen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mentorship, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Techstars, Boulder, Aol, Digg, Socialthing, Angel Investing, Software, Joe Stump, Simplegeo, Denver News
David Cohen

In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here.

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The End Of The Email Era

Wall Street Journal | JESSICA E. VASCELLARO | Posted 10.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: Blackberry, Sms, Twitter, Instant Messaging, Social Networking, Microsoft, Email, Facebook, Text Messaging, Google Wave, Yahoo, Aol, Im, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Technology News

Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over. In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold--ser...

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Hollywood, Recording Industry Beg Obama to Help Save Them From Pirates

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro-Ip-Act, White House, NBC Universal, Time Warner, Aol, Copyright, Victoria Espinel, Viacom, Politics News
Sam Gustin

Faced with the global menace of digital piracy, some of the largest entertainment companies in the world have banded together to beg the Obama adminis...

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Comcast Said to be Weighing NBC Bid; Denies Report of $35 Billion Deal

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Sharon Waxman, NBC Universal, Time Warner, Aol, Vivendi, The Wrap, Comcast, Nbc, Media News
Sam Gustin

Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal, the entertainment giant, from General Electric (GE) in a blockbuster deal that -- if true -- would reverberate throughout the media world.

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Ad Experts Offer Social Media Tips at NYC's Advertising Week

Eric Shutt | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Proctor & Gamble, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Aol, Campfire, Advertising, Microsoft, MIXX Expo, Interactive Advertising, Iab, Toadstool, Casale, Media News
Eric Shutt

Presenters at IAB's MIXX Expo, a key event at NYC's Advertising Week, confirmed that advertising's future is now squarely focused on social media.

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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Rules Broadway During Advertising Week (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Aol, Business News
Andy Plesser

Despite the gloom around the advertising and media world, we found Advertising Week and its many events has upbeat. I caught up with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong on Monday evening.

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Grandma's Got Game

Jessica Rovello | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Casual-Gaming, Aol, Casual Games, Arkadium, United Nations, Aarp, Advertising Week, Jessica Rovello, New York City, Omma, Living News
Jessica Rovello

Those of us in the games business know that grandma, grandpa, and great uncle Fred are the little secret that drive millions of game plays monthly across a host of sites.

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A Tech-Powered Gay Rights Movement

Pam Spaulding | Posted 09.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Netroots, Lgbt, National Equality March, Aol, Gay Rights, Grassroots Activism, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Technology News
Pam Spaulding

With web sites, blogs, and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the online LGBT community has emerged as an example of both leadership and rabble-rousing success.

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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Knocks AOL: "We Aim Higher Than That"

Posted 09.22.2009 | Technology

Read More: Carol Bartz AOL, Carol Bartz, Yahoo, Aol, Carol Bartz Yahoo, Yahoo CEO, Yahoo AOL, Technology News

Yahoo's new ad campaign must have CEO Carol Bartz feeling pretty great about herself. So great she couldn't help taking a jab at AOL. Bartz hates Wal...

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What is Work? Cutting Yourself Free With Heart

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Photography, Virginia, Aol, Humor, Shiny Heart Ventures, Career Advice, gratefulfor.com, Community, Careers, Jen Consalvo, Frank Gruber, Technology, Gratitude, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Ditching a steady paycheck takes guts in an unsure economy.

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How AOL Has Become A Content Powerhouse

New York Times | DAVID CARR | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Aol, Media News

But AOL, often derided as the original gated community, is now manufacturing a broad array of digital media that is free for the grabbing. There are 3...

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AOL's Politics Daily Defies Web Conventions

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics Daily, Aol, Media News

The three-month-old venture has become a reemployment program for middle-aged journalists who lack the flash and dash of young bloggers -- and that is...

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Tim Armstrong, AOL CEO: "The Old AOL Was Run By Blogs, The New AOL Is Run By Me"

Business Insider | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Aol, Media News

During the question-and-answer portion of the all-hands, one staffer asked Tim if SAI's estimate that AOL will probably have to lay-off another ~2,000...

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AOL Joins the Internet Party

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Time-Life, Time Warner, Aol, Internet, New Media, Time Warner AOL, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Un-encumbered by the weighty media assets of Time Warner, AOL has discovered the joys of smallness online, and the ability to publish freely according to the range of human interests and emotions.

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WalletPop And Huff Po Living Discuss 'How We're Living Now'

walletpop.com | Amanda Gordon | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Living, Aol, Wallet Pop, Huffington Post, Gretchen Rubin, Russell Bishop, Living News

The key to thriving in the new economy is understanding why we do things, not just knowing how to do them. That was one of the takeaways of a panel l...

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R.I.P. Analog Television, Hello Digital: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: going.com, Analog Television, Tim Armstrong, France, Timothy Morse, Iab, Digital Television, Mediabytes, Yahoo, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Piracy, Aol, Shelly Palmer, Carol Bartz, Three Strikes, Media News, Blake Jorgensen, Patch, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Today marks the end of Analog Television; AOL acquires local news site Patch and events site Going.com; Yahoo announces that Timothy Morse will serve as the company's new CFO.

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AOL Buys Two Local Web Companies

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: AOL Going, Aol, Going, Patch Media, AOL Patch Media, Media News

NEW YORK — AOL said Thursday it bought two companies that build community-based Web sites, marking its first acquisitions since former Google ad...

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Jason Linkins

Was AOL Reporter Tommy Christopher Sacked For Criticizing Misogynist Playboy Piece?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Tommy Christopher Fired, Sexism, Aol, Aol Time Warner, Misogyny, Tommy Christopher, Video, Jezebel, Megan Carpentier, Playboy Magazine, Media Criticism, Conservative Pundits, Media News

Earlier this week, we mentioned how Playboy had published a sociopathic, hateful, and unfunny listicle by Guy Cimbalo, listing the ten conservative wo...

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AOL Is Free Again

Charles Warner | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Time Warner, Aol, Jeff Bewkes, Media News
Charles Warner

The day Time Warner announced it was spinning off AOL, a former colleague of mine at AOL (I was a VP there from 1998 to 2002) Twittered, "After nearly...

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Time Warner Gets Well-Timed Tax Break In AOL Spinoff

Fortune | Allan Sloan Senior Editor at Large | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Time Warner Tax Break, Aol Time Warner, AOL Spin Off, Time Warner, Aol, Time Warner AOL, Business News

Time Warner's plan to distribute AOL stock to its shareholders in a tax-free transaction is benefiting from a little-noticed change last year in the r...

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AOL's History In Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: America Online, Aol, Aol History, Slidehuge, Aol Time Warner, Aol Separation, Aol Stock, Aol Time Warner Merger, Business News

It has been more than a decade since America Online dominated headlines as the future of media. Oh how times have changed! AOL rose from a company tha...

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AOL Returns to the Green, Green Grass of Home

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Time Warner, Aol, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Google, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Time Warner confirmed yesterday that it will spin off AOL as a stand-alone public company at the end of the year. So endeth one of the more notable chapters in the history of the Internet, so far.

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