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The article reports on consumer frustration of signing up for free AOL. Many of the Time Warner Inc. unit's U.S. subscribers are running into logistical problems. An email sent to subscribers was confusing and customers were annoyed by the requirement that they call to change their status. Paying AOL subscribers who ignore the change will stay on their current plan at the existing rate. The article offers a comparison of AOL's new menu of services.

In the article, the author discusses developments in the operation of mass media company AOL, particularly its sale to telecommunications firm Verizon for 4.4 billion dollars.

The article discusses a report released by U.S. firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) on June 2, 2012, that recommended that stockholders of U.S. technology company AOL vote for two nominees to the AOL board put forth by shareholder Starboard Value LP.

The author stresses the need for Time Warner, operator of the online information service and media firm AOL, to discontinue access at the service as of March 2009. He says the subscriber base of AOL declined to 6.9 million at the end of 2008 from 1.5 million in 2005. He suggests to put the access business in the hands of a company like EarthLink. He adds that in 2008, Time Warner separated the two AOL businesses, so one or the other could be offered for sale.

The article reports that Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc. have stepped up talks over creating an alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited offer to purchase Yahoo. It says that the talks concentrate on a deal that would unite the AOL Internet unit of Time warner with Yahoo. It states that the integration of AOL and Yahoo would build an online advertising powerhouse.

This article reports on a deal made by America Online with four major U.S. telephone companies that would allow the company to offer an AOL-broadband service for as low as $25.90 a month.

Discusses the phenomenon of fantasy sports leagues. Time Warner Inc.'s America Online unit and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., which are the newest entrants into the business of hosting fantasy leagues; Players, who assemble teams of various athletes no matter what their real team affiliation is; Point system, which is based on how those players perform in real games; Electronic Arts, which hopes some day to link fantasy sports with its video games; Estimated 14 million fantasy football participants last year in the U.S., who spent an average of $154 on fees and services.

Reports that online service America Online (AOL) will stop using pop-up advertisements on its service. Reasons for this change, including negative attitudes toward pop-up ads by users; Efforts of AOL Time Warner Inc. to revitalize the service, including the launch of an 8.0 version of its software; Importance of customer loyalty to AOL during a period of increased competition with other services; Use of pop-up ads; Loss of ad revenue.

Reports on the retooled version of America Online's online service that is designed to run on broadband Internet connections.

Deals with the plan of Microsoft Corp. to unveil a service that would make it easier for people to switch to MSN from America Online for consumer Internet service.

Announces that the organization Soccer in the Streets is in need of a director of development as of May 21, 2002.

Reports on efforts of cable broadband Internet service providers to increase their customer base. Offering of bargain broadband at discount prices; Comparison between a Cox Communications plan and AOL's dial-up plan on the basis of price and speed; How bargain broadband could affect AOL.

Comments on the business strategy of Robert J. Pittman, chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner, who has been chosen to fix problems at the America Online unit. History of Pittman at the company; Suggestion that Pittman will need a better strategy than cost-cutting and hypermarketing to succeed; Opinion that America Online needs to regain its customer focus, reduce the amount of advertising it directs at users, and split from AOL Time Warner.

Reports on plans of AOL Time Warner Inc. executive Robert Pittman to run both the online and print media business segments of the company. How America Online revenues per customer have dropped; View that Pittman may be overcommitted with two jobs.

Reports that America Online has begun testing a software version that uses the Netscape Web browser as of March 18, 2002.

Focuses on the long-term impact of a marketing strategy used by online service America Online (AOL) to attract customers. Description of the strategy by which AOL provided customers with unbilled usage for a limited time; Percentage of non-paying United States subscribers to AOL; Decline in AOL's growth rate; Other marketing strategies used by AOL, including bundling of their software with the purchase of a personal computer.

Discusses Internet instant messaging (IM) technology, and how it is underdeveloped compared to similar technologies, such as electronic mail. How America Online pioneered the service; Inability of users of one service to chat with users of a different service; How AOL's attempts to block other IM services from chatting with AOL users could result in AOL being left behind as other chat services become more advanced.

Reports on the offering of music services to its customers by America Online. AOL's potential for artist promotion and simplification of online music; Hopes to make users stay online for longer periods of time.

Reports on efforts of Dr. Jeffrey D. Klausner, a San Francisco, California doctor who has discovered a pattern among gay patients infected with syphilis. Finding that most cases he has seen met on and America Online chat room; His efforts to have America Online post a health advisory in the chat room.

Compares America Online version 7.0 Internet service and Microsoft Network 7.0. Monthly Internet access fees offering a huge source of revenue; Comparison of the two service's instant messaging programs.

Reports on the decision of the United States Labor Department not to pursue complaints over the use of unpaid volunteers by America Online.

Provides information on the advertising campaign of America Online for its 7.0 computer software.

Reports on the Web service changes launched by America Online (AOL) and MSN in October 2001.

Discusses the rivalry between Microsoft Corp. and America Online, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., for control of the Internet. Views of Yusuf Mehdi, the vice president in charge of MSN online service; Response of America Online service to Microsoft's efforts to copy the service's business model.

Discusses how the Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft Network (MSN) online-access service may benefit in 2001 due to problems at rivals Yahoo! Inc. and AOL Time Warner Inc. Efforts by MSN to boost its subscriber base; Company's plans to unveil the software initiative known as Microsoft.NET; Reasons why MSN has previously failed to overtake Yahoo! and America Online.

Reviews the Web search engine Google (www.google.com), rating it against other search engines such as AltaVista, America Online (AOL), Microsoft Network (MSN), Yahoo!, LookSmart, and Excite search engines. Google's use of automated computer programs for indexing; The usefulness of the retrieved results; Google's policy on how it ranks result lists.

Deals with the proposed agreement between AOL-Time Warner and EarthLink Inc., the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. Why small and medium businesses oppose the plan; Impact that the deal may cause as a starting point for an open-access deal for other companies.

Presents news briefs related to politics in the United States as of December 8, 2000. Activity of special interest groups who are focusing on presidential candidate George W. Bush and the Republican party; Expectation for the US Federal Trade Commission's approval of the America Online-Time Warner merger; Donations of money for the legal cases of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush.

Discusses the competition between Internet service providers. Dominance of America Online (AOL), despite challenges from AT&T and Microsoft; Improvement in the Microsoft Network's (MSN) Explorer Internet program; Drawbacks in MSN Explorer, and improvements in AOL Version 6.0.

Presents technology-related questions and answers. Discrepancy between manufacturers' claims regarding MP3 player for digital music; Function of the Safe Mode, a special way of running Windows; Information on AOLTV, a set-top box that receives a special version of America Online.

Reports on efforts of Citigroup Inc. to become a formidable presence on the Internet. Success of the company; Plans to launch an online brokerage; Announcements made by the company, including the offering of a service consolidating all of a customer's financial accounts on one Web site; Partnership with the America Online service.

Offers a look on the pullout by America Online (AOL) of Gnutella, an Internet service that regularly makes available MP3 music files. Cause of the pullout; Implication of the existence of Gnutella with AOL's merger with Time Warner Inc.

Focuses on the move of investors to put their money back into technology stocks and options that offered opportunity to Dell Computer and America Online stocks. Decline in the market volatility index of Chicago Board of Options Exchange; Primary concern of option traders.