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The high-tech sector is witnessing an intriguing battle between Microsoft and America Online over the future of instant messaging on the Internet. Microsoft, a dominant company pushing proprietary software, is challenging AOL's dominance in instant messaging with its push for open standards and free software. The stakes are
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The ongoing controversy over America Online's proprietary behavior towards its Instant Messaging customers has sparked widespread outrage in the national news media. However, as long-time computer industry executives will attest, this is merely business as usual. The concept of "stickiness" - a term used to describe
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As the technology landscape continues to evolve, America Online (AOL) finds itself facing strong competition in the instant messaging market, which it has long dominated. Microsoft and Yahoo!, in particular, are making significant strides in this space, threatening AOL's virtual monopoly. The conflict began when Microsoft introduced its
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Furniture.com, the leading e-tailer in the $178 billion furniture and home furnishings industry, has announced strategic online advertising agreements with MSN and Lycos. As part of a multimillion-dollar branding campaign, these agreements reinforce Furniture.com's position as the premier online destination for furniture shopping. With its user-friendly
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The Sun-Netscape Alliance has announced Netscape Application Server 4.0, a leading application server for deploying non-stop, large, transactional e-commerce sites. Expected to ship in August, Netscape Application Server 4.0 is designed to meet the needs of e-commerce businesses, providing high performance, high availability, and manageability capabilities. Over 40
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The digital world witnessed a heated dispute between Microsoft and America Online (AOL) over their respective instant messaging services. Engineers from both companies engaged in a back-and-forth battle, with each side trying to outmaneuver the other, as AOL attempted to block users of Microsoft's new messenger service from
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Instant messaging has become a highly popular feature on the Internet, with over 780 million messages sent daily by 80 million users of America Online's instant messaging services, which include its flagship on-line service and a free version, AIM. Microsoft and Yahoo introduced software designed to tap into
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In a statement released on July 20, 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 191.23 points to 10,996.45, marking the first drop in a week. The Nasdaq Composite Index also declined 98.11 points to 2,732.18, while the S&P 500 fell 30.
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AOL, the world's largest Internet provider, is set to launch a free Internet service in the UK under its Netscape division, posing a significant threat to Freeserve's success. The move is seen as a bold move by AOL to overtake Freeserve, a subsidiary of Dixons, and
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The world's biggest internet access provider, Online, is set to launch its own free service in the UK, while maintaining its paid-for AOL and CompuServe brands. Called Netscape Online, the new free service aims to capitalize on the success of Freeserve, which has become the biggest internet access
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America Online's decision to invest $1.5 billion in Hughes Electronics marks a significant challenge to the cable TV industry's dominance in the high-speed Internet market. This move widens the choices available to customers, potentially disrupting the cable industry's plans to lead the development
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In a bid to drive growth and revenue through innovative digital entertainment and Internet services, America Online (AOL) and Hughes Electronics have announced a strategic alliance. The partnership aims to integrate AOL's interactive TV and high-speed Internet services with Hughes' DIRECTV television entertainment and satellite-based data services.
