Geek is chic.
My parents signed us up for AOL's first dial-up service when I was twelve. Since then, I've managed to hold onto my first screen name (a reference to my then-favorite band which is too embarrassing to share here), even though I don't use it. In college, my friends and I laughed over our screen names, chosen as adolescents but too close to our hearts to give up. I eventually switched to a Read more
This week, AOL launched a complete revamp of its mail service, code-named Project Phoenix, which, according to AOL, "brings it all together." Updates include a "Quick Bar" giving you access to quickly send email, IMs, and Facebook and Twitter updates. The view has changed too, highlighting important information on the right while integrating your other email services (Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail) Read more
Hearing about AOL's new features — mainly social networking stuff like widgets and messaging options — make me nostalgic; I can hear that modem dialing and connecting and feel the exquisite pain of anticipation for those little three words (so ubiquitous it spawned a film). AOL was my first Internet provider (or rather, my parents') — those free discs in the mail made it hard to resist a Read more
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A New York spam aficionado just got 30 months in jail for spamming AOL subscribers. He must also pay the company $180,000. Too bad nobody ever got locked up for mailing all those AOL CD-ROMs. The spammer, 27-year-old Adam Vitale, circumvented AOL's spam filter and spammed AOL's 1.2 million subscribers on behalf of a government informant. Vitale, who has also been accused of running a Craigslist Read more
There was no link between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. This fact was confirmed by a Pentagon-sponsored study released yesterday. After a review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that have come into American hands since the March 2003 invasion, the Institute for Defense Analyses found “no smoking gun.” The study's conclusion is significant as the finding comes from a federally funded Read more
With a handful of decent search sites out there, I often wonder what criteria people follow when selecting their search engine of choice. GiggleSugar and I were both in agreeance that we like the simplicity of Google's page and prefer it over ad and link-filled sites like Yahoo!, AOL, and MSN. However, I did happen to show her my pimped out iGoogle page, which is jam packed with gadgets and Read more
Once you sign up for AOL — you've got hell. Signing up for the service is the equivalent of throwing yourself into a dysfunctional relationship with an unrelenting stalker. When it's time to say goodbye, AOL just won't let go. Listen in on the dude's phone call below. He phoned to cancel his account and ended up getting the runaround for over 18 minutes. Where's a text message break-up when you Read more
What would happen if the worlds of our favorite viral-video stars were to collide and collapse into one? Entertaining chaos, that's what. I personally believe that all Americans should continue quoting Miss Teen South Carolina and the taser bro, only after throwing white sheets over their heads and crying alone in a corner for a few hours. Y'all with me? Read more
I love Jada Pinkett Smith, maybe not as much as I love her hubby, but she's pretty great. To me, she seems to have a good head on her shoulders. Jada has had her fair share of pregnancy weight gains and losses, that is for sure, so how did she do it? Jada doesn't seem to be one to fall for the Hollywood outlook on body image, which is why I was thrilled that AOL got the scoop on what she did Read more
