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News about AOL
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AOL patents: What's in it for Microsoft?
AOL announced that it has closed a deal to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft. The deal is just north of a billion dollars, and it's easy to see why AOL might want to cash in on the intellectual property. What is less clear is why Microsoft is interested in the patent portfolio, or what Microsoft gains from the deal.
By Tony Bradley | 10 April, 2012 05:23
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AOL to license patents to Microsoft in over $1B deal
AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to Microsoft, it said Monday.
By John Ribeiro | 09 April, 2012 21:37
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ACLU: Most US police don't seek warrants before tracking cell phones
Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
By Grant Gross | 03 April, 2012 03:18
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AOL unplugs 10,000 servers, saves $5 million
AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved itself US$5 million along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running inefficient or underutilized IT equipment.
By James Niccolai | 29 March, 2012 07:55
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E-commerce trade group: Mobile geolocation privacy bill is 'awful'
U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade group NetChoice's latest list of "awful" bills for e-commerce.
By Grant Gross | 23 March, 2012 08:02
Features about AOL
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The world according to Michael Arrington
Ah, AOL -- just when it looked like you were about to slip into boring mediocrity, you surprise us yet again with your antics.
By Robert X. Cringely | 15 January, 2011 06:26
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AOL swallows TechCrunch -- but can they keep it down?
What do you get when you mix a tottering giant from the InterWebs' formative years with the new breed of post-first-ask-questions-later news blogs? We're about to find out, now that AOL has swallowed up TechCrunch.
By Robert X. Cringely | 30 September, 2010 09:15
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