More AOL Stalking

Anyone who’s ever used AOL knows that they don’t let you choose how or what software is installed, that they won’t let you opt out of “advertising updates”, won’t let you cancel, and on top of that, that they literally won’t let you uninstall the software. One perfect example of this stalkerish desire to keep […]

AOL Gambling on Bettors and McAfee

There are days when so much bad news floats around about AOL that I want to write about cheerful things instead…like sunsets. How about an article on sunsets? This is one of those days. For instance, someone needs to hand AOL the Dumbass Award of 2007 for dropping Kaspersky’s Active Virus Shield from their lineup […]

Please God, Just One More Bad Year

Time to watch the ship start sinking; AOL can’t bail out much longer. Breaking news at the Washington Post quotes Rob Enderle, a principal analyst for the Enderle Group, saying that unless AOL becomes more competitive, “this property will be without value by this time next year.” AOL had its worst quarter since changing its […]