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AOL gets into video business - America Online and Videos Now, a division of Digital Courier Technologies, said today they had agreed to market videotapes to consumers. [News.com]
 
AOL hacker pleads guilty - A juvenile pleaded guilty today to stealing more than 500 passwords that America Online users had entered into their computers, federal prosecutors said. [News.com]
 
AOL inks deal with Packard Bell - America Online signed a marketing agreement with Packard Bell NEC, the third-biggest supplier of computers in the United States, under which Packard Bell will feature AOL as the preferred Internet online service on its computers, the companies said today. [News.com]
 
AOL revamps security policy - After several highly publicized security breaches, America Online has posted a new version of its membership policy that addresses some of the privacy concerns raised by users and critics. [News.com]
 
AOL settles accounting suit - America Online said today that it has reached a preliminary agreement in a class-action lawsuit regarding its accounting practices in 1995 and 1996. [News.com]
 
AOL shuts site after Muslim protest - America Online has closed a Web site found to be in violation of the online service's terms of service by carrying material deemed offensive to Muslims, the company said today. [News.com]
 
AOL to sell $500 million of shares - America Online says it will offer about $500 million of common stock in a block trade that would involve one half of the shares the online service provider filed to offer earlier this month. [News.com]
 
AOL up after AT&T report - Shares in America Online rose in preopening trade this morning following a report that the online service had rebuffed a tentative buyout offer from AT&T. [News.com]
 
AOL volunteer list hacked - A database containing sensitive account information about America Online community leaders was hacked and the data circulated via email, CNET NEWS.COM has learned. [News.com]
 
AOL wants AT&T-TCI business - America Online today hailed the proposed merger of AT&T and Tele-Communications Incorporated, saying it hoped to resell AT&T-TCI high-speed Internet access to its customers once the merger was completed. [News.com]
 
AT&T buyouts well-received - More than 15,000 AT&T managers have opted to take advantage of a sweetened early retirement offer, according to the company's official final tally. [News.com]
 
AT&T expands Net telco services - Telecommunications giant AT&T said today it debuted a new service that allows users to turn an online conversation into a phone call and initiate conference calls over the Internet. [News.com]
 
AT&T has troubled past in mergers - When executives at AT&T try to explain why its acquisition of Tele-Communications Incorporated makes good business sense, don't expect them to point to a stellar track record. [News.com]
 
AT&T managers opt to retire - AT&T today said at least 14,000 managers will leave the company under a voluntary management retirement plan recently announced in January that boosted pensions by 20 percent and expanded benefit eligibility. [News.com]
 
AT&T sells paging arm to Metrocall - Metrocall said today it would buy AT&T Wireless Services' advanced messaging division for $205 million in a deal that expands the paging company's national reach in next-generation services. [News.com]
 
AT&T stock dims profit prospects - As AT&T's stock continues to slip in the wake of its merger announcement with cable giant Tele-Communications Incorporated, TCI chairman John Malone has seen his potential booty shrink by more than $100 million. [News.com]
 
AT&T to buy TCI for $48 billion - AT&T said today that it has agreed to acquire Tele-Communications Incorporated in an all-stock deal worth an estimated $48 billion. [News.com]
 
AT&T to offer Net bill payment - Bolstering the e-commerce sector, AT&T soon will let customers pay their bills over the Net using the CheckFree processing service. [News.com]
 
AT&T-TCI merger faces hurdles - It's not a done deal, at least not until the trustbusters have spoken. [News.com]
 
ATM catches up with hype - Left for dead after hype far outpaced reality, the high-speed technology known as ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) is finally reaching maturity, buoyed by wide adoption in telecommunications and service provider networks. [News.com]
 
 

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