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Adult Site Marketer Heads to Prison for Tax Evasion
An adult website marketer who made millions spamming email addresses has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for not paying federal income taxes.
N.Y. Attorney General Gets AT&T, AOL to Block Child Porn Websites, Newsgroups
Cuomo announced similar commitments last month from Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable.
Porn Week Makes AskMen.com, AOL Vacation Lists
Porn Week, the vacation for adult fans that takes them behind the scenes of an adult video shoot, has turned up on mainstream web pages.
Acacia Settles Suit With AOL Over ‘Skins’ Advertising
As the case against a group of online adult companies continues in federal court over digital media transmission, Acacia Research Corp. has settled litigation in a separate case over electronic message advertising against America Online.
AOL Ends Support for Netscape Browser
A longtime icon of the Internet landscape and noted symbol of the contrarian counter-culture of a segment of the web surfing public, Netscape Navigator, will effectively die on Feb.1.
AOL Spammer Sentenced to More Than 2 Years
A New Jersey man who in June pleaded guilty to being involved in an America Online (AOL) spamming scam has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Porn Spamming Duo Sentenced to 5-Plus Years
Two pornography spammers convicted in June of conspiracy, money laundering, fraud and transportation of obscene materials face more than five years prison time and major fines.
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Spamming AOL Users
A Brooklyn resident has pleaded guilty to charges of violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday.
AOL and Porn Blocking
In the technology field, a term that has become increasingly popular in recent months is "false positive," which refers to a legitimate email that has been wrongly identified as spam by a spam filter and is blocked.
AOL Offers Publishers Free Video Search
AOL has launched a developer program for its video search engine, another indication the company wants to weave integration of its own services into websites and blogs.
StopBadware.org Pegs AOL as Badware
The Stop Badware Coalition, a group formed to warn surfers about malicious or deceptive activity on websites or in computer programs, has identified America Online 9.0 as badware.
Wall Street Journal Dissects Popular Search Terms Using AOL Data
AOL’s recent security gaffe that leaked thousands of customer search terms may have created a wave of protests from politicians and privacy advocates, but for Wall Street Journal technology reporter Lee Gomes it was fodder for a recent article that revealed what people most look for online.
Electronic Frontier Foundation Demands Federal Probe of AOL
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has formally petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to investigate America Online for leaking about 19 million search terms used by 658,000 subscribers over a three-month period.
AOL Releases Private User Search Queries
Responding to an apparent privacy breakdown, AOL has apologized for releasing search queries generated by more than 650,000 of its users.
AOL Opens AIM to Developers
AOL has launched Open AIM, a free developer kit designed to make it easier for third-party developers to connect to the 63 million users of its instant messaging service.
AOL: ‘Mark Calendars’ for Mass Mailing Charge
Internet giant America Online officially said it would begin charging a fee for mass emails sent to its Internet users late Tuesday, a move civil liberties groups have said will severely impede communication to millions of people. Officials at AOL have countered the new fee program will limit spam.
More Than $5M Awarded in AOL Spam Case
Christopher William Smith sent literally billions of unsolicited emails through American Online channels during the last several years, touting everything from penis growth to preparatory education, to say nothing of thousands upon thousands of pornographic website advertisements. And it’s going to cost him.
Video Porn Gets Easier With AOL Buy
Online giant American Online announced Jan. 10 that the company had finalized the purchase of video search firm Truveo. Although specifics of the deal were not disclosed, AOL representatives said the agreement marks the largest purchase by AOL and parent Time Warner in the last year.
‘Porn is Passé’ in Spam, AOL Spokesman Says
Most spammers are not dealing in porn, according to Internet heavyweight American Online, which released its annual report Dec. 28 on the Top 10 junk emails of 2005.
Video Self-Publishing System Coming to AOL
America Online announced Wednesday plans to bring Internet TV to its AOL.com portal through an agreement with Brightcove, an online video distribution system developer based in Cambridge, Mass.