Actress Patricia Heaton is apologizing after briefly siding with conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh in his controversial criticism of a Georgetown law student. The star of The Middle and Everybody Loves Raymond temporarily deleted her Twitter account after siding with Limbaugh’s criticisms of student Sandra Fluke last week via a series of tweets. She [...]
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The carnage continues for Rush Limbaugh, as advertisers and radio stations pull their support for the radio host in the wake of controversial comments he made last week. AOL has now pulled its ads for the Rush Limbaugh Show, after the conservative pundit referred to a college student as a “slut” and “prostitute” for advocating [...]
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Today, the Obama administration has addressed the recent revelations about commercial appropriation of consumers’ online data by unveiling a new consumer “Privacy Bill of Rights”. The proposal is meant to provide consumers with more control over how their personal data is used and to help businesses build trust with their customers. The White House has [...]
Think having your blog bought out by a big conglomerate is all rainbows and unicorns? Think again. Michael Arrington‘s days at TechCrunch, the blog he began from his basement back on June 11, 2005, are over. Arrington has been fired by AOL brass amid a firestorm of controversy surrounding the “CrunchFund” he was trying to [...]
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The April Fools fun just keeps on going and going. It looks like The Huffington Post it looking to raise a few eyebrows. The popular new AOL-owned site has put up a paywall that only applies to employees of the New York Times. The paywall message reads: Dear New York Times Employee, thank you for [...]
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There seems to be a mass exodus of sorts from Engadget, one of the top tech blogs on the internet. The site’s editor-in-chief, Josh Topolsky, announced that he’s leaving the AOL-owned website. Also making a break for it is Managing Editor Nilay Patel. Topolsky said in a blog post (below) that he’s not leaving the [...]
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Did AOL just jump the shark? The online company once known for its dial-up access and CD-ROM’s has purchased The Huffington Post for $315 million. Now pick your jaw up off the floor. In addition to closing the blockbuster deal, AOL will also add HuffPo co-founder Arianna Huffington to its management team. After the acquisition [...]
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AOL has agreed to buy TechCrunch and its group of technology blogs. The TechCrunch blogs will now become a part of the AOL Technology Network. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. This is the second acquisition of the day for AOL. Earlier today the Time Warner spin-off picked up 5min Media, which has [...]
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ESPN personality and sports columnist for AOL’s Fanhouse.com Jay Mariotti was arrested early Saturday on a felony charge in Los Angeles. Mariotti, 51, was was apparently busted following some sort of domestic disturbance. He was booked on an undisclosed felony charge at around 5:45 a.m. this morning and is being held on $50,000 bail. Cincinnati [...]
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More here: Funny Lists The AOL car would have a TOP speed of 40 MPH yet have a 200 MPH speedometer. The AOL car would come equipped with a NEW and fantastic 8-Track tape player. The car would often refuse to start and owners would just expect this and try again later. The windshield would [...]
Microsoft Corporation has just announced a new PC keyboard designed specifically for Windows (sources indicate a Mac variant is being developed). In addition to the keys found on a normal keyboard, Microsoft’s new design adds several new keys which will make your Windows computing even more fun! The final specs are not yet set, so [...]
More here: Funny Lists 1. Don’t write anything down. We can play back the error messages from here. 2. When a tech says he’s coming right over, go for coffee. It’s nothing to us to remember 481 screen saver passwords. 3. When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it [...]
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