Items tagged with aol instant messenger

Kids these days will never understand the joys and horrors of America Online (AOL) and Instant Messenger. However, they can now understand a bit of what we experienced in the late 90’s/early 2000s. A team recently successfully reverse engineered the aolserver for AOL 3.0 to make it possible to sign onto the... Read more...
"So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye." Back in October, it was announced that AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) would be shutting down for good later this year. Well, that December 15th execution date has arrived, and it's time to say goodbye to what was once an extremely popular way for friends and families to... Read more...
Let's pour one out for one of the first instant messaging applications that many of us ever knew. As a freshman in college, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) became a quick way for me to keep in contact with friends across campus, setup study groups or just chat for hours on end. And you couldn't walk down any dorm hall in... Read more...