A second look at AOL, the refurbished Ellis Island of the Net
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America Online's AOL 4.0 includes some benefits, but the software will not convert all users of less-crowded online services. Downloading not only can last more than an hour, the company also cautions that AOL 4.0 may consume up to 17.5MB of a hard drive. A reconfigured toolbar, positioned across the top of the screen, can help users perform a number of functions easily. E-mail use is available by clicking on any of three buttons on the left. Web-using customers can surf the Web quickly by typing an URL in the space beneath the icons. AOL 4.0 mimics a Web browser, which eases navigation of various topics, but users also can substitute Netscape Navigator after minimizing the AOL window. E-mail drawbacks include an inability to match Eudora in either sorting messages or letting users attach a preconfigured signature file. Some online customers also prefer to avoid AOL and its customer base of 13 million.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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My own personal antitrust action
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ZDNet's Logo Manager OS enhancement's inability to deliver all of its features dooms an impressive program designed to let users replace the Microsoft Windows OS start-up screen. Installation from the ZDNet software library (www.hotfiles.com) and removing the Windows screen is easy. Problems begin when users attempt to place one of Logo Manager's 12 alternative images on the screen, as the Windows start-up screen reappears. ZDNet says that its images work with NT-based and Windows 98-based machines, or a Dell 486 computer that runs on Windows 95. Logo Manager lacks compatibilty with a newer Micron Millenia 333MHz machine, a ZDNet official said. ZDNet cannot guarantee success on other systems, either. Benefits include allowing users to substitute Logo Manager images with the Windows shutdown screen.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Joys of hanging out on a virtual corner
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Mirabilli's ICQ is a free chat and messaging program and is the most popular software downloaded from the Internet. Once the program is downloaded from the company's Web site (www.mirabillis. com), the user can go on line with it through the browser and search among the 11.5 million registered users to generate a list of personal contacts. The selected contacts appear in a discrete window, and when one of the contacts come on line there are two choices: send an e-mail by typing text in the window provided and clicking a Send button or go to a chat room that can be created in seconds. The software relays messages back and forth, much faster than conventional e-mail. ICQ is unlikely to replace e-mail because it is limited to registered users, but is compelling, and even addictive.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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