For whatever reason, one of the Gizmodo writers posted an image of an old AOL free trial disc in our staff-wide chat the other day. One thousand hours free for 45 days! This, of course, started us all down a road of weird nostalgia, recalling how we used (or misused) the World Wide Web back in the twilight of the 90s. What were you doing on The Internet back then?
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Joining the list of things starting to make you feel old, Moviefone, the service that allowed movie-goers to call in for show times, will be going the same way as … Continue reading
AOL has announced plans to acquire Gravity, the Internet personalization company behind the Interest Graph. The move comes at a time when Yahoo has made efforts to move into the … Continue reading
If you owned a computer back in the ’90s, you might have heard of Winamp. It was quite popular, call it the iTunes of the ’90s if you will. This popular music player has been around for quite a long time, but its popularity died down in the mid-2000s, as users were captivated by newer products. AOL, which owned Winamp, had announced its decision to shut down Winamp on December 21st, but it was rumored that perhaps Microsoft might acquire it, which it did not. Instead, as rumored, Radionomy has confirmed its acquisition of Winamp as well as Shoutcast from AOL. The legendary music player lives to play another day.
Radionomy was launched in late 2012, its a free service that lets users generate online radio stations. Shoutcast is an online radio broadcasting service that AOL has sold to Radionomy, which will definitely be using it to further bolster its internet radio services, currently the service has more than 6,000 user programmed online radio stations with over 13 million unique listeners. Alexandre Saboundjian, owner of Radionomy, believes that this acquisition will boost the service’s user base “by a factor of 5 to 10.” They will also be developing new Winamp apps for iOS and Android, which will definitely make us feel nostalgic every time we fire them up on our smartphones. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been revealed, but Belgian publication De Tijd claims that AOL has agreed to take a partial stake in Radionomy as part of a funding round.
Winamp Lives To Play Another Day original content from Ubergizmo. 
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We have all used Winamp at some point in our lives, its one of those things that have their very own special place in our hearts. Only recently it was reported that Winamp is going to shut down, which made quite a few people nostalgic about the times spent playing music with the software, but it appears that Winamp might live to play music another day. TechCrunch claims to have heard from a reliable source that Winamp is being sold to Radionomy, an online radio aggregator based out in Belgium.
AOL owns the popular music player as well as Shoutcast, a digital music service. Apparently its looking to offload Shoutcast as well and it too is reportedly being picked up by Radionomy. The online radio aggregator currently has over 6,000 stations in its catalog, being able to bring in Shoutcast’s catalog of over 50,000 stations will definitely be a big boost for it. Winamp may be used to program said radio stations and offer other features as well. Apparently a deal is expected to be finalized by Friday, “if not sooner.” No financial terms have been mentioned in the report as yet and it remains to be seen if they’ll be mentioned once the deal is finalized, and both Winamp and Shoutcast get a new home.
Winamp Is Reportedly Being Sold To Radionomy original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Fans of music services Winamp and Shoutcast received some bad news in late November when it was announced that AOL would shut down both the services. The original announcement said … Continue reading
Sometime last month, we brought you word that Winamp will be shutting down after being in the business for 15 years. Apparently, “shutting down” here meant that it will no longer be supported, and neither will it be made available for download by AOL, its owner. Apart from that, today is supposed to be its last day of availability, but a fresh new rumor has started to go around, touting that Winamp could be hanging around at least for a little bit more.
According to TechCrunch, an unnamed source (how convenient) has mentioned that AOL is currently talking to a potential buyer of Winamp as well as its Shoutcast streaming audio service. The very same source claims that they are more than “confident” of striking up a deal, and since talks are close to being agreed upon, they hold the hope that neither Winamp nor Shoutcast will be able to shut down today as originally intended. AOL has remained mum on the situation and has not responded with anything official concerning such rumors. What are some of your best memories of Winamp? Frankly, I thought that it would be one of those apps that would last virtually forever, like WinRAR or WinZIP, how about you?
Winamp Not Shutting Down After All (Rumor) original content from Ubergizmo. 
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If you have been on the internet for a while, odds are you used the AOL software Winamp at some point in your web life to play your favorite music. … Continue reading
This article was written on October 04, 2010 by CyberNet.
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Google Acquires Touchscreen Keyboard Startup BlindType
BlindType was acquired by Google last week, and based on the video demonstration I’ve seen of their product this will definitely be a very strong addition to the Android mobile software.
IE9 Beta Download Numbers Released
Microsoft has posted saying that IE9 Beta was downloaded over 6 million times in the first two weeks of availability.
Xmarks Possibly Closing, or Moving to a Paid Service
Xmarks announced last week that it would be shutting down their online service, and after word started to spread a lot of users stepped up saying they would be willing to pay for the service to remain afloat. As it stands they are looking to see how many people would be willing to pay for their bookmarking service.
New Apple TV Runs on iPod, and is Jailbreakable
Engadget has posted a video of the Apple TV software running on an iPod. It’s also been determined that thanks to a micro-USB port on the Apple TV the device is jailbreakable.
Microsoft Security Essentials 1-Year Stats
Microsoft’s antivirus software has over 30 million users and has detected over 400 million threats in the first year of availability.
Office 2011 for Mac Release Coming This Month
An official announcement by Microsoft has slated the release of Office 2011 for Mac on October 26th, and pre-orders have already started on Amazon.
AOL Acquires TechCrunch
TechCrunch has been picked up by AOL, who also owns technology blogs like Engadget and Download Squad.
Hulu Plus Coming to Roku
Roku will be one of the first set-top boxes to offer Hulu streaming, but unfortunately you’ll need to pay the $9.99 premium to have access to the shows via the Roku.
Windows Live Essentials 2011
Microsoft has released the next big milestone of Live Essentials, which includes revamped versions of Live Writer, Live Messenger, Live Mail, and many others.
Xbox Live 2010 Dashboard Update Preview
Engadget provides a nice overview of the features you can expect from the upcoming Xbox Dashboard update that is coming out in the next month or two.
Evernote’s Chrome Extension Gets Simultaneous Search
A recent update to the Chrome extension for Evernote lets users see how many notes match a search query performed on any Google search.
Google Lets You Compare Android Phones
Google recently created a central location that lets you view and compare Android phones from all manufacturers and carriers.
Compare Prices from Gadget Recycling Sites
EcoSquid lets you see how much money you’ll receive for your device from several different gadget-buying sources like Gazelle and TradeUps.
Turn Off Gmail’s Conversation View
I love how Gmail groups emails as conversations, but I know not everyone feels the same way. Now Google actually offers an option in the settings to turn it off.
Remove the Ping Dropdown in iTunes 10.0.1
These instructions explain how both Windows and Mac users can hide that pesky “Ping” dropdown should you decide that you’ll never use it.
BlackBerry PlayBook vs. the Competition
Engadget has organized a table of specs/features for the BlackBerry PlayBook, Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Dell Streak.
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