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FCC Lifts AOL IM Limits

Posted by michael on from the why-even-have-laws dept.

TypoNAM writes "'The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to lift restrictions that have barred AOL Time Warner from offering advanced instant messaging services including videoconferencing, according to a source familiar with the decision.'" A couple of years ago, the FCC made a big fuss about how it was watching out for the public interest in approving the AOL/TW merger.

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  1. IM on Unix in Workplace by GillBates0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I started working recently, and after 3 years in school, I'm suffering from pretty severe IM withdrawal symptoms. At school, I used to be up on Yahoo Messenger 24/7.

    Ofcourse, Yahoo Messenger has some decent Unix versions, and also a rudimentary Java one. But I haven't been able to get any of them running on my Solaris box. They have a link for a non-root solaris installation, but it requires libgtk, which I've been unable to get running.

    The Java messenger crashes everytime I receive a new message. Ofcourse I've heard of Trillian and other cross-service messengers, but I'm not sure I will be able to install them without root privelages,

    Probably offtopic, but any help will be appreciated.

    From a grateful IM addict.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  2. one more avenue for porn peddlers by bsharma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    one more avenue for porn peddlers. Now they can send a quick peek-a-boo for a few pennies on paypal.