WASHINGTON (AP) _ As AOL Time Warner engineers opened their presents and spent time with their families, a team of young hackers planned a holiday surprise: a major security hole in one of the company ...

It’s the end of an era. As of Friday, web company AOL’s groundbreaking Instant Messenger program is no more. As of Friday, users were no longer be able to sign into AIM. Officials with AOL said in ...

Microsoft’s MSN (Microsoft Network) portal and Yahoo appear to be off AOL’s buddies list when it comes to AOL’s enormously popular Instant Messenger service. Both Yahoo and MSN last week released ...

NEW YORK -- AOL Time Warner Inc.'s America Online, the biggest online service, said yesterday that some versions of its AOL Instant Messenger program have a security flaw that could allow users to ...

Tens of millions of Americans use "instant messenger" programs to communicate at work. It's like e-mail, only faster. Get ready for the next development in the form — video instant messaging. Some ...