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Tuesday, October 08, 2002

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/07/021007hnaol8.xml?s=IDGNS

As launch looms, AOL 8.0 details begin to leak
Scarlet Pruitt

A week before America Online (AOL) is set to roll out its new feature-packed software, more details of AOL 8.0 are starting to emerge, including information about a premium call-waiting service and six themed welcome screens.The offerings are part of a host of new features set to be launched with the software during a glitzy ceremony in New York next Tuesday, where pop diva Alanis Morissette and other entertainers are reportedly scheduled to perform.AOL executives started discussing details of the upcoming software at the Internet World 2002 in New York last week.The new bells and whistles are just part of an overall effort by the Dulles, Virginia, ISP to shore up its business amid dwindling advertising revenues and falling subscriber rates....

 


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