Last week, we asked you to vote on which instant messaging (IM) tool was best: AIM, GTalk, or FbChat . AOL Instant Messenger has been around since 1997, giving it the edge in users and brand recognition. However, while Google Talk and Facebook Chat made their debuts in 2005 and 2008 respectively, they’ve both come a long …

Instant messaging (IM) has been around for a long time. Hell, it actually predates the Internet , yet it’s an ubiquitous and essential part of our social online experience. So we want to know: which instant messaging tool is best? To figure out the answer to this question, we want you, the readers, …

Good news, everyone! Our very own iPhone / iPod touch app is finally really available in Apple’s much talked about and critically acclaimed App Store! That’s right, all the excitement and info you’ve come to know and love from Engadget is now bottled in an easy to digest and delicious iPhone form. …

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The Time Warner-AOL marriage officially comes to an end on December 10th, when AOL once again becomes its own publicly traded company. How will AOL convince investors that it’s ready to get back on the track? With new, shiny logos of course. Oh, and by lowercasing the “o” and…

It wouldn’t be an award show without some sort of bizarre and shocking moment that gets the Internet abuzz, and last night’s American Music Awards were no exception. The talk of the show this time is Adam Lambert’s (who you may remember from American Idol ) performance, in which he kisses another guy …

AOL is not doing well. The company started some serious restructuring of its workforce two years ago , and it’s been cutting it down ever since. Now, AOL has announced they need to fire 2,500 employees, and they’re looking for volunteers. From their filing with the SEC: “On November 19, 2009, AOL…

Yesterday, it was revealed that 10,000+ Hotmail accounts were compromised and all of the usernames and passwords of these accounts were posted online. It was a major security and scam issue, but it was thought to only affect Hotmail users. Unfortunately, Hotmail was only the beginning. Google has now confirmed that thousands of Gmail accounts…

It figures. Less than a day after I finish compiling a massive list of places to watch TV online (legally), a new site pops up on the radar! AT&T has just launched a new entertainment portal, aptly named AT&T Entertainment . As Entertainment Weekly points out, the site looks suspiciously similar to Hulu , though in practice…

In the old days, before ubiquitous Internet connections and social networks, I always turned to TV Guide’s Fall Preview issue to get information about my favorite TV shows, find out what was going to make its debut and to find out when I could actually catch said shows. Today…