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Security breaches have become a very important thing in the online world. AOL has now alerted millions of its users, asking them to reset their passwords as a precautionary measure in the wake of a recent security breach.

Remember how we told you that AOL had decided to shut down Winamp by Dec 20, 2013? Well, that didn't happen and now Radionomy has acquired the veteran media player which, apparently, will continue to exist.

Tech industry, which started out at a humble pace, has grown into a rapidly evolving arena. Today, tech companies need to evolve constantly or face doom. Given below are five worst decisions by tech companies which wrecked them.

Nearly two decades ago, Winamp was one of the most popular media players. Especially effective in running MP3 content, Winamp was among the top throughout the 90s. But then AOL acquired it and pretty much wrecked it in the subsequent years. Now, the company has announced that it will be shutting down Winamp by December 20, 2013.

AOL hasn't exactly been doing good recently and the company had been contemplating cutting down on some of its businesses for a while now. The ax has finally fallen on the music division and AOL has announced that it is shutting down the entire divison.

Recently, it was reported that Apple's support forums were fraught with users complaining about the bugs they were facing after installing iOS 6.1. Primary among these is the issue of battery drainage and overheating. But corporate entities such as AOL are facing other problems while using iOS 6.1. As a result, AOL has disabled iPhone-based meeting…

Once dial-up was the rage of the day and counted among the cutting-edge connectivity technologies. Then high-speed internet, fiber optics, broadband and 2G and 3G took over, pushing dial-up to oblivion. Yet, it is surprising to know that AOL still brings home more than $150 million each quarter, thanks to its dial-up business.

Alto is an email client designed and coded by AOL. When you think of AOL, much can come to mind, including dial-up internet, the year 2002, instant messaging, and emailing. Other than instant messaging, I thought the age of AOL was long past, but with their 'Alto' revealing, they are trying to prove the public wrong.

AOL patents are apparently up for grabs and a lot of companies are trying to lay their hands on it. Earlier, Microsoft had purchased AOL patents and then sold them to Facebook for a whopping $500 million. And now, AOL has sealed yet another deal with Microsoft, selling out nearly 75% of its patents to the software giant.

AOL Inc has posted its fourth quarter earnings like all companies are expected to do. As it happens in the world of Internet business, here we bump against another paradox: AOL shows increase in profit but a decrease in revenue. AOL posted a net income of $22.8 million or 23 cents per share, in the three months which culminated with December 31.…