Retreat of Antarctic Ice Shelves Not New

The current retreat of ice shelves in the Antarctic due to global warming is nothing new - but this time the problem is manmade and therefore potentially more serious, according to research released Wednesday.

Microsoft and AIM

Users of America Online Inc.'s instant messaging service can now automatically see from Microsoft Corp.'s popular Outlook e-mail application whether their friends and colleagues are online.

A free tool AOL is offering beginning Monday integrates "buddy list" information from AOL Instant Messenger with Outlook.

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