The best preservation of my middle- and high-school years doesn't exist in a yearbook or in a diary. All you need to know about me, between the ages of 12 and 17, you could find in my AIM chat logs.

This is the second installment in The Design of Y2K, a series telling the stories behind the most influential products of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1996, the burgeoning internet service ...

After 20 years of service, AOL said it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform. An article on AOL's website posted Friday says AOL Instant Messenger will be discontinued on Dec ...