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Time Warner said Wednesday that it would split AOL’s dial-up Internet and advertising businesses into separate divisions by early 2009, a move that could ease a sale or merger of either business. The announcement underscores Time Warner’s decision this year to focus on creating content rather than distributing it. “As we continue to reshape Time Warner, we’ll increasingly focus on our goal to create and manage high-quality branded content,” said the chief executive, Jeffrey Bewkes. The company has said it plans to shed its cable services division, Time Warner Cable, by the end of the year. Time Warner has also been in talks to combine the AOL advertising business with either Yahoo or Microsoft, while EarthLink signaled last week that it could be interested in buying dial-up businesses. “A separation of AOL would eliminate what’s been a drag on growth and a management distraction,” said Christopher Marangi, associate portfolio manager at Gabelli, a Time Warner investor. “We look forward to hearing more about structural alternatives there.” In its earnings report, Time Warner said Wednesday AOL revenue had fallen 16 percent in the second quarter. Subscription revenue declined 29 percent as AOL lost 604,000 subscribers in the United States. It ended the quarter with 8.1 million U.S. subscribers. Online advertising revenue rose 2 percent, as growth in ads displayed on sites not owned by AOL offset a decline in display ads on AOL-owned sites. Time Warner said that for the company over all, second-quarter net income fell 26 percent to $792 million, or 22 cents a share, from $1.07 billion, or 28 cents a share, a year earlier, when it logged big gains including from the sale of its interest in Bookspan. Time Warner affirmed its full-year forecast that adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization would rise 7 percent to 9 percent, though it said growth would most likely…

Black Hat Hears Security Details as Reporters Booted
Day one of the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas got off to a hot start with details about DNS and e-mail flaws, Google gaffes, and Cisco vulnerabilities. And some French reporters were kicked out for trying to hack the pressroom facilities. The Black Hat conference is the premiere conference for the latest in security news and tools. Nearly 7,000 attendees are listening to presentations on phishing, hacking and malware, and many are taking comprehensive training on the latest security tools and techniques to protect their networks. Kaminsky Details DNS Flaw Dan Kaminsky gave an in-depth briefing of the much-reported DNS flaw he discovered, with some startling new wrinkles. First and foremost, Kaminsky estimated that only 70 percent of Fortune 500 servers have rolled out a DNS patch. Despite the fact that many servers are still exposed, Kaminsky ran through a detailed laundry list of ways to exploit the flaw before a standing-room only crowd. He may have been pushing laggards to fix the problem by releasing details. By listening to his presentation, a hacker would have a road map to develop multiple exploits. Kaminsky also spoke in detail on how patches prevent such attacks. Google Gadgets Vulnerable Next up for security woes was Google’s Gadgets. According to conference presenters Tom Stracener and Robert “RSnake” Hansen, Google’s popular desktop gizmos are a gaping security hole waiting to be exploited. Gadgets run a variety of small tasks, such as a desktop calendar, news-feed windows, or the latest crossword puzzle. Stracener and Hansen highlighted some scenarios. First, a malicious Google gadget could be added to users’ desktops without their knowledge, monitoring activities and collecting sensitive information. A malicious gadget could also be used to collect account information, trigger other malicious gadgets and send users to bogus sites to fill out forms with sensitive information. They also demonstrated JavaScript hacks of Google…

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