Tuesday, March 1, 2005

AOL IM connects to Outlook

America Online has said it plans to enable users of its instant messaging service to see when friends and business associates are online, even if they're not on the contact list. The company plans to let users connect its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) software with the address book of a popular Microsoft calendar and email program in a deal with a third-party company that lets it bypass the Redmond software giant. Executives of the online division of Time Warner said it struck a deal with Intellisync, which plans to release software that lets AIM users know when a contact <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5592442.html?tag=zdnn.alert">within their Microsoft Outlook program</A> is online and reachable by AIM automatically.

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