AOL tool links AIM buddies to Microsoft Outlook, ComputerWorld, 28 Feb 2005

“America Online Inc. is offering a beta tool that allows AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) users to see when contacts are online and available to chat through Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook e-mail application. The new application was unveiled today along with a string of partnerships that seek to weave AIM into various online sites and applications from CareerBuilder.com Inc., Ruckus Network Inc. and Thomson Corp. The Outlook integration is aimed directly at business users' desktops using technology from Intellisync Corp.�

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