AOL Opens Up Audio, Video Technology; IM Next?

Well, it makes sense in keeping with the recent spirit of openness at AOL: it is open-sourcing two plug-ins in Winamp, AOL’s digital media player that is used by over 60 million people worldwide.

Going beyond that, AOL is additionally open sourcing its Ultravox streaming protocol, which is used by Radio@AOL, and its Nullsoft Video (NSV) file format used by Video@AOL.

AOL is planning to follow a similar path with the next-generation release of AOL IM

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