March 2006 Headlines

AOL Opens AIM Platform to Developers
Betanews ~ 2006-03-06
AOL on Monday became the first major IM network to open up its platform to third parties with the release of a software development kit and the launch of an Open AIM initiative, [but] popular software such as Trillian and Adium will not be able to make us
101 Fabulous Freebies
PC Magazine ~ 2006-03-28
If you use AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger, and/or Yahoo Messenger, ditch your proprietary clients and get Trillian Basic instead. Its clean, ad-free interface is a breath of fresh air.