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AOL and Plaxo announced that they will partner to make both of their address book products more functional — AOL's by adding the ability to easily import and synchronize data and Plaxo's by adding presence information from AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). These enhancements give AOL a slight lead in the battle among portals and operators to provide a network-resident address book that coalesces email, instant messaging, and voice communications into a single place.