The venture, however, may be edging closer to fruition.

It’s been over a year since the original partnership announcement, but now it seems that more details about how the two applications will communicate is hitting the blogosphere.

This leads many analysts to believe that an AIM/GoogleTalk communication interface is not too far away.

Justin Uberti, resident Googler who has been working on the project, commented on the progress in his personal blog last week. He released some of the technical details on how things would work on the AOL side allowing Google Talk to function with AIM:

Uberti joined Google back in October, after his publicized departure from the AIM development team.

Immediately after the move, speculation ran wild that Uberti would be pivotal in Google’s participation in the Open AIM Initiative, and that developing Google Talk to achieve interoperability with AIM would be one of the top items on his agenda.

AOL and Google are still standing firm behind their official statements regarding the project, so it’s unlikely that any other development news will become available until it’s leaked by someone into the blogosphere, or by a company representative to a major news outlet.

So, it looks like GoogleTalk and AIM users will have to hold out a little bit longer in waiting for this instant messaging courtship to blossom into a full blown marriage.

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According to Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped, the update appears to be inconsequential, at least on the surface. Apparently, the changes that were made are not very noticeable. In fact, Phillip asked for comments from anyone who knows what Google changed or fixed in their much-discussed chat client.

As with most Google applications, the update is probably done automatically by Google, although my version remains at .64. Seeing how the Google Toolbar updates itself, it’s a safe guess that their IM would too, which to some is reminiscent of a spyware-like service. However, number 11 of the Google Talk TOS agreement says:

Automatic Updates. The Google Talk Client may communicate with Google’s servers to check for available updates to the software, including bug fixes, patches, enhanced functions, missing plug-ins and new versions (collectively, “Updates”). During this process, the Client sends Google a request for the latest version information. By installing Google Talk, you hereby agree to automatically request and receive Updates from Google’s servers.

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