AOL Goes Open Source

NEW YORK The most old-school Internet media brand is set to embrace an open-source, Web 2.0 approach in a major way.

AOL — previously famous for its “walled garden” philosophy aimed at keeping visitors within the portal’s confines using AOL-only tools — is slated to unveil a redesigned home page today that allows users to integrate various social networking profiles on AOL.com.

Officials said that on the new version of the site, users would be able to access information from their Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Twitter accounts all in one place.

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