AOL hopes to roll out a fix soon to a spam surge in its AIM service targeting Google IM users. Google temporarily shut down the interoperability between the two instant messaging networks. Google suspended the IM federation between its IM network and AIM about a week and a half ago. AOL has been working intensely on the problem and expects to fix it maybe as soon as Thursday. Once the problem is fixed, Google and aIM users will again be able to engage in IM sessions, each communicating from their respective networks.”]