Napster + AIM = MP3s?

Well yet another Napster-like program has sprouted up, this time merging Aim with Napster to get AIMster. The recently launched AIMster allows for swapping of files only with your "buddies," and uses GNUtella's technology to do the actual swapping. AIMster uses AOL's instant messaging service to get the IP address and the files available from your other buddies computer's. This allows for searching ability and the confidence that only people on your list know what you have.

As AIMster uses GNUtella's technology it does not currently support "tunneling" of firewalls, though developers promise a tunneling version to be released by the end of the month.

You can download AIMster here.