Is integration between these two programs ever going to happen? Any news on this?

supposed to be this year, i'm guessing they're surprise us in a few months :)

they'll*

The press release from the AOL / Google partnership in 2005 listed the integration.

"Enabling Google Talk and AIM instant messaging users to communicate with each other, provided certain conditions are met; "

Maybe the 'certain conditions' have not been met yet.

google.com/press/pressrel/twao ...