AOL 5.0 reads speed.(Brief Article)

America Online rolled out AOL 5.0 last week, incorporating the capacity to deliver a video-rich version of the service to broadband subscribers.

That feature, AOL Plus, detects when the PC user has a high-speed connection. It then automatically launches a window, or "multimedia tower," enabling display of video, audio and games that otherwise would be inaccessible.

You've Got Pictures, an online photo feature developed with Kodak, and My Calendar, a personalized calendar, are among the other new features in 5.0. The new AOL also provides an enhanced search function and is able to transmit e-mail to, and use the calendar on, non-PC devices, such as 3Com's …