Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday (CNN.com)

Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday. The Web application from Google Inc. combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a form of Internet communication called a "hosted conversation," or a "wave."

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US 'to loosen' grip on internet (BBC)

The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann on Wednesday.

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