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Google has launched the best open source program to enhance the capability of the browser with Google Wave.

Google Wave removes the difficulties in communicating with others.

It helps the user see real time changes in the browser window, it allows for the real-time checking and correcting of grammar and spelling, and it facilitates chatting and email in the one screen. Google Wave can translate from and to 40 languages to allow for better communication and expression.

Please click here to view demo video.

When you think of emails, there are a lot of options out there catering to every individual's needs. But none has the capabilities to combine chatting, blogging, sharing files, videos and images all in a single solution. The early signs of Google Wave shows that waiting for this collaboration will be a thing of the past.

Google Wave was announced at the Google I/O developer conference last week. It was developed using the Google web development kit. Think of it as something so cool that it will blow you away.

Imagine you can chat, tweet, collaborate all at the same time in real time, with a click of a button.

That is the power of Google Wave. A revolutionary product and service all rolled into one.

The features I love most about Google Wave is that it actually does email and chatting at the same time with attachment capabilities. Also, it has this powerful history or 'playback' api, that takes you back what you have missed during the time you are offline or not connected.

You can also edit the threads that concern you while in the middle of a chat. Desktop images can be dropped right onto the Google Wave window.

Another positive is that Google Wave is open-source, meaning any developer can tweak or alter it.

The existing extensions are powerful tools. One has the capabilities of spell-checking and automatic word suggestion, allowing users to be free of spelling constraints. The translation extension is also great; they have examples on this video using French and automatically translates it to English.

Google Wave will potentially bring down the competition from all angles. Tools like Microsoft Outlook will be rated well behind taking existing versions into account. I think Google Wave will be widely use for years to come with its great features and usability.

By far it is the most powerful internet communication tool, and will come out later this year. So lets all wait and hail the next big thing on the web.

Google Wave is, as according to co-architect Lars Rasmussen, what email would be if it were invented today.

As written in my personal blog review of Google Wave, Google Wave collaborates all modes of internet communication into one common 'inbox'. These modes include email, instant messaging, blogging, tweeting, networking, etc.

As far as its methods... Google Wave allows you to do the above using web-exclusive technologies which allow for the live transfer of this data, the use of drag-and-drop for easy-adding, etc.

Most impressive is that it is 'open source', with Google inviting unlimited developers like my team at KayWeb Sydney to develop extensions which will continue to improve Google Wave for users.

Please put 1hr 20 minutes aside and watch the following video. This is an excellent demo led by Rasmussen, who also helped buit Google Maps, himself at the Google IO developer conference.