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Google's new Wave application, now undergoing a limited access testing phase, is clearly the search giant's bid to create the next generation internet standard. What is it exactly?

According to company spokesmen and developers, Wave is equal parts "conversation and document," and an attempt to combine the various elements that make up the majority of current internet usage into a single application platform. Wave merges e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, and document making into a single web-based tool.

Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng writes about the perils of exposing yourself on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the like.

Not only can this information, when linked directly to you, constitute an invasion of privacy, it can also affect very real parts of your life.

Sarah Evans has an older, yet still relevant social media piece over at Mashable.com. In it, she gives sage advice regarding your personal and company brands, as well as common pitfalls to avoid when entering the social media arena.

Social media for business is about return on engagement. Connect with people, build opportunities through dialogue which would not have otherwise occurred, then connect them with your business, she writes.

Click here to view the full article.

For all its innovations, the web has lagged horrifically behind its print counterparts in one crucial area: typography. While image and animation capabilities have spurred the distribution of digital information to new heights of whiz-bang cool, the humble typeface has languished in the prison of Arials, Helveticas, Verdanas, and the dreaded Comic Sans since the inception of the web.

Mozilla has finally unleashed Firefox 3.5, giving its venerable open-source browser a speed boost as well as the premier implementation of the emerging HTML5 standard. You can click here to download or upgrade.

Also of interest is Farhad Manjoo's review of the new browser over at Slate.com, as well as a slew of demos designed to show off the new HTML5 capabilities which you'll find by clicking here.