Google Wave, the web-based collaboration product Google unveiled in May, is signing up 100,000 beta users to test the service, according to Daily Tech. The new users will gain access to the file sharing and real-time collaboration platform September 30, the next step to a full public launch of the application.

The Wave product gained buzz after being announced at Google's Developer conference May 27, and at least on its face, looks like it could be a challenger to UC product makers, especially in the SMB space. 

For more:
- see the Daily Tech article on the beta program expansion here

Skype has released a beta version of its software for Windows which includes a screen sharing feature.
The Skype 4.1 release also reinstates some extras that were removed in the previous update - much to the disappointment of many subscribers.

INTERVIEW: Larry Stessel, CMO of i2Telecom, talks to voip.biz-news about a new mobile VoIP solution being readied for launch.
The new technology will allow users to make low-cost international calls from anywhere in the world using one SIM card.
i2Telecom's MyGlobalTalk was the winner of voip.biz-news' Product of the Year Award 2008.

Skype has launched Skype for SIP, a beta program that allows companies to make domestic and international VoIP calls from an office PBX rather than PC.
The move comes the week after eBay announced that it expects Skype to more than double its revenue to over USD $1 billion by 2011 - with hopes high that the new business service will be a compelling proposition.