One week before the release of Apple's new operating system Leopard the company released a video showing the new operating system's latest features. There are all sorts of things that will make significant changes in home computing like the Time Machine backup archive system and increased ease in sharing documents across a network. However there is one technology that certainly has the potential to be very disruptive technology. The new iChat AV stands to make possible fundamental changes in the way we access and share information. The ability to share a document with a patron or user in real-time across the network brings to a whole new level the possibilities of how access to information can be made easier in all corners of the globe. Obviously the first hurdle to overcome is the lack of a cross-platform client but one wonders with the advent of Safari for Windows if there isn't an iChat client for Windows lurking in the wings. If there isn't there will be a rush for other IM/video chat clients to match iChat quickly. There was, of course, a time where iChat and AIM played nicely in the video chat realm. A time so long ago it is almost forgotten but a precedent none the less. To get a full flavor of what is on tap get the video and look about 20 minutes into it for the really cool iChat AV things to come.