CCP Caedmon has written a dev blog entry outlining CCP's release plan for COSMOS, a social networking tool that could be called "EVE away from EVE." According to Caedmon, the system's features will include "home, profiles, improved contact list and an improved mail system." Home will display your subscriptions to various feeds, such as news, blogs and status updates.
The first iteration of the new in-game mail system will be implemented with Dominion, the game's 11th expansion, when it launches this winter. The COSMOS Web application and calendar should be added in early 2010. You can read about all the features in the full dev blog entry after the jump.