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• BurstPoint officially launches with video platform

  BurstPoint Networks officially launched operations today with a portfolio of enterprise-class video-streaming and videoconferencing products.

• NSF: Time for an Internet do-over

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) has doled out grants worth up to $US32 million in total to a pack of universities dedicated to rethinking everything about the Internet from from its core routing system to its security architecture and addressing the emergence of cloud computing and an increasingly mobile society.

• Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers

  Windows Phone 7 has been finalized and released to manufacturers, Microsoft announced in a blog today.

• Microsoft's 30-day forecast: Stormy exploits expected

  Microsoft on Tuesday warned customers that a record number of just-patched bugs will probably be exploited in the next 30 days.

• 'WiMAX 2' set to be finalized in November

  While LTE starts rolling out from major U.S. carriers in 2011, the WiMAX Forum is hoping to have the so-called WiMAX 2 standard up and ready to go by the start of 2012.

• 5 makers for Windows Phone 7 now official

  Microsoft has officially divulged names of at least five manufacturers for its coming Windows Phone 7 devices, with Asus recently added to a list of four revealed at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference on July 13.

• Windows Phone 7 'preview' winning generally good reviews

  Microsoft announced a broader release of the latest build of its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, and it's getting good reviews from developers. The company also says it started shipping thousands of prototype handsets to software developers around the world.

• Engin narrows 1H losses 16%

  The VoIP provider recorded a net loss of $2.6m for the half