Roundup: Sprint’s WiMax bet, Twitku, VMware’s $750M mistake, Bolt-dead and more

Roundup: Sprint’s WiMax bet, Twitku, VMware’s $750M mistake, Bolt-dead and more

Here’s the latest action:

Sprint doubles bet on WiMAX –- Sprint doubles its investment pledge on the untested WiMAX technology (WSJ, subscription required), which Sprint will use to provide widespread broadband over its network. It now plans to spend $5 billion by 2010.

Twitku, the Meebo for twittering — Twitku is a new service that lets you post a single message about what you’re doing simultaneously to Twitter and Jaiku. Those two services are rivals in letting people send… Continue Reading