Clickmango to rise from the dead

Ill-fated health site Clickmango.com could be back, as a high-street retailer. The highly-publicised site closed down last year after it became apparent poor sales of its vitamins and other health products were never going to justify the investment, despite the presence of a cartoon Joanna Lumley on the homepage. ...more

Interview: Linux and the Open Source Development Lab

Set up at the start of 2001 as a 'centre of gravity' for Linux, the Open Source Development Lab has drawn in heavyweight computing giants from around the world, adding momentum to the adoption of Linux in the enterprise. We caught up with OSDL Marketing Director Nelson Pratt on a recent visit to the UK to talk all things Open Source. Building membership Currently the OSDL enjoys a wealth of support from chip and system vendors, as well as platform builders and operating systems, but Pratt said there were still names missing from the member list. ...more

Motorola says iTunes phone debut is imminent

The CEO of Motorola has denied that mobile phone network operators are not prepared to carry its iTunes-playing mobile phone, the Rokr. Ed Zander said that the phone will be available in the US, in a couple of months. 'There is no resistance on anybody's part,' Zander said. ...more

'Geek spam' emerges as spammers play new trick

Hosted security firm Messagelabs claims geeks are being targetted explicitly by spammers using new techniques to subvert spam filters. It says that over the past few weeks it has seen a new spamming trend arise, which uses 'technobabble' to confuse spam filters into trusting spam mail. MessageLabs is calling it 'geek spam'. ...more

Dell turns to Google for bundling options

Dell is looking into shipping PCs with Google software pre-installed according to reports. Google announced its Google Pack during its keynote at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January comprising its own search, comms, mapping and image software, as well as a range of third-party components such as the Firefox browser. According to Reuters, , a Dell spokesperson confirmed that the PC maker is currently assessing the potential of shipping computers with Google desktop search and Google Toolbar. ...more