We all aware of that finding an open source software based on Microsoft technology is like searching for needle in a hay stack, let alone a suitable one. dashCommerce is one of those very rare open source .NET ecommerce platforms in the wild, other two available option you have- DotShoppingCart and nopCommerce (we will come to these two in the future).
dashCommerce formerly known as the Microsoft Commerce Starter Kit, is a complete CMS (Content Management System) and ecommerce open source solution. Current stable version dashCommerce 3.0 is quite flexible and robust in nature, as it’s incorporates all three major components of an ecommerce application:
Product Catalog
Shopping Cart
Order Fulfillment …
PrestaShop is what we consider a one-stop shop and a lot simpler to install and setup than most open source ecommerce platform. This is a scalable open source platform, which means it can grow as your business grows. PrestaShop is a free solution, and their easy-to-use back office tool allows anyone, regardless of skill level, to use and maintain an online store (sort of like ecommerce for dummies 
). PrestaShop is available under the Open Software License and officially launched in August 2007 for small to medium-sized businesses. The software, which is based on the …
Varien a LA based Web firm turn ecommerce platform provider developed Magento, one of the most vibrant, feature rich open source ecommerce platform. Varien was founded in 2001 which worked with osCommerce. They originally planned to fork osCommerce but later decided to rewrite it as Magento. Though Magento version 1 publicly launched on March 31, 2008, the official development started way back in early 2007. Magento is built on components of the Zend Framework. It’s available under the Open Software License …
Many Open source entities had an eventful, breakthrough year in 2008. Not all the events were positive, in fact most of them weren’t. Once hacker’s, malware producer’s target was windows but in 2008 we have seen their shift of focus towards open source projects. Without any arguments, the biggest protection against security holes is always keeping up-to-date your software/application. But here is the hiccup; most open source lacks frequent update unlike property software/applications. So no matter how wonderful and creative open source projects are you can’t blame the corporate user’s going after property software/application to keep their pants on. Of course there are exceptions like-Firefox, MySQL (supported by Sun Microsystems), PHP, …
Though a lot of we are not yet getting a hang of PHP5, news around PHP6 is on the way. Hell i recall a lot of hosting company just recently upgraded their PHP to version 5. Seems like version 5′s improved class handling just came out yesterday, time really does fly. PHP’s upcoming edition, V6, includes new kick ass features and most awaited syntax improvements that will make it easier to use from an object-oriented standpoint. Other important features, such as Unicode support in many of the core functions, mean that PHP V6 is positioned for better international support and robustness. Though judging by …
Adobe took an important step in merging desktop and Internet applications upon announcing the availability of AIR 1.0, a run-time module that provides a way of running "rich Internet applications" (RIAs) on the desktop. Since the release of the beta version of AIR, several organizations already adopted the technology; among them, NASDAQ Stock Market Inc, AOL, EBay and many others. I agree with most developers, that AIR will reduce download time due to the fact that the desktop is constantly being updated while connected to the Internet. A free download will allow users of Macs, PCs …
While Sony Ericsson closing a partnership with Microsoft to run Windows mobile on their phones, some of the biggest mobile brand decided to follow Google’s path to open source the Mobile OS. The world’s second largest mobile phone maker Samsung and LG Electronics showed new phones using free Linux software from Mobile Linux foundation, which said in total 18 phones from seven vendors, would use its software. This isn’t first time for Samsung using Linux. They used Linux in its phones in 2006, launched new SGH-i800 phone model running on LiMo software at the Mobile World Congress trade show, while LG Electronics showed a prototype phone LG LiMo. …
These are very easy to do stuffs, nothing complex yet in time you will find it useful. Most no-tech blogger intend to do everything through plug-ins, but why install dozens of plug-in while you can get away with just adding few tweaks? So here are five simple tweaks that will make your WP life a lot comfortable.
Denying access to non-referrer request/Spam-bot request via .htaccess
This is simple and straight forward way to deal your referrer spam. Well off course considering your server is Apache with mod_rewrite module installed. Since all the games played in the wp-comments-post.php file and spam-bots usually does not …
After the first beta release of the much-anticipated Firefox 3 Web browser which offers some nice enhancements over the previous version, Firefox 3 beta two is now available for testing. Though it doesn’t differ much from its predecessor’s functionality or looks but there are some major performance upgrade has brought. Since it’s a beta release there are still some known bugs, which obviously will be taken care off before Firefox 3’s anticipated debut. Firefox 3 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, …
A search engine from the creator (Jimmy Wales) of online encyclopedia Wikipedia will be made available to the public next week. After just a few weeks of invitation-only testing, Wikia Search/Search Wikia (Not quite sure about the actual name as the logo shows one name but text shows something else) will debut on Monday, 7 January. Co-founder Jimmy Wales said the open source search engine would be released for public viewing in “alpha” so users can complain about flaws and developers can work out the bugs. Last February, Wales announced plans for an open source search engine to offer what major search engine does …
