SSL Is Not The Security Cure All

SSL, or Secure Socket Layer, is not the answer to website security. SSL does provide an encrypted layer for Internet communications, however it is not the solution to all security concerns. The advantage of SSL is its compatibility with most browsers, where it invisibly encrypts Internet communications... 

osDate Needs To Trim Some Fat

osDate, still one of the noobs to the open source scene, is a dating / matchmaking application developed and distributed by Darren Gates of Tufat.com. I happened upon it about 3-4 years ago while looking for a dating script for a client. Although it was still in its infancy it did have appeal, and at... 

Commercial vs. Open Source Software – Creating Standards For Profit

The days of Open Source seem to be fading away. Now a day, open source is not much different than commercial software. There are a number of individuals and companies that take advantage of freely available applications as a means to profit. Gone it seems are the days of the Open Source Initiative and... 

EnterUrl – Blast or Bull

We had several customers ask us if EnterUrl.com was a legitimate service. If you are not familiar with EnterUrl, they claim to provide “Blast submission of your Web site to more than 300,000 search engines, directories and specialty sites globally.” With so many popular websites and services... 

Eos Online Merchant – First Look, Maybe The Last

I stumbled on Eos Online Merchant [another osCommerce fork based off CRE Loaded] back in November when The Evil Greedy Overlord [Sal Iozzia of Chain Reaction Web] sprang the new pricing structure on the CRE community. David Graham, former employee of Chain Reaction and Dean of the osCommerce University,... 

Paid Scripts – Forced Advertising

I am going to get right down to it… when a script or template developer compels customers [who pay license fees for the script or template] to advertise the developers website for free is disreputable. There is a slew of website application developers and website designers, who I might add, are...