A domain name system helps computers translate domain names into IP addresses. Every domain name has its own unique IP address, giving it an address on the Internet. When you type in a website address ...

If you use Google's Public DNS server or OpenDNS as your DNS server, you may notice starting today that YouTube videos load faster and other web content comes in quicker. If you're using your ISP's ...

Nearly 40 million Internet users will experience faster Web browsing starting today, thanks to a protocol tweak being deployed by Google, OpenDNS and several content delivery networks that allows them ...

Earlier today, Google unveiled its latest service – a public global DNS service called – Google Public DNS. Google claims that their new DNS service makes your internet connection much faster, much ...

OpenDNS OpenDNS has been around since 2006, which has allowed it to refine and add features that make it a front-running public DNS to this day. Along with boosts to privacy and security, OpenDNS ...

Last week, DNS provider Dyn was unavailable for a good part of Friday. I blogged late that day about how a computer using OpenDNS was able to access a particular website, while another computer, a ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. OpenDNS, the domain name resolution service, launched a ...

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB), author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying ...

OpenDNS and Google Public DNS both offer free and faster DNS support. Switching to Google Public DNS is not only more reliable it also makes surfing faster on you android phone, iphone or computer.

A few days ago, I wrote about the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, free software from Microsoft that can remove the conficker (a.k.a. Downadup and Kido) worm along with other malicious ...

In my recent Editors’ Notes post on Consumer Reports’ recommendation that Mac users dump Safari because the Apple browser lacks the anti-phishing tools of Firefox and Opera, I focused on behavioral ...