Today Google released its very own DNS service. As someone with an on again off again relationship with OpenDNS, I am intrigued. (For the purposes of this post, I’ll assume you know what DNS is used ...

A new DNS protocol extension aims to reduce network congestion and latency for some bandwidth-intensive operations like streaming video by using location-awareness to pair users with the closest CDN ...

Google made much about it just released Google Public DNS, its DNS resolution service for speeding up Web browsing, but there’s a better alternative, also available for free. OpenDNS has had a similar ...

Google has launched its own public domain name system resolver, Google Public DNS, on Thursday, saying that it is designed to speed web browsing and improve security. DNS is the service that converts ...

For most small businesses, a reliable connection to the Internet is vital for both communication and commerce. A key component of Internet access is the Domain Name System (DNS), which allows you to ...

Companies should focus on securing their networks and educating workers on "safe surfing" habits, to minimize possible security leaks from users switching to Google's public DNS, advised an analyst.

OpenDNS has added a new filtering option to its free DNS service to help protect against poisonous DNS rebinding attacks. The new feature, which is turned “OFF” by default, is available to OpenDNS ...

OpenDNS, the service that makes it easy to set up an alternative DNS server, has announced a new service that allows users to browse the web by using keyword shortcuts. The new service allows people ...

OpenDNS has released a preview of a tool that will encrypt DNS (Domain Name System) requests between a person’s computer and the company’s lookup service, potentially blocking malicious interceptions.

If you've ever looked at a common web technology, protocol, service or piece of internet infrastructure and wondered aloud if Google was working on its own better, faster version of it, rest assured ...