... cable companies provide DNS servers for users, but the service is separate from the Internet connection itself. When a DNS server goes down, customers can't get to the Web pages they're seeking.
That's where OpenDNS comes in -- it provides its own DNS servers. So if Time Warner's DNS server is down, you can change your computer setting to use OpenDNS to convert IP addresses into domain names. (Your computer will remember the change and stick Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
10
Nov
20
Web Fraud 2.0: Faking Your Internet Address
fraudcrew.com
, a Web service that offered paying customers the ability to hide their identities online by routing their traffic through computers controlled by others.
Fraudcrew, which has not been charged with any crime, offered subscribers a point-and-click way to mask the source of their Internet connections, so that Web sites could not tell the true location of visitors using the service. The Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
9
SlingMedia's set top box is finally available. The SlingCatcher brings all your media, and all of everybody else's media, to the TV in your living room.
The simple box hooks up to the telly, your home network and the internet. Anything you have on your regular SlingBox (or anything connected to it) can be streamed directly. You can also hook up a USB drive to the SlingCatcher and watch movies that way.
It sounds great, but for home use the SlingCatcher Read the rest of this entry »