Google Wants To Take DNS Duties Away From Your ISP

Google has just announced its  Google Public DNS service.  This service allows users to replace their standard DNS server configuration with its own option. The argument here is that Google's infrastructure will supply faster result times than an ISP's own DNS server, and that Google will do a better job of keeping its domain database updated. Using Google Public DNS should be as simple as entering 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 for your DNS server in your Internet connection settings.  The service is f...

Verizon’s New Prepaid Wireless Data Service for Laptop Users is a Rip…

This is one of those news items where you just imagine a conference room somewhere with a bunch of stuffed shirts and one guy says "I know!  We'll give them less and charge them more!" and everybody pats each other on the back for a job well done. Enter Verizon's new pre-paid wireless "deal". $15 a day to access 75 megabytes of data. OR... $30 a week for 250 MB of data. OR $50 a month for 500 MB  of data. (All the new services will be bundled with the Verizon Wireless USB760... no data here...