Practicing safe DNS with Google
Google is now supporting Domain Name System Security Extensions in its Internet Public DNS service.
Networking
All things network from Web browsers to wireless networking to IPv6 with your host, and long-time networking hand, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Latest Posts
RSS inventor doesn't see what all the fuss is about closing Google Reader
As far as Dave Winer, one of RSS's creators, is concerned, Google turning off Google Reader isn't a big deal. The potential for Google to control the news flow is what he finds worrisome.
Google: Do what you want with Reader, but don't kill CalDAV
While many people are upset that Google is killing off Google Reader, many of them are missing that Google is strangling support for a far more important Internet service: CalDAV.
Pwn2Own: Down go all the browsers
In the first day of the Pwn2Own cracking contest, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox web browsers have all gone down in flames.
Cloud storage: Price wars ahead?
Many services will provide you or your business with a few gigabytes of free cloud storage. But Google, with its Chromebook Pixel and its three years of a free terabyte of Google Drive cloud storage, may be setting off a price war.
Evernote hacked, forces password reset
The popular multi-platform, note-taking web application Evernote has had its master website hacked — and you must change your password before you can use it.
Distributed computing for the greater good
From searching for alien life to working out cancer's protein structures to seeking cores for orphan and rare diseases, distributed computing programs can put your idle computers to good work.
The best Windows browser today: IE 10 or Chrome 25?
Microsoft and Google have both just released new browsers for Windows 7. So which is the best now?
Preventing your own Azure networking flop
Microsoft had the embarrassment of seeing its Azure flagship cloud storage system crash for 12 hours on Friday because it forgot to renew an SSL certificate. Before laughing yourself silly, are you sure that a similar disaster couldn't happen to your internet presence?
Browse 10 cloud storage services
Let's take a quick look at the 10 most important personal cloud storage services.