If you aren’t already using OpenDNS to protect your small-business network, you should take a few minutes now to set it up. The security benefits are well worth the time investment: OpenDNS is free, ...

Cisco has announced the acquisition of OpenDNS, a ten-year-old Internet security company, for $635 million. To understand what OpenDNS does, it's first important to understand a fundamental part of ...

Malicious Web sites install code without our knowledge, or rely on our gullibility, in order to hijack our computers. Anti-malware software can help by blocking known attacks, but does little or ...

Content delivery network Akamai is still attempting to speed up the web and it has teamed up with OpenDNS to add optimized DNS routing to its arsenal of services. For customers using OpenDNS, content ...

OpenDNS is a new start up that wants users to redirect web traffic through its DNS nameservers, where an unusually large cache and an aggregated list of sites deemed guilty of phishing will make our ...

A security system undergoing testing by a San-Francisco-based company aims to speed up the detection of websites and domains used for cybercrime. The technology is being developed by OpenDNS, which ...

Geeky tech startup OpenDNS-- whose service is designed to make Internet access faster and safer -- got its first 20 million users mostly by funding itself with cash flow. Now the company is planning ...

Google, OpenDNS and various content delivery networks have formed the Global Internet Speedup initiative, a project aimed at helping web pages load faster than before. Announced on Tuesday, the scheme ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - You turn on your computer and try to log onto your favorite sites. Nothing happens. A message at the bottom of your screen tells you your computer is trying to connect, and trying ...

Cloud-based enterprise network security company OpenDNS has raised $35 million in Series C funding from Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Glynn Capital, Cisco, Evolution Equity ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business. His ...