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Google rolls out their own DNS service

Normally one’s ISP would handle the Domain Name System (DNS) resolution of turning the domain name into the associated IP address but ISP’s DNS servers are typically pretty slow. Lifehacker reports that Google yesterday launched a new, free DNS service — called Google Public DNS and having just amended my DNS settings I think I’m noticing an improvement over OpenDNS which I’d been using previously.

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