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Namebench: Google’s 20% Project To Find The Fastest DNS Server

When Google launched its own DNS service last month, one of the main stated goals behind the project was speed. The problem is that most Internet users have no idea what a DNS server is, let alone how to configure one, or test how fast it is. But one Googler has taken it upon himself to create an...

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Six New Years Resolutions For Apple And The iPhone In 2010

Last night, as we waited for Carson Daily to tell us that it was time to make a lot of noise, I found myself laying on my buddy’s lawn with glass number one-too-many of something toxic in my hand. As I stared up at the stars, I pondered something I’d imagine most of the country was p...

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Ten Technologies That Will Rock 2010

Now that the aughts are behind us, we can start the new decade with a bang. So many new technologies are ready to make a big impact this year. Some of them will be brand new, but many have been gestating and are now ready to hatch. If there is any theme here it is the mobile Web. As I think...

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Hotel WiFi Should Be a Right, Not a Luxury

I’m in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee for Christmas and on a drive between Memphis and Nashville I noticed that every $30/night hotel offered free wireless Internet access. Further, when we got to Nashville and checked into the relatively low-frills Holiday Inn Express we had better wire...

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Frank Gruber Leaves Aol To Pursue His Own Ventures

Frank Gruber, Aol’s Principal Product Manager of Lifestream Platform, has just announced that today will be his last day with the company. Gruber’s official role at Aol included planning and building products like its lifestream, but he was also one of the company’s few publi...

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Twitter and Me! Why It’s The Only Social Media Tool I Use.

With all the excitement about the Crunchies awards, I thought I should cast my ballot: Twitter. No, not because it’s the best product (I think Android is), but because it has impacted me the most. To young TechCrunch readers, this post will seem pretty lame. An old professor trying to seem...

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