Behind every laptop or tablet that goes online, behind every web address, behind every stack of servers, there's an IP address. These strings of numbers and dots act as unique identifiers for the ...

If you are familiar with VPNs, you may have noticed that many of the best VPN services offer dedicated IPs as an add-on ...

"I am not an IP number, I am a free man!" OK, so that's not exactly what actor Patrick McGoohan said in the classic TV show, The Prisoner, but Number 6 would have agreed that people aren't numbers, ...

Every machine on the the Internet has a unique number assigned to it, called an IP address. Without a unique IP address on your machine, you will not be able to communicate with other devices, users, ...

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a system for transmitting voice calls over the internet. IP phones use an internet connection rather than phone lines for transmission, but otherwise work the ...

You can change which DNS server your devices use which could help you get a faster, more secure internet connection in the process. Reading time 6 minutes The DNS (Domain Name System) server settings ...

Political and technological problems might sink China's New IP plan, but China could reshape the internet in subtler ways. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

Dan Misener is a national technology columnist for CBC Radio afternoon shows, and one of the minds behind Spark with Nora Young. In my books, Feb. 1, 2011, will go down as the day the internet got too ...

When disaster strikes and internet access is knocked out, how can you communicate? Ham radios and IP over Avian Carriers are two options. If you’re reading this, you have internet access. You probably ...

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