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Comcast DNS slow? Use these easy to remember DNS IPs

I have Comcast cable at home. Overall, the service is pretty good – certainly light years better than the Verizon DSL to which I previously subscribed. One problem that Comcast is plagued by, however, is notoriously slow DNS servers.
For those of you non-technical folks out there, “DNS” stands for “Domain Name [...]

How to Stop Firefox Popups

Firefox has long been my web browser of choice. Features such as tabbed browsing, multiple extensions, and intelligent popup blocking make it the most usable browser available.

Lately, however, it seems that more and more popups are managing to get through. I did some checking, and it seems that the Macromedia Flash [...]

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