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Tips from Google on staying safe online all year around. | What is the connection between Safer Internet Day and Lunar New Year? This year, they both fall on the same day, 5 February 2019. This day is celebrated ...
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On 1 April, Cloudflare announced a new DNS service, one which they have described as the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service. That day is April Fool’s Day, but Cloudflare’s announcement assured us it is real, ...
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The Facebook privacy breach kerfuffle that unfolded last week is a timely reminder that we need to care about our privacy on the Internet. Many of us don’t think about that enough. Some, perhaps, don’t even understand ...
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The latest Speedtest Market Report published today, for Singapore, reveals that we have the second fastest average download speeds for both fixed broadband and mobile networks. The fastest Internet Service Provider (ISP) here in ...
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Sharing a quick post while waiting for pfSense 2.3.3 to update on my router. This update was released just two weeks ago. I hadn’t had the opportunity to upgrade earlier, having been terribly busy of late. There ...
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Most home users will likely just buy an off-the-shelf broadband router for their home Internet connection needs. For the adventurous types, those who like to build their own customised PC rigs, building a broadband routers might ...
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It sounds unreal, but it is real. Fortunately, it isn’t for the general populace. The Singapore government will ban the Internet from computers officially used by public servants from May next year. This will affect some ...
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I was recently asked to oversee the Wi-Fi networking requirements of an off-site event. Is the Wi-Fi coverage adequate? Is the network bandwidth sufficient? Well, you know what, it’s never enough. Not when you have to pay. ...
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Last month, Google became a mobile wireless carrier in the U.S. They didn’t quite rock the boat as much as some people expected they would. But they did offer a different plan quite unlike what other telcos are offering. ...
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When the news first broke that MDA had shutdown TRS, my first thought was that, yes, good riddance. Honestly, there is so much trash published by TRS that, to me, the writers should be ashamed to write them, and TRS should be ...
