August 2010 Blog Posts

Five Questions with an OpenDNS User: Matt Bassel

Founded in 1948 at Rutgers University, WRSU-FM New Brunswick is one of the oldest college radio stations in the country. Just because they’ve got a legacy, doesn’t mean the technology at the station is living in the past. Luckily…

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The Biggest Growth Week in OpenDNS History

On Thursday of last week, The New York Times consumer tech columnist David Pogue began his weekly piece with the words, “I’m about to make your life better. No need to thank me.” He went on to write a glowing review of OpenDNS,…

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A Huge Endorsement for OpenDNS from Noted New York Times Tech Columnist, David Pogue

A glowing review for OpenDNS by one of the most noted tech journalists out there, in the most prestigious and well-known newspaper in the country? Check, check and check! We couldn’t be more excited to be the sole focus of this…

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Five Questions with an OpenDNS User: Robert Warren

Today we’re launching a new recurring feature on the OpenDNS blog, “Five Questions with an OpenDNS User.” Longtime readers of the OpenDNS blog may remember a similar feature from a few years back. Let us know in the comments what…

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Thank you, Georgia Department of Education, for Choosing OpenDNS!

We found out a little while ago that the State of Georgia offered a grant to school districts willing to outfit students with netbooks protected by OpenDNS. We always love hearing about how organizations use OpenDNS to make their…

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Milestone: 1 Million Phishes Submitted to PhishTank

When OpenDNS launched PhishTank four years ago in Oct. 2006, we knew several things:

We wanted to make a clearinghouse for phishing data.
We wanted the data to be available for free to other services via an API.
There was no…

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One Million Phishes That Didn't Happen

Did you see anything interesting online last month? Between blog posts, gaming sites, Facebook updates and breaking news, there was a lot to take in. One thing you probably didn’t see — if you are on an OpenDNS-protected network…

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