The Web - Page 2

Over the last decade, private search engines have become popular and we have experienced a widespread adoption.  Years ago, it was unthinkable that established search engines like Google and Bing would experience serious competition based on the ...

Browsing the web should always be 100% secure. We shouldn’t have to worry about being tracked and spied upon, and our search data should remain our own. However, most browsers fail basic security tests. They make it hard to block cookies ...

Although the advent of Google Chrome has dented its popularity in recent times, Mozilla Firefox remains a key part of the online world. Every day, around 500 million people use the browser on their laptops, tablets, and phones, and there are ...

Some readers may well remember the days when word processing was done offline (possibly, even with a typewriter!) but for many of today’s digital natives, it’s always been done online – and through the software offered by ...

A private search engine uses additional settings to keep the user information and search information private. The private search engines support advertisement free environment while offering users guaranteed privacy to profile information. A ...

Life would be very different without web browsers, but while these essential tools are incredibly useful, they can be problematic as well. Aside from ease-of-use factors, browsers can fail in terms of reliability, speed, functionality, and the ...

Have you ever wanted to host your own web or game server? Once you understand how DNS works, you’ll have learned the first steps to get you on the right track to setting up your very own server! First things first, the acronym DNS stands for ...

Some types of internet cookies make browsing the internet better. Others can be harmful to your computer and mobile devices. Learn how to spot the difference and protect yourself from the dangerous ones. The meaning behind internet cookies ...

We often think of the internet as a web of connected nodes which stretches across the globe, but that’s not how network engineers see things. In their world, the internet is more like a pyramid (or “stack”) than a web – ...

When using a domain name system or DNS, you will, at some point, experience a DNS error. But what exactly is this and what causes it in the first place? What is a DNS error? As this is a question on so many people’s minds, we thought to get to ...

Still relatively new to the world of firewalls, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) don’t simply use IP addresses or ports to allow or block traffic. Instead, they actually analyze the traffic itself and use this data to make decisions ...

When we think about communication, we should think globally while acting locally as we are now closer to everyone than we think. In this article, you will be introduced to what IP geolocation means, its application and how it has made it easy to ...

Dubbed “the world’s most private search engine”, StartPage would seem to fit the bill for anyone who wants a confidential, safe Google alternative. But is this the case, and do the claims made by the StartPage search engine ...

What is Puffin? Developed by American-based mobile technology company CloudMosa, Puffin is a web browser that became available as a paid application on the Google Play Store in 2010. Ever since then, it has gone on to earn itself a substantial ...

The Dark Web is called dark for a reason. Like a cavernous dungeon, it’s almost impossible to navigate without a torch or beacon – and the information it contains can be very difficult to discover. However, that’s all changing. If ...

With everything rapidly moving online, it is important to protect your information. Don’t let someone steal your identity away. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is the use of more than one level of authentication to prove one’s ...