What is a DNS server? How Domain Name System servers connect you to the internet

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites ...
Computerworld

How to use a personal DNS for root-server attack isolation

Provided a couple of programmers are correct, what started out as an attempt to provide better Domain Name System (DNS) server performance on Windows machines may also be one way to reduce DNS ...
PC World

After DNS Problem, Chinese Root Server Is Shut Down

A China-based root DNS server associated with networking problems in Chile and the U.S. has been disconnected from the Internet. The action by the server’s operator, Netnod, appears to have resolved a ...
ZDNet

ICANN turns on root server cluster in Singapore

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has turned on an ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster in Singapore, marking it the first of such site in Asia-Pacific. The region ...