Manage your DNS settings for faster web browsing

In the Network Settings pane of your System Preferences, you may have noticed that you can manually set the DNS servers your connection will use. There are a few reasons for doing this, namely speeding up the time it takes to look up any given website, but also to bypass some annoyances in your ISP's (or IT department's) default name server. Such annoyances could include domain blocking, censorship and other things you may or may not know are even happening.

Our friends at TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - explains how to use Namebench for Windows, Mac and Linux to identify optimal settings. Read on at http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/16/manage-your-dns-settings-for-faster-web-browsing