Category Archive: The Cloud

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By Ross Madden
November 10, 2009 11:03 am MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, The Cloud

With the release of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) there have been reports of slowness, and hanging of the Finder when attempting to access SAMBA (SMB) network shares.  SAMBA network shares are essentially the most popular type of network share in use today, and the primary method of sharing files between Macintosh computers and […]

By Ross Madden
October 13, 2009 10:48 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, The Cloud

“Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets” (http://www.twitter.com).  What the heck does that even mean though?  Twitter has actually been around for several years, but only this past 12 months has it picked up steam and become a household […]

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By Ross Madden
October 2, 2009 1:01 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, The Cloud, Windows

What is a Netbook? Netbooks are the term applied to ultra portable laptop computers which in turn come with a low price tag; typically, under $400.  The low price means that these devices are comparably underpowered for the operations a more expensive “laptop” or desktop computer could typically handle.  The ultra portable part means that […]

By Ross Madden
September 30, 2009 4:26 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, The Cloud

The term ‘Cloud Computing’ has started to emerge with more frequency over the past few years.  It seems that every new service is operating in the “cloud” and we should be embracing it.  So what exactly is the “cloud” and how can we embrace it? If you have ever seen one of those network diagrams […]

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By Ross Madden
August 27, 2009 9:27 am MT
Posted in Apple, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks, Windows

This morning’s Tekzilla Daily Tip was something I get asked about quite a bit.  How can I edit a PDF file?  Chances are you have either lost the original document or this file was e-mailed to you and you need to make changes.  Adobe Acrobat’s Word export mangles the original formatting of the document, and […]

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