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Category5 Technology TV
Weekly live digital TV show with Robbie Ferguson focused on topics of interest to tech minds. Ask your questions and get live answers. Recipient of 2014 and 2017 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award.
An Early Look At The Rock64 Single Board Computer
- Episode 574
- September 19, 2018
- 1,003
This week, Robbie, Sasha and Jeff look at a new (came out a couple months back) Rock64 single board computer from Pine64. We've installed Ayufan's Ubuntu 18.04 with LXDE, and we'll see if it's usable ... yet.
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Fake SD Cards Are Real!
- Sep 12, 2018
- 18,280
Michael's Bright Idea
- Sep 5, 2018
- 5,664
A New Recorder and the World's Most Basic GPIO Project
- Aug 29, 2018
- 6,782
Fake SD Cards and Viewer Comments
- Aug 22, 2018
- 5,261
Viewer Question Extravaganza
- Aug 15, 2018
- 54,567
Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Episode 433
- January 5, 2016
- 753,016
We continue setting up our Pi web server with PHP and a strong Linux firewall (CSF/LFD). We also get things going on deploying MariaDB, but haven't quite got there yet. On GIMP Tips, we look at creating gradients and how to make the edges super-smooth.
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Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- Nov 12, 2013
- 746,665
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 737,266
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 728,363
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 703,282
The Category5.TV Newsroom
A weekly tech-centric news broadcast with a Linux bias (Part of Category5 Technology TV).
Top Stories for the Week of September 19, 2018
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- Bristol Airport has blamed a cyber attack for causing flight display screens to fail for two days.
- It could soon prove expensive for media makers to chase online pirates in Canada. The country's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that internet providers are entitled to "reasonable" compensation when asked to link pirates' IP addresses to customer details.
- A few lines of CSS is all it takes to bring Apple devices to their knees.
- The father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, would like to apologize for years of being a jerk, and is taking time off to learn empathy.
Top Stories for the Week of September 12, 2018
- 1,580
- Bitcoin and other digital currencies have continued to tumble in value, amid concerns that Wall Street institutions are shunning cryptocurrencies.
- The British-built Aeolus satellite has begun firing its laser down on Earth to map the planet's winds.
- An autonomous vehicle billed as “the future of transportation” is spending the month ferrying passengers between two neighbouring tourist attractions in Calgary, Alberta.
- We may not have colonies on Mars and faster-than-light travel yet but, if you have a Vizio TV, you will get a taste of a bizarre future where gadgets turn against their makers after first betraying their owners. Also: a pop-up informing you that your TV has been spying on you will prompt you to sue its own manufacturer.
Top Stories for the Week of September 5, 2018
- 1,584
- Mozilla says it will soon be modifying its Firefox browser to block all user-tracking on websites by default.
- Microsoft's long journey away from Intel reached escape velocity over the past week, as the first traditional laptop with Qualcomm's Arm processor was revealed by Lenovo: the Yoga C630 WOS.
- Uber says it plans to focus more on its electric scooter and bike business, and less on cars, despite the fact it could hurt profits.
- Scientists have for the first time used gene-editing to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a large mammal, a significant step towards effective treatment for people with the disorder.
Top Stories for the Week of August 29, 2018
- 1,483
- In a statement Friday, T-Mobile admitted that hackers have breached its systems and stolen customer data, including names, addresses, account numbers, and billing zip codes. The company said that it discovered the security breach on August 20th and immediately shut it down.
- IBM has filed a patent for a mood-sensing coffee delivery drone. It features Facial recognition, psychological profiling—and scalding liquid flying through the air.
- We've been keeping an eye on some of the accessibility enhancements coming to smart devices lately, and this week, Google Go, the tech giant's search app optimized for emerging markets, can read web sites out loud.
- Happy 27th birthday, Linux! Yes, it is, once again, the time of the year when we celebrate the hero of modern computing, the Linux Kernel.
Top Stories for the Week of August 22, 2018
- 1,476
- A bitcoin investor is suing AT&T for $240m after it allegedly ported his phone number to a hacker, allowing the criminal to steal $24m in cryptocurrency.
- A security plug-in for the Firefox browser is under fire after users discovered it was collecting and uploading their online activity.
- After a number of well documented hiccups, Linux 4.18 is now available.
- You’re not the only one feeling run down by the news of the day. The folks at Google apparently believe we could all use a dose of good news at times, too. The company has announced it is testing a new Google Assistant feature called “Tell me something good” that will allow users to hear a summary of more uplifting news stories.
Top Stories for the Week of August 15, 2018
- 1,378
- A neat feature of many modern laptops is the ability to power them up through the USB port. Unlike the rectangular USB ports of old, the newer type—USB-C—can carry enough power to charge your machine.
- A flaw in a US bank's computer software led to 625 customers not receiving government loan assistance to which they were entitled—and 400 of those lost their homes as a result.
- In a lawsuit filed in late July by Nintendo of America against two ROM distributing websites, the company states that the sites are “built almost entirely on the brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights.” Those who run the sites though, have a different story.
- Sir Patrick Stewart will reprise his iconic role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series for CBS All Access.
New Every Day
Join Jeff Weston and Pastor Lawrence Crews as they sit down for a practical heart to heart conversation each week exploring everyday life as a Christian in today's society.
The Holy Spirit Is Our Comforter
- Episode 166
- September 21, 2018
- 1,290
The Seven Roles Of The Holy Spirit is a devotional series by J. Lee Grady available as part of the YouVersion Bible App. This week we focus on #6: The Holy Spirit Is Our Comforter.
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The Holy Spirit Is Our Intercessor
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1,484
The Holy Spirit Is Our Uniter
- Sep 7, 2018
- 1,201
The Holy Spirit Is Our Guide
- Aug 31, 2018
- 1,274
The Holy Spirit Is Our Empowerer
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1,270
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,554
Being an effective witness for Christ starts with one truth: the Bible is the infallible Word of Almighty God. Join Carrie Webb, along with her father and guest, Rob Webb, as we explore the divine nature of the Word of God.
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Jesus' Claims to Deity
- Sep 11, 2015
- 339,083
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 339,029
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,598
Camp
- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,543
The Pixel Shadow
Minetest (The Free Minecraft Alternative) runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, and we'll show you how to play.
Discovering Xanadu
- Episode 24
- April 23, 2017
- 5,406
A mysterious teleportation gate hidden deep beneath BaldNerd's dome whisks BaldNerd and MangleFox70 away to the strange, unknown land of the Xanadu, where the locals are able to eat bananas and corn, bounce around in a massive soccer field and take a minecart ride through the depths of the underworld.
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The Mysterious Room
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3,319
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4,328
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 3)
- Mar 19, 2017
- 7,991
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 2)
- Mar 11, 2017
- 6,721
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 149,244
On the first episode of #thepixelshadow we'll get things started with the basics of Minetest with a simple goal: to build a house using nothing but resources which we've chopped down, dug up or crafted in survival mode! Here are the main topics of this episode: - Mining wood and stone. - Crafting wood sticks. - How to make wooden planks. - Crafting a furnace. - Smelting glass from sand. - Granting fast and fly privileges. - Making a pickaxe. - Crafting fancy doors using VanessaE's Home Decor mod. - Crafting a storage chest. - Crafting ladders. - Crafting a survival house. Hope you enjoy the show! Please give us a thumbs up, subscribe and share!
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Building a Mine in Minetest
- Jan 3, 2016
- 149,182
VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
- 146,241
Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 142,778
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,491
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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