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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.
2020 has been a heck of a year. Let's just take a deep breath as a community, and spend some time together, reminiscing about the changes around here, and where things are at as we plan to hit the ground running in 2021. Robbie and Jeff sit in our festive Studio E in front of the warm glow of the green screen, and welcome comments and questions from our Discord and IRC chat rooms. Merry Christmas, all, and here's to 2021 being a better year for all.
Watch NowNot a big fan of the new "start screen" on Windows 8? We'll show you how to return the traditional Start Menu to the latest version of Microsoft's desktop operating system.
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CentOS has ended in what some users are calling a "betrayal to the FOSS community." Red Hat announced it is severing support for the popular spinoff, and the CentOS team simultaneously said they're moving to a rolling release with their CentOS Stream distro. An alpha version of the Debian Installer for Buster's successor, Bullseye has added support for the Linux 5.9 kernel series, and improvements to the ARM64 architecture support. Along with that comes support for new ARM devices, including PINE64's Pinebook Pro and even the original $99 Pinebook.
Watch NowMicrosoft has finally released Windows 10, version 2004, also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, and promptly warned users not to install it. The update adds new security features and fixes for previous cumulative updates to Windows 10. But it also includes a plethora of bugs and issues.
Watch NowWeekly news from the blockchain with Robert Koenig. Get the day's crypto market overview on our Crypto Report page.
This week Robert Koenig answers questions from viewers: Is there a strategy when investing in cryptocurrencies? Is there a way I can monitor the progress of my portfolio? Which exchange do you recommend to start buying cryptos?
Watch NowThis week, Crypto Correspondent, Robert Koenig takes a look at the crypto market. We'll check in with the 2020 Crypto Summit and the key takeaways: Cardano will become fully decentralized; the PRISM decentralized identity system; the network’s native tokens are to be launched in the next 120 days with smart contracts launched in 150 days; investing ~$30 million in the Cardano ecosystem; Cardano’s governance layer Voltaire to ensure complete decentralization; and looking at verified supply chain management.
Watch NowJoin other Category5 community members, with the occasional visit from our cast and crew, for a live Zoom meeting hosted by bp9. Discuss the week's show, tech that has you excited, or other topics of interest to the community.
Our next Coffee Break is Sunday January 24 at 12 noon Eastern. [Click Here] to participate in the Coffee Break. Meeting ID: 960 4266 1716 Meeting Password: 625045
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bp9 and Peter chat about his homebrew antenna switching solution until Solbu shows up, fashionably late. bp9 shows off the "Think Outside" keyboard but Doug is not here to see it. We talk about old solar powered calculators and mapping solutions that use vector-based data to draw roads instead of raster (tiles consisting of images of maps). Solbu and bp9 discuss his client/server app and insists that signing the encrypted packets is the best solution. Also describes how open source helps all projects, big and small. bp9 is joined by Peter and Solbu.
Watch NowOur world feels like it's been to hell and back in the past 7 days. So let's sit down together, have a cuppa, and chat about the weather. Oh, and we'll show you what Studio D really looks like. Unlike the TARDIS, it's bigger on the outside.
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Spooky and Legendary Stories as retold by Bekah Ferguson. Folklore, ghost stories, mysterious and monstrous creatures, and close encounters with extra-terrestrials.
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