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Amazing Performance Improvement in Old Server With Datacentre SSDs
- It's time to upgrade the storage in our old server. Robbie sets out to see if he can genuinely tell the difference between his old spinning SAS drives and Kingston's DC500R SATA SSDs. Mark Noland from Kingston joins us to discuss the FIO benchmark results, how businesses of all sizes can benefit from the switch to SSD, and what's next to further improve storage performance in the server room. We'll also learn how datacentre drives differ from the standard SSD, and why Kingston's DC500 will outperform them long term.
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.
Closing Out 2020
- S14E07
- December 16, 2020
- 647
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.
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Upgrading Our Server's Storage to SSD
- Dec 9, 2020
- 955
3D Print or Gamify Real-World Objects Using a Drone
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3,995
Learning to 3D Print at Halloween
- Oct 28, 2020
- 10,289
Your Own Free Proxy Service and Thoughts on DIY Electronics
- Oct 21, 2020
- 6,277
Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- S07E07
- November 12, 2013
- 762,326
Not 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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Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Jan 5, 2016
- 754,717
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 739,381
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 730,776
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 705,242
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News Story -
EU Helping Work From Home Burnout, Plus A Plane that Flies Without Fuel Using Ion Thrusters
- Episode 669
- December 9, 2020
- 238
Lawmakers have passed a non-binding resolution arguing that home workers have the right to be unreachable by work. And from our Flashback Files, we look at a news story from 2018: A plane that flies without propellers or jets, uses no fuel and generates no fossil fuel emissions.
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Alphabet plans to beam Internet wirelessly using light
- Nov 18, 2020
- 403
Google Nixing Free Google Photos Storage
- Nov 18, 2020
- 405
BUG FIX! Any Ubuntu Linux user can become root
- Nov 18, 2020
- 281
Apple has revealed its first Mac computers powered its new M1 chip
- Nov 18, 2020
- 228
Microsoft Warns Users to Think Twice Before Installing Windows 10 2004 Update
- Episode 653
- June 3, 2020
- 132,161
Microsoft 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.
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Helios64 Arm-Powered Linux NAS Discounted Preorders
- Feb 12, 2020
- 6,793
SpaceX Starlink Internet service beta has begun
- Oct 28, 2020
- 5,910
Crypto Corner
Weekly news from the blockchain with Robert Koenig. Get the day's crypto market overview on our Crypto Report page.
Interested in Cryptos? Then start here.
- Episode 671
- January 12, 2021
- 129
The Cryptocurrency market is currently booming with Bitcoin reaching new all-time-highs. Are you afraid in missing out? Then start by watching this video. This week Robert Koenig presents the basics in how to start investing in crypto.
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Year end: don’t forget your cryptocurrency taxes.
- Dec 22, 2020
- 204
Chart analysis and cryptocurrencies. Is that possible?
- Dec 9, 2020
- 184
Crypto Bull market. Will history repeat itself?
- Nov 18, 2020
- 232
Ethereum 2.0 explained in 5 minutes
- Nov 10, 2020
- 698
MUST WATCH: Beware of crypto phishing attempts
- Nov 3, 2020
- 330
Was the Cardano Summit a success?
- Episode 658
- July 8, 2020
- 1,243
This 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.
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Bitcoin Halving and Cardano Shelley
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1,145
Bitcoin Halving and China's DCEP Digital Currency
- May 6, 2020
- 1,144
Seeking Employment in the Blockchain Space
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1,070
Yield Farming / DeFi: Impermanent Loss explained
- Sep 16, 2020
- 890
Category5 Community Coffee Break
Join 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
Please Note: When you set up your Zoom app, choose a nick you don't mind being shared publicly as the name you choose will be mentioned and included in the show notes.
Coffee Break - January 17, 2021
- S02E15
- January 17, 2021
- 43
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.
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Coffee Break - January 10, 2021
- Jan 10, 2021
- 89
Coffee Break - January 3, 2021
- Jan 3, 2021
- 135
Coffee Break - December 13, 2020
- Dec 13, 2020
- 110
Coffee Break - December 6, 2020
- Dec 6, 2020
- 142
Coffee Break - November 29, 2020
- Nov 29, 2020
- 163
Coffee Break - March 21, 2020
- S01E01
- March 21, 2020
- 1,452
Our 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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Coffee Break - March 25, 2020
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1,209
Coffee Break - March 22, 2020
- Mar 22, 2020
- 1,190
Community Coffee Break - March 23, 2020
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1,162
Coffee Break - March 28, 2020
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1,128
Linux Tech Show
Shorter clips from Category5 Technology TV centered on tech-minded viewers.
Catching Nuance
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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Episode 671 Live:
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Help Us Decide: USB 3.0 with UASP + eSATA, or 3.1 Rev 2 with UASP?
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Tell A Lie And You'll Die - Part 3
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