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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.
A Dash Cam for the Frugal Shopper
- Episode 617
- July 17, 2019
- 4,843
We don't want to use the word "cheap" since this dash cam actually packs an impressive list of features for $30. The team will get into the box, install and test this 1080p device, and let you judge for yourself if this is on par with Jeff's $200 dash cam.
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SBC in the Enterprise Data Center with Bo Lechnowsky (ameriDroid)
- Jul 10, 2019
- 3,123
Powerful "Desktop" Computer... Itty-Bitty Living Space
- Jul 3, 2019
- 1,083
25 Years of FreeDOS and 1 Week of Mario Battle Royale
- Jun 26, 2019
- 746
Building a Web Server with an ODROID-N2
- Jun 19, 2019
- 1,240
Pinebook $99 Laptop: But Wait, There's More
- Jun 12, 2019
- 1,208
Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- Episode 321
- November 12, 2013
- 755,807
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
- 753,738
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 738,321
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 729,582
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 704,079
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 July 17, 2019
- 137
- It's decided: Facebook will be fined a whopping $5bn over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The fully-interactive Doctor Who VR game ‘The Edge Of Time’ is arriving in September.
- An artificial intelligence system created by researchers at the University of California has solved the Rubik's Cube in just over a second.
- Intel has unveiled its new AI system, Pohoiki Beach. It's a neuromorphic computer capable of simulating 8 million neurons.
Top Stories for the Week of May 15, 2019
- 142
- An open source bug poses a dangerous threat to sites running Joomla, Drupal or Typo3.
- A Zero-Day Exploit in WhatsApp has been used in Targeted Spyware Attacks.
- Surprise! Microsoft has sent out free remote-desktop security patches for antiquated systems, from Windows XP up to Server 2008 in an effort to prevent a possible WannaCry-like attack.
- San Francisco is the first US city to ban facial recognition.
Top Stories for the Week of May 8, 2019
- 289
- The UK "taxman" has fallen foul of the GDPR, agreeing to wipe 5 million voice recordings used to make biometric IDs.
- Did your Firefox browser break over the weekened? You're not alone. In fact, virtually everyone who uses Mozilla's popular browser encountered this issue, and we'll tell you why.
- On Tuesday, Google began rolling out a new feature that allows you to configure how long it can save data from all of the Google services you use, like maps, search, and everything you do online.
- Researchers have taken steps towards an iconic Star Trek medical device.
Top Stories for the Week of May 1, 2019
- 201
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has reached its end of life, five years after it was first released.
- Amazon's AI automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers who it determines to be unproductive.
- Nintendo's hybrid Switch console now stands at 34.74 million units, which surpasses the sales of the incredibly popular N64.
- Elon Musk has revealed his Neuralink startup is close to announcing the first brain-machine interface to connect humans and computers.
Top Stories for the Week of April 24, 2019
- 281
- The last major Windows update broke some systems with particular antivirus software installed, and it’s seemingly getting worse.
- Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who stopped WannaCry, has plead "guilty" to the malware charges we reported in 2017.
- Samsung has pushed back the launch of its highly anticipated folding smartphone after multiple reviewers reported the screens broke within days.
- Microsoft's Azure machine learning tech is being put to good use in a grant program designed to give computing resources to scientists working on environmental sustainability programs.
Top Stories for the Week of April 17, 2019
- 165
- Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced outages on Sunday — which brought down their systems worldwide for over two hours. Now, single point of failure is being blamed, and we're looking at decentralized solutions like BitCoin for an answer.
- Microsoft has admitted that its Outlook.com security breach was worse than the company initially revealed.
- Sony has finally released the first details about its upcoming PlayStation 5 console.
- Nintendo fans, you may want to update your bucket list; the world's first Super Nintendo theme park is set to open its doors next year.
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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.
Christ's Death Changed All The Rules
- Episode 190
- April 19, 2019
- 252
In 1 Corinthians 15:1-3 Paul speaks to the church in Corinth about Christ's death on the cross. Paul, being a scholar in the law, knew the rules and regulations (Old Testament) for the atonement of sin through animal sacrifice and how Jesus rewrote the play book on forgiveness of sins by His death.
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Goals
- Jan 25, 2019
- 214
A Friend of God
- Jan 18, 2019
- 476
Beyond The Breakers: Part 2 - Destination
- Jan 11, 2019
- 257
Beyond the Breakers: Part 1 - The Compass
- Jan 4, 2019
- 294
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,918
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
- 339,350
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 339,250
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,880
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- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,791
The Pixel Shadow
Minetest (The Free Minecraft Alternative) runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, and we'll show you how to play.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate with Piranha Plant DLC
- Episode 26
- February 3, 2019
- 506
The new Piranha Plant DLC is out, and Mortimer (Zech), Daddo (Robbie) and Blackout (Liam) play Super Smash Bros Ultimate, featuring the new Piranha Plant downloadable content.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - TPS Let's Play Nintendo Switch
- Jan 1, 2019
- 707
Discovering Xanadu
- Apr 23, 2017
- 5,955
The Mysterious Room
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3,702
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4,642
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 149,861
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
- 149,662
VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
- 146,687
Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 143,336
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,729
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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