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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 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award.
Just The Bald Nerd
- Episode 521
- September 13, 2017
- 5,535
With Sasha and Jeff off this week, it's like the olden days of Category5 as Robbie presents an incredible storage card from Kingston and covers the tech news stories of the week.
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Just The Boyz
- Sep 6, 2017
- 8,123
Magical Tidy Time
- Aug 30, 2017
- 9,313
Rockin' On Stools, Making The List and Having Fun
- Aug 23, 2017
- 7,112
Picking The Parts and Free E-Books
- Aug 16, 2017
- 4,853
Miracast and a Community Computer Build
- Aug 9, 2017
- 7,509
Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Episode 433
- January 5, 2016
- 752,254
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
- 736,435
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 736,430
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 727,595
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 702,512
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 13, 2017
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- A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists at the University of Texas.
- Any unpatched Android devices running a version older than Oreo is going to need patching fairly soon, with researchers turning up a class of vulnerability that lets malware draw fake dialogs so users “okay” their own pwnage.
- About 143 million US customers of credit report giant Equifax may have had information compromised in a cyber security breach, the company has disclosed.
- A design flaw within the Windows kernel that could stop antivirus software from recognizing malware isn't going to be fixed.
- Recently, Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser was intrigued by a trade publication study in Australia that said Facebook was claiming to reach 1.7 million more 16- to 39-year olds than actually existed in the country, according to Australian census data.
- If you have a plugin called “Display Widgets” on your WordPress website, remove it immediately. The last three releases of the plugin have contained code that allows the author to publish any content on your site. It is a backdoor.
Top Stories for the Week Of September 6, 2017
- 1,255
- Nine years after going open source, Reddit is archiving the source code for its website and mobile apps.
- Iconic board game Settlers of Catan is coming to virtual reality.
- A US couple have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon, claiming they sustained eye injuries from solar eclipse glasses purchased on the site.
- Talk about painful software updates. An estimated 465,000 people in the US are getting notices that they should update the firmware that runs their life-sustaining pacemakers or risk falling victim to potentially fatal hacks.
- Nanobots that drill into cancer cells can kill the cancer in just 60 seconds.
Top Stories for the Week of August 30, 2017
- 1,246
- According to New York Magazine who published the story based on Russian news reports, the Russian subdivision of Burger King has launched its own cryptocurrency, aptly called "Whoppercoin".
- When the robot apocalypse comes, robots will be able to say a prayer over your remains, thanks to Japan's Softbank.
- Owners of Samsung smart TVs say their swish sets are basically unusable after a bungled firmware update.
- Bending to public pressure as more and more drone hackers break into their kit, Chinese firm DJI has now announced a bug bounty program.
Top Stories for the Week of August 23, 2017
- 1,320
- According to Elon Musk, Mustafa Suleyman of Google’s DeepMind, and 114 other leading figures in robotics and AI who have signed an open letter urging the United Nations must act to ban the use of autonomous weapons — now.
- Do you have a web site hosted without an SSL certificate? You need to move all your forms to a secure connection right away.
- Marcus Hutchins, the British security researcher instrumental in neutralizing the WannaCry ransomware worm that shut down computers worldwide in May, appeared in federal court Monday and pleaded not guilty to unrelated criminal charges that he created and distributed malware that steals banking credentials.
- Plans to build the world's "largest" data centre are being made public.
Top Stories for the Week of August 16, 2017
- 1,394
- On Monday, the United States will witness a total solar eclipse, the first for almost 99 years, and the likes of which the world has never seen.
- The world’s first wireless fridge camera goes on sale in the UK next month aimed at helping households slash food waste by being able to check exactly what they have in their refrigerator at any time.
- Hardware company Lockstate has managed to brick hundreds of internet-connected so-called smart locks on people's front doors with a bad firmware update.
- Good news for those of you who live on Earth: The European Space Agency has confirmed there is no danger of asteroid 2012 TC4 hitting our beloved planet in October, despite what some panicky YouTube videos might tell you.
- A teenager in Uruguay has scored big after finding and reporting a bug in Google's App Engine to view confidential internal Google documents.
Top Stories for the Week of August 9, 2017
- 1,300
- Remember ‘Marcus Hutchins’ - the security researcher who single-handedly found and used the WannaCry kill switch? Well, he has now been arrested and charged with unrelated malware offences in the U.S.
- Scientists at IBM Research have created a new world record for storing over 330TB of uncompressed data on a single tape cartridge that can easily fit into the palm of a person’s hand.
- Although always the ultimate plan, Ubuntu devs expressed doubts about making the switch to Wayland last month, with Will Cooke, Ubuntu's desktop team leader saying he felt “Wayland isn’t ready yet”. But several weeks later, after a lot of testing, a decision is now in place: Ubuntu 17.10 will ship with Wayland as the default session.
- If you thought American or British copyright fights were petty, consider the case of Canadian Adam Lackman – who had a bailiff, lawyers, and computer experts burst into his home, seize his gear, and grill him for hours.
- The U.S. Army has ordered its members to stop using drones made by Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd because of "cyber vulnerabilities" in the products.
New Every Day
Join Jenn Wagar and Carrie Webb as they sit down for a heart-to-heart discussion each week, addressing many of the issues Christians face in their day to day lives, and building your faith and focus through relevant conversation.
It's Actually Not About You - Part 2
- Episode 116
- September 15, 2017
- 1,227
This week we explore what motivates us in our relationships, churches, jobs; do we focus on others, or our own selfish motives and desires? Let's learn from the Word of God how to be unselfish and focus on God's desires.
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It's Actually Not About You - Part 1
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1,219
I Didn't See That Coming - Part 7
- Sep 1, 2017
- 1,214
I Didn't See That Coming - Part 6
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1,238
I Didn't See That Coming - Part 5
- Aug 18, 2017
- 1,263
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,160
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
- 338,782
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 338,727
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,305
Camp
- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,238
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
- 4,360
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
- 2,772
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 3,848
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 3)
- Mar 19, 2017
- 7,520
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 2)
- Mar 11, 2017
- 6,309
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 148,540
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
- 148,462
VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
- 145,667
Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 142,028
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,156
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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The Drone Zone
Drone unboxing, flight demos and reviews.
Fall Flight with the FreeX MCFX-01
- Episode 8
- September 26, 2016
- 275
A fall flight over Haliburton Ontario.
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CX-STARS Flight Demo - The Drone That Fits in a Controller
- Aug 28, 2016
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CX-STARS Flight Demo - The Drone That Fits in a Controller
- Episode 7
- August 28, 2016
- 9,827
Cheerson CX-Stars are a fun beginner drone or handy little carry-along for those times you want to fly but can’t take your larger drones.
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Syma X5C-1 Speed Trap
- Oct 10, 2015
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How To Fly Any Quadcopter Nano Drone Multi-Rotor
- Dec 24, 2015
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- Oct 5, 2015
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