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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 403
• June 9, 2015
• 394,839 Views and counting

unRAID 6

Jon Panozzo from Lime Technology joins us to discuss unRAID 6. Now much more than a NAS, unRAID 6 offers full virtualization and Docker apps on your unRAID system, allowing you to utilize the power of your system more than any other NAS.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 669
• December 9, 2020
• 2,366 Views and counting

EU Helping Work From Home Burnout, Plus A Plane that Flies Without Fuel Using Ion Thrusters

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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• Features
• From Episode 511
• July 5, 2017
• 3,542 Views and counting

Graham Smith's Telepresence Pool at VRTO 2017

Through augmented reality you can play pool with your friends even if they're half-way around the world. In this demonstration, Graham Smith shows us the prototype of Telepresence Pool.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 644
• February 26, 2020
• 40,184 Views and counting

An Interview with TheCanadianHacker

We often hear the question: Why do hackers hack? A lot of times, the answer is simple... it's for the money. But in the case of TheCanadianHacker, he wants to warn people about the exploits that exist on their network before some other hacker uses it with malicious purposes in mind.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 326
• December 17, 2013
• 313,282 Views and counting

Using PHP to Read the Contents of a Folder

Robbie starts the development of a PHP tool to read all MIDI files from a folder and play them.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 607
• May 8, 2019
• 15,861 Views and counting

Making eViacam Work on Linux Mint 19

Suffering from a vicious relapse of RSI Ulnar Nerve Entrapment, Robbie has been fighting pain when using a computer mouse, so he set out to replace it with his face only to find it doesn't work on modern Linux out of the box. Let's fix that and turn our webcam into a surprisingly accurate mouse controller.

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• Features
• From Episode 511
• July 5, 2017
• 3,937 Views and counting

First FPV Flight with Aerix Black Talon Mini Racing Quadcopter

Strap on your VR headset (included) because it's time to fly the Aerix Black Talon! This little, lightweight drone has a built-in camera that streams realtime video to your smartphone and lets you fly immersed in first-person view.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 517
• August 16, 2017
• 4,835 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of August 16, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Special glasses for viewing the coming solar eclipse have been recalled by Amazon because they might fry your retinas. - A new camera and app solution turns any dumb fridge into a smart fridge. - Thanks to a firmware update blunder, an automatic over-the-air upgrade will break front-door smart locks for at least five days. - No need to worry: the asteroid heading toward earth and thought to hit us in October will miss our planet by a long shot. - A teenager was just awarded $10,000 for a bug he found in Google's back-end.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 641
• February 5, 2020
• 8,413 Views and counting

PINE64 2020 Product Updates: Introducing a New SBC, CUBE is Back, and a NPU SOPINE Module

PINE64 fell behind schedule last year since they were working so hard on exciting products such as the Pinebook Pro, PinePhone, PineTime and PineTab. They're getting on track for Q1/Q2 2020, and now we know what's to come -- including the new HardROCK64 single board computer.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 640
• January 22, 2020
• 5,361 Views and counting

Pine64's $200 Linux Pro Laptop Now Has US Keyboard Layout

Pine64's $200 Pinebook Pro Linux laptop is now available with a US keyboard (ANSI), and customers who pre-ordered theirs are receiving the first shipment now.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 668
• November 18, 2020
• 24,233 Views and counting

New Raspberry Pi in a Keyboard Running Ubuntu, and AI to Figure Out Song Titles

As an old school Vic 20 fanboi, Robbie's given to liking the new Raspberry Pi 400. After all, it's a full computer inside a keyboard, just like the old days of Commodore and Amiga. But this time, it's got 4 GB RAM and a 1.8 GHz clock speed. Let's get a look at the device, and stick the new Ubuntu 20.10 on there to see how it plays video. We'll also look at a new Google Assistant feature that makes it easy to search for a song, with no app to install. Bekah's here with the news, and Robert's watching Bitcoin as it travels to the moon.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 641
• February 5, 2020
• 86,824 Views and counting

The $200 Pinebook Pro ANSI Linux Laptop Has Arrived

The first batch of Pinebook Pro ANSI (US Keyboard Layout) Linux laptops has shipped. At just $200 and coming with Debian Linux pre-installed, we really want to get a close look at this groundbreaking daily driver of a laptop from Pine64.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 546
• March 7, 2018
• 44,532 Views and counting

A Beginner's Introduction to Cryptocurrency

We've all heard the buzzwords "cryptocurrency" and "Bitcoin" but what is it, how hard or expensive is it to start mining, and are we too late? Let's learn together as we explore the basics of mining our own cryptocurrency.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 484
• December 28, 2016
• 696,398 Views and counting

Ripping DVD Video With Handbrake

If you're like Robbie, you may not have a DVD/BluRay player connected to your TVs, but have connected devices that allow you to play video files through software such as Plex. This week we'll show you how to import your video DVDs into MP4 files so you can watch your owned DVDs once again on next-gen devices such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 439
• February 16, 2016
• 662,394 Views and counting

Down With Dumb Bulbs

It's 2016, yet we're all still using dumb bulbs! Now that Ilumi has released their A19 and BR30 LED light bulbs, it's time to upgrade and get in on the smart bulb bandwagon! Check out this incredible app-driven innovation that brings light to life.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 638
• January 8, 2020
• 3,210 Views and counting

Wawa Store and Gas Malware Has Stolen Your Account Info

The US convenience store and gas station chain, Wawa, had malware that stole customer payment info for more than half of 2019. If you live in the US you may be affected.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 504
• May 17, 2017
• 4,197 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of May 17, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Netflix is messing around with pricing in Australia. - We're on the cusp of what could be a world-changing evolution in battery technology thanks to an Israeli startup. - MP3 is dead. Sortof. - Let the VR Headset legal wars begin! A company that won $500 million from Oculus is now going after Samsung's Gear VR. - The WannaCry ransomware is taking online threats to a whole new level.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 203
• August 9, 2011
• 285,544 Views and counting

Viewer Question Extravaganza and an iPad

Robbie Ferguson sits down for a little one-on-one with the viewers, answering a wide assortment and large number of viewer questions. He also demonstrates the upcoming new version of the Category5 TV mobile site using an iPad.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 565
• July 18, 2018
• 4,932 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week Of July 18, 2018

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Engine maker Rolls-Royce has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi which it says could take to the skies as soon as early next decade. - Shoppers in the US and elsewhere struggled to access Amazon's website as one of its biggest annual sales, Prime Day, went underway Monday. - A solar plane which can stay aloft for weeks at a time is to be manufactured by Airbus in the UK. - The Atari VCS Console runs a custom Linux distro called “AtariOS”

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 218
• November 22, 2011
• 302,832 Views and counting

Linux Distros - Part 4: Linux Mint 12

Linux Mint 12 RC gives us a glimpse into the upcoming "Lisa" release of Linux Mint. Robbie and Christa also give away prizes to our draw winner as well as on Click Race.

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• Features
• From Episode 628
• October 9, 2019
• 3,437 Views and counting

THE ORVILLE - Digital Tech in TV Production

Back in the old days of sci-fi TV production, a ton of trickery had to be used to create the effects and even perform the editing. With everything being digital these days, we wanted to know how the TV production workflow has been impacted. Tom Costantino and Brooke Noska join us from The Orville to talk about how the use of digital tech has revolutionized the process, and how they've even adapted some old tricks to pull off big effects.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 487
• January 18, 2017
• 3,658 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of January 18, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - BT is adding anti-junk-call filters to their phone service. - An autonomous transit bus is being tested in Las Vegas. - Dell's Latest Laptop is $100 Cheaper If You Buy It With Ubuntu - Yahoo wants to change its name. - Google has revealed how they secure their cloud infrastructure, and it includes some clever, custom-built silicon.

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• Features
• From Episode 655
• June 17, 2020
• 5,515 Views and counting

Is This The Best SBC and Case for 2020?

The new Raspberry Pi 4 with 8 GB RAM is up there with a budget PC, so we set out to make it look like a proper desktop. The Argon ONE case seemed like a great fit, and proves its worth as Robbie assembles the kit and installs the needed software for the Argon ONE's power button and fan controller. Lots of Linux under-the-hood as we dig into the code that makes the Argon ONE tick.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 547
• March 14, 2018
• 3,663 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of March 14, 2018

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Elon Musk, a man prone to ludicrous deadlines, has birthed yet another: test flights of his Mars spaceship next year. - A drone owner has been charged with starting a fire that destroyed 300 acres of grassland in Arizona's Coconino national forest. - A new study shows that less than half of ransomware targets who pay up actually get their files back. - Ransomware for robots is the next big security nightmare.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 476
• November 2, 2016
• 34,414 Views and counting

Mobile Malware

Ryan Kalember is the SVP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint and joins us to discuss the Proofpoint Q3 Threat Summary and their findings with regards to malware on iOS and Android.

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