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• Features
• From Episode 495
• March 15, 2017
• 8,793 Views and counting

Favorite Tech: Trolls Musical Alarm Clock

Savanah shares her favorite piece of tech: the Dreamworks Trolls Musical Alarm Clock... which also gets stuck in our heads!

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 459
• July 5, 2016
• 349,045 Views and counting

Plex Media Server on a Raspberry Pi 3

Stream all your movies, home videos, television shows and music to all your devices with Plex Media Server. We'll show you how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 micro computer, giving you a powerful little Plex Media Server for a fraction of the price of a similarly-spec'd dedicated system.

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• Features
• From Episode 515
• August 2, 2017
• 158,248 Views and counting

AGPTek Mini HD Media Player - Play from USB/SD to any HDMI / Composite / S/PDIF Device

Possibly the easiest solution for playing video files, image slideshows and music on any TV, this little low-powered device is ideal for the rec room, cottage, church or business lobby, wedding reception, or anywhere else you need to play videos or slideshows without interruption or complicated setup.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 449
• April 26, 2016
• 231,501 Views and counting

Installing Ubuntu Mate 16.04 On Old Hardware

Linux can breathe new life into ageing computer hardware, and this week we give it a try on an old Compaq 6510b laptop which came with Windows Vista Basic.

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• Features
• From Episode 528
• November 1, 2017
• 8,830 Views and counting

Jabees Lifestyles Q9 LED Lamp with Qi Wireless Charging

The Jabees Q9 Desk Lamp packs some bonus tech features that we don't see in a lot of desk lamps of this sleek form factor. From user-selectable light frequency to auto power-off and even Qi Wireless Charging, this is an exceptional lamp for your desk or even home studio.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 638
• January 8, 2020
• 7,468 Views and counting

Mind Reading Brain Implant Converts Thought to Speech

A brain implant has been invented that can read people's minds and turn their thoughts into speech.

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• Features
• From Episode 541
• January 31, 2018
• 4,980 Views and counting

Using GIMP to Crop, Scale, and Compress a Social Media Avatar

Social media have restrictions on things like dimensions, filesize, and aspect ratio. Using the free GNU Image Manipulation Program, we'll learn to create a perfectly square avatar, scale it down to the right size, and compress the file to a JPG for use on our profile.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 656
• June 24, 2020
• 3,053 Views and counting

Fifa 21 will be the most realistic ever

Fifa game developer EA Sports promises that the next-generation version of Fifa 21 will feature new technology to make it the most realistic yet. The Fifa series remains one of the most popular video game franchises in the world.

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• Community Coffee Break
• Episode 35
• April 24, 2020
• 2,975 Views and counting

Coffee Break - April 24, 2020

Robbie got a box from ameriDroid and is unintentionally donating billions of dollars in ad space to Starbucks. Robbie also shares how he was able to get Jeff and Henry in on Episode 647 even though he couldn't get Zoom working, and why. bp9 shares further thoughts about the math behind his PineTime clock face, and Bo explains some advantages to an app-driven PSU for your SBC (although bp9 worries about hackers). Joining Robbie Ferguson today are Solbu, bp9, Peter Lewis, agamotto and Bo Lechnowsky.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 495
• March 15, 2017
• 3,865 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of March 15, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - PS4 Games Will Be Playable on Windows PCs Soon - Denim is in and gives a whole new meaning to a "Smart" jacket. - The yellow submarine named Boaty McBoatface is set to leave for Antarctica this week on its first science expedition. - Halloween's come early with a custom upgrade to Amazon's Alexa AI.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 45
• February 12, 2016
• 210,312 Views and counting

Life In The Desert - Part 3: Encouragers in the Desert

Lo, though we drive through the valley of the shadow of death, let's fear no evil! We'll discuss how we try to look on the bright side and not let negativity bring us down.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 236
• March 27, 2012
• 376,684 Views and counting

Telestream Wirecast and 1080p

Robbie and Erika take you for the first-ever on-air tour of the Category5 TV studio, and introduce you to the powerful broadcast software Telestream Wirecast.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 643
• February 19, 2020
• 4,906 Views and counting

Mycroft AI Dealing With a Patent Troll Lawsuit

Mycroft AI was contacted in December by a lawyer at a Texas law firm focused on intellectual property claiming Mycroft AI's technology infringed two US patents belonging to their client, Voice Tech Corp. It escalated from there.

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• Features
• From Episode 648
• April 29, 2020
• 77,176 Views and counting

(1) Why We're Featuring MikroTik Routers

Disruptive technologies come and go, but MikroTik has a proven track record of offering high-end routers with enterprise-grade features for a fraction of the price of similar competitors. Before we kick off our series, which will take you through the basics and even advanced configuration of a MikroTik hAP RouterBOARD, we'll first discuss some of the advantages to such a device, and why it's Robbie's go-to for our new studio network.

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• Features
• From Episode 535
• December 20, 2017
• 32,151 Views and counting

Turning A Windows Computer Into a Plex Media Server

Plex Media Server allows you to create your very own Netflix-like interface for your own media library. Whether you're adding your movie collection, home videos, photos, music or online videos, you can organize and watch your favorite media on any device. We'll learn how to do this on a Windows machine, and how to install the Category5 TV Network Plex Channel from source.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 176
• December 14, 2018
• 2,945 Views and counting

Eternity to Eternity: Understanding Hell - Part 2

Lawrence welcomes guest Craig Pitts, author of Eternity to Eternity before a live audience. In the second part of this discussion on Hades, Craig explains his views on hell, and what he believes it means to spend eternity there.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 374
• November 18, 2014
• 33,199 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of November 18, 2014

NVIDIA has released the beta version of a huge update to their Linux drivers. The US government is reportedly collecting cellphone data using devices aboard their aircraft. Russia's presidential library wants to create a replacement for Wikipedia. A five-year-old boy is now a Microsoft Certified Professional. Thursday's World of Warcraft expansion has been laden by server bugs. Facebook's new Messenger service reaches 500 million users.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 656
• June 24, 2020
• 3,042 Views and counting

Microsoft's Mixer streaming platform is dead

In a statement released on Mixer's official blog on Monday, the streaming service announced that it will be shuttering its operations side and will help Mixer streamers transition to Facebook Gaming.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 665
• October 21, 2020
• 2,218 Views and counting

Three JavaScript packages have been removed from the npm portal for containing malicious code

Three JavaScript libraries found on the npm portal -- plutov-slack-client, nodetest199 and nodetest1010 -- opened shells on the computers of developers who imported the packages into their projects. The npm security team have removed the package, but are warning users that there is no guarantee this will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 370
• October 21, 2014
• 410,683 Views and counting

Building an eCommerce Store with Free Tools

Robbie demonstrates how to build your own eCommerce store using freely available software. The applications used and the skills learned transcend to clothing stores, software stores, magazine shops, merchandise stores, arts and crafts, or whatever it is you want to sell.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 333
• February 4, 2014
• 368,756 Views and counting

Creating Space Scenes with the GIMP

Learn to create photo-realistic style space scenes using the free GIMP image editing software for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

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• The Drone Zone
• Episode 7
• August 28, 2016
• 12,293 Views and counting

CX-STARS Flight Demo - The Drone That Fits in a Controller

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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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 169
• December 14, 2010
• 293,234 Views and counting

Turnkey Linux LAMP Stack

Deploying a Turnkey Linux server in a fraction of the time of a traditional server installation.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 497
• March 29, 2017
• 3,855 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week Of March 29, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - A major blow in the fight for privacy: The US Senate plans to allow ISPs to sell your browser history to advertisers. - 30% of jobs in the UK are at risk of robot takeover. - Microsoft appears to be purposefully crippling OneDrive's performance on non-Windows systems such as Linux. - FedEx is offering customers $5 USD to enable Adobe Flash in their browsers. - An autonomous Uber car crash in Arizona has led the company to pull autonomous vehicles from the road.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 556
• May 16, 2018
• 71,825 Views and counting

Community Soldering Tips

As Robbie endeavors to become a reasonably good solderer, the community surrounds him and fills the inbox with some exceptional tips for becoming better at soldering. It's a process, and this week's show is one more step toward solder perfection.

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• The Pixel Shadow
• Episode 5
• January 24, 2016
• 139,930 Views and counting

Our First Build Battle

Join MangleFox70, dkelly810 and tots1524 for our first-ever Build Battle in the new Build Battle Stadium just outside the crater at New Stats City. With 5 minutes per battle, each player must craft the best they can based on the theme provided. Who will win?

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 566
• July 25, 2018
• 468,899 Views and counting

The Frugal Audiophile's Paradise

When it comes to sound quality, the more you pay, generally the better the sound. This week though, we look for good sounding gear that comes with a cheaper price tag. From a set of Bluetooth 4.2-EDR headphones to a pair of studio monitor-style speakers, Jeff and Robbie will put them to the test... along with the help of a mannequin head equipped with a binaural recorder.

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• Features
• From Episode 542
• February 7, 2018
• 5,227 Views and counting

Open Banking in Canada - The Future of the Banking API with Don Duncan, NuData Security

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security joins us to discuss how Open Banking is making its way to the Canadian banking industry. We'll discuss what the API brings to consumers in Canada and across the border, and what types of new security and being put in place to protect the currency we entrust to the banks.

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