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• Catching Nuance
• Episode 3
• May 24, 2020
• 4,042 Views and counting

The UFO of Falcon Lake, Manitoba

On the May long weekend of 1967, an amateur geologist named Stefan Michalak journeyed into the wilderness of Falcon Lake, Manitoba, in search of quartz and silver in an outcropping he’d scoped out the year before.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 387
• February 17, 2015
• 68,111 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of February 17, 2015

The Dutch government web sites have been taken down by hackers, An unprecedented cyber robbery is taking place, President Obama wants tech firms to forget the past and trust them, Turn polution into usable plastic, Facebook photos could be deleted by anyone.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 663
• September 16, 2020
• 14,929 Views and counting

Debian 11 on Pinebook Pro, and The Orville Die-Cast Model

As "lucky" Season 13 comes to a close, Robbie takes us through installing Debian 11 (Bullseye) on a Pinebook Pro. We've also got our hands on a die-cast 10-inch model of The Orville ship, which is available now at comic book stores and online. Robbie will get into the box and take a look at this stunning set piece. Robert has cryptocurrency news and explains impermanent loss, and Bekah's here with the news stories we're following.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 654
• June 10, 2020
• 2,385 Views and counting

Google Maps Launches New Features Helping Travelers During Pandemic

Traveling during the pandemic can be tough. That's why the latest version of Google Maps for Android and iOS has several features that might help travelers get around safely.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 600
• March 20, 2019
• 25,498 Views and counting

600 Weeks of Tech TV and a New SBC

600 weeks ago, Robbie started up Category5 TV. A lot has changed around here since then, and a lot has changed in tech. Let's look at some of the top ways technology has changed in the last 600 weeks. We'll also take a peek at the brand new ODROID-N2 Single-Board Computer.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 511
• July 5, 2017
• 39,214 Views and counting

Virtual Reality And Reality

Henry takes us on a tour of the VRTO 2017 conference where companies showcase current and upcoming VR tech. Robbie got to fly a drone using a VR headset for the first time, and Sasha has the news and a viewer question about MP3 compression.

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• The Pixel Shadow
• Episode 3
• January 10, 2016
• 148,187 Views and counting

VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest

Join MangleFox70 as she takes you on a tour of New Stats City: a growing village in Minetest that you can become part of on VanessaE's Creative Building server. Address: daconcepts.com Port: 30008 - Sleeping on a public server to skip night - Creative Mode - Protecting your areas with The Areas Mod - Finding MangleFox70's village from the spawn point - A tour of New Stats City: a crater village located on VanessaE's Creative Building server in Minetest - Claiming teleporters so you can later create your teleporter networks and quickly navigate from location to location in Minetest

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 429
• December 8, 2015
• 290,396 Views and counting

CatPi Printable Case for Raspberry Pi B+, Pi 2 and Pi 3

Need a case for your Raspberry Pi? What about printing one on your home printer and cutting it out of cardboard? We'll also continue our GIMP Tips series, learning to crop, round edges and add a drop shadow to a picture.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 520
• September 6, 2017
• 28,520 Views and counting

Just The Boyz

With Sasha off getting married, Robbie and Jeff start unpacking her new computer parts! We'll also have some discussions about security against social engineering and Jeff asks the viewers for help finding a particular solution to protect his kids.

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• Features
• From Episode 625
• September 11, 2019
• 4,767 Views and counting

Drop Your RPi 4 Temperature 20 Degrees Celsius With This Intelligent Fan Case

Dropping the temperature of the Raspberry Pi 20°C or more, this Eleduino case for Raspberry Pi 4 is the answer to heat and throttling for RPi 4 users. Run your Pi at its full 1.5 GHz speed while holding at around 60°C under high load. Ideal for overclockers. Let's put it to the test!

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 456
• June 14, 2016
• 222,569 Views and counting

LVM Snapshots - Alternative to Windows Volume Shadow Copy for Linux

Let's continue to learn Linux Logical Volume Management with perhaps one of the most exciting features of LVM: Snapshots. We'll teach you what it does, how it does it, and how you can utilize LVM Snapshots for your own on-the-fly backups ala Hotcopy or Volume Shadow Copy.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 647
• April 22, 2020
• 2,757 Views and counting

Google Stadia Pro is FREE AT LAST!

To help with self-isolation blahs, Google has made its Stadia Pro video game streaming service free for two months.

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• Community Coffee Break
• Episode 37
• April 26, 2020
• 2,264 Views and counting

Coffee Break - April 26, 2020

Robbie's working hard at Studio E, but got to take his family on a hike yesterday, and folks want to know how he can take such a perfect family picture without help from a passerby. We'll also talk about emergency airplane landings and those that are too good to be real, including some exceptional Hollywood-style effects. And Peter is working on getting his new program to make sound in bash. Joining Robbie Ferguson today are Peter Lewis, Solbu, bp9, Lanceman 63 and MarshMan.

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• Features
• From Episode 594
• February 6, 2019
• 5,693 Views and counting

Microsoft Office for Free - Online

Microsoft has a free online version of Microsoft Office. It supports traditional filetypes, and operates just like the installed version. However, since it's in the browser, it works on Windows, Mac, Linux and even Chromebooks - to name a few. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote are all available for free.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 542
• February 7, 2018
• 46,475 Views and counting

Open Banking

Don Duncan joins us from NuData Security to discuss Open Banking and how the bank system in Canada is evolving to this API-driven back-end.

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• Features
• From Episode 582
• November 14, 2018
• 11,726 Views and counting

[FIX] Windows 10 Start Menu Gone After Update - Tablet Mode

Some users faced a strange side-effect to Windows Update and found the typical start menu has been replaced with a strange menu instead of a desktop, and pressing the Windows button does nothing. Let's check what's happened, and correct it in just a few mouse clicks.

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• Features
• From Episode 649
• May 6, 2020
• 52,578 Views and counting

Listen to World-Wide Radio Stations FREE with Radio Garden

Internet radio streaming hasn't changed much in the past 10 years, and that stops now. Radio Garden lets you tour thousands of the world's radio stations in an interactive 3D representation of Earth. Zoom in on a region to get to tune in to the radio stations found there. This is one to bookmark and share.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 11
• June 26, 2015
• 290,562 Views and counting

What Others Think of Us - Part 2: Daniel

In a culture where Christianity is becoming progressively less welcome, will we make the choice Daniel made, to serve and live for God? This week Jenn and Carrie take a look at the story of Daniel and how he chose to say "yes" to God and "no" to the things of the world, and how through this, he found both favour and honour.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 520
• September 6, 2017
• 4,049 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week Of September 6, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Reddit is going closed-source. - Iconic board game Settlers of Catan is coming to virtual reality. - Amazon is facing at least one lawsuit from those recalled solar eclipse glasses. - Nearly 1/2 million pacemakers are vulnerable to an easy hack attack that could kill the user, and a firmware update is immediately required. - A huge breakthrough has been made in Cancer research as scientists develop a nanobot capable of killing cancer cells in under three minutes.

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• Features
• From Episode 641
• February 5, 2020
• 5,493 Views and counting

Unboxing the Pinebook Pro ANSI Edition with US Keyboard (PBP 1/3)

The Pinebook Pro ANSI Edition (US Keyboard) is here! Let's get into the box and get a first look at this stunningly beautiful $200 Linux laptop from PINE64.

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