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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.
Battle of the Home Automation Assistants
- Episode 586
- December 12, 2018
- 245
Between the Google Home Mini and the latest Amazon Echo Dot, the price and promoted features are pretty similar. This week, we'll try to figure out which one is the best virtual assistant by putting the two smart home devices head-to-head.
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With Help From A Dummy Head
- Dec 5, 2018
- 353
Displacing the SBC Champions
- Nov 28, 2018
- 1,629
Single Board Computer Deathmatch
- Nov 21, 2018
- 2,600
More Great Single Board Computers and Disabling Windows 10's Tablet Mode
- Nov 14, 2018
- 9,012
Make Any Notebook a Chromebook with Neverware CloudReady
- Nov 7, 2018
- 3,565
Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Episode 433
- January 5, 2016
- 753,255
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
- 750,705
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 737,739
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 728,834
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 703,431
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 December 12, 2018
- 134
- Google's parent company, Alphabet, will test its drone delivery service in Finland next year.
- Microsoft Edge is Dead. Seriously. Microsoft is building its own Chromium browser to replace the default on Windows 10.
- Google is Expediting the Closure of Google+ After Another Security Bug
- For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars.
Top Stories for the Week of December 5, 2018
- 183
- NASA is going back to the moon with plans for a space station to be built within 10 years, and they're tapping into private businesses to make it happen.
- Microsoft has announced that it is enabling users to log into their Microsoft accounts without usernames and passwords.
- Microsoft's own Surface Book 2 is afflicted by Blue Screen Of Death errors following the most recent software updates.
- Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube.
Top Stories for the Week of November 28, 2018
- 142
- Google has been accused of disregarding European data protection laws when it tracks users' locations.
- A cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
- Google’s making it easier to connect bluetooth headphones to Android phones
- The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet.
Top Stories for the Week of November 21, 2018
- 133
- Mark Shuttleworth has revealed that Ubuntu 18.04 will get a 10-year support lifespan.
- A database leak exposed millions of two-factor codes and reset links sent by SMS.
- NVIDIA stock has dropped to the worst it's been in 10 years.
- NASA has successfully tested OSIRIS-REx's robotic arm ahead of its arrival at a giant asteroid millions of miles away.
Top Stories for the Week of November 14, 2018
- 222
- Google data for search and cloud services went astray for more than an hour on Monday thanks to an "ugly" mistake by an African ISP.
- Seagate and IBM are using IBM's blockchain tech to verify a disk drive's authenticity using its electronic fingerprint.
- The flying motorbike is back in Dubai -- and you could see the police riding one in the not-too-distant future.
- Samsung will soon test TVs that can be controlled with your brain: a technology enhancement perfect for people with disabilities.
Top Stories for the Week of November 7, 2018
- 251
- A side-channel leak in Intel's Skylake and Kaby Lake chips allow attackers to pilfer crypto keys, and the issue probably affects AMD CPUs, too.
- Iran apparently infiltrated the communications network of CIA agents who allowed their secret websites, used to exchange messages with informants, to be crawled by Google.
- Several popular verified Twitter accounts have been hacked by scammers to promote an ad using Tesla boss Elon Musk's name and likeness.
- One of our favorite SBC makers is now making an affordable Linux-powered smartphone and tablet with KDE Plasma--and we have the inside scoop.
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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.
Talkback #2 - God's Grace, Marijuana, and Being Bored for Eternity
- Episode 174
- November 30, 2018
- 1,177
Since God always forgives, I can keep messing up and don't have to worry about it. Now that it's legal in Canada, is it okay for Christians to smoke marijuana? Forever is a very long time; will I get bored in heaven? Will people in hell "get used to it"? Let's address these viewer-submitted questions on our second Talkback episode.
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Talkback #1 - Church and Unanswered Prayer
- Nov 23, 2018
- 1,172
Happy Thanksgiving
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1,206
Acronyms and the Christian Walk
- Nov 9, 2018
- 1,201
Life, Stress, and Relational Healing
- Nov 2, 2018
- 1,188
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,635
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
- 339,146
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 339,073
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,651
Camp
- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,595
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
- 5,548
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
- 3,411
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4,390
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 3)
- Mar 19, 2017
- 8,074
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 2)
- Mar 11, 2017
- 6,771
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 149,397
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
- 149,281
VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
- 146,339
Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 142,924
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,537
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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