http://danpercival.com/ This page contains the news and photo entries for the family members of the Percivals in Malaysia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:08:02 +0800 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ XOOPS WebLinks 0.9 XOOPS WebLinks dan@danpercival.com dan@danpercival.com en http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/hackers-playstation-3-make-ssl-much-less-secure/ Between the juvenile delinquent hordes of PlayStation Home and some lackluster holiday figures, the PlayStation has been sort of a bummer lately, for reasons that have nothing to do with its raison d' ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:41:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/hackers-playstation-3-make-ssl-much-less-secure/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/emtec-bringing-10-inch-gdium-netbook-to-america-for-400/ While EMTEC clearly knows how to have a good time, it's getting back to business with the Gdium. If you'll recall, we heard about this here netbook eons ago, but since then, we've been too overwhelmed ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:10:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/emtec-bringing-10-inch-gdium-netbook-to-america-for-400/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/ ZigBee and other home automation technologies may be all well and good if you want to keep things practical and whatnot, but if you're the more adventuresome type, you may want to take after Instructa ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:03:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/oqo-bringing-atom-powered-model-2-umpc-to-ces/ If it feels like forever to you since OQO's Model 02 hit the market, your instincts are pretty darn good. But if you were overly optimistic that the Atom-powered prototype it showed off back in August ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:30:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/oqo-bringing-atom-powered-model-2-umpc-to-ces/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/usb-wireless-keypad-is-perfect-for-number-crunching-on-the-go/ Brando's new USB Wireless Keypad is probably just what you're looking for, if you're looking for a wireless keypad, of course. It's got the standard keypad keys, 13 hotkeys, and a totally sweet built- ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:58:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/usb-wireless-keypad-is-perfect-for-number-crunching-on-the-go/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/point-of-view-debuts-mobii-pc-netbook/ It's apparently been taking a wait and see approach until now, but Netherlands-based manufacturer Point of View has finally jumped into the netbook waters and, as you can see, it's blended right in. T ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:31:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/point-of-view-debuts-mobii-pc-netbook/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/playstation-home-full-of-immature-jokers-unlike-other-virtual-c/ It's not been a good month for Sony. Layoffs, poor holiday sales for the PS3 and a wee bit of hacking over at PlayStation Home surely have the electronics giant hungry for some good press, which has m ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:59:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/playstation-home-full-of-immature-jokers-unlike-other-virtual-c/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/lg-plugs-youtube-cinemanow-into-next-years-blu-ray-players/ Never satisfied with offering only a Blu-ray disc player (see 2007's BH100 Blu-ray + HD DVD combo and 2008's Netflix-streaming BD300), LG is upping the ante for '09, promising support for YouTube and ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:34:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/lg-plugs-youtube-cinemanow-into-next-years-blu-ray-players/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/ford-announces-self-parking-cars-future-16-year-olds-totally-ps/ We've seen self-parking automobiles before, but Ford's system -- part of the company's new power steering technology -- not only works on hills (unlike the Lexus), but employs sensors that are also us ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:02:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/ford-announces-self-parking-cars-future-16-year-olds-totally-ps/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/wireless-keyboard-controller-remote-control-for-ps3-could-ma/ We've seen some goofy looking PS3 accessories -- including Sony's recent Wireless Keypad for the PS3 -- but this one looks like a little bit of crazy mixed with a dab of mediocrity. A product of unkno ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/wireless-keyboard-controller-remote-control-for-ps3-could-ma/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/ Yes, Virginia, there's a leaked copy of Windows 7 beta floating around, and if you aren't the type to "break the law" and check it out yourself, the folks at Tech Cast News have made for you a picture ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/hp-firebird-gaming-towers-with-voodoodna-to-start-at-1-799/ It'd be a gross understatement to say that we weren't remarkably excited about the HP Firebird 803 when we caught wind of it last week, but now you can safely say that our emotions have settled down a ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:30:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/hp-firebird-gaming-towers-with-voodoodna-to-start-at-1-799/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/oppos-muse-g11-is-more-portable-than-an-snes-cheaper-than-an-i/ Looking to mix in some illegal ROM downloading action with your standard PMP activities? Oppo's got your number with the Muse G11, confirmed back in September and just now getting a few more details. ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:54:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/oppos-muse-g11-is-more-portable-than-an-snes-cheaper-than-an-i/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/xbox-360-ps3-case-many-dremel-bits-ps360/ Apparently impressed by the stunning success (and $157 winning bid) of his earlier Wii64, the modder who goes by the name n8bog is back with another brute-force console hybrid, this time shoving an en ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:22:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/xbox-360-ps3-case-many-dremel-bits-ps360/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/emtecs-kooky-klickers-based-usb-drives-bring-a-smile-to-anyone/ Think you're having a rough day? Did you get a placard with instructions to the exit rather than a bonus check this week? We know, life's a little rough right now, but how on Earth can you look at the ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:02:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/emtecs-kooky-klickers-based-usb-drives-bring-a-smile-to-anyone/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/magnetic-detachable-lenses-suddenly-make-cellphone-camera-fun/ Not that we haven't seen patently absurd lens attachments for mobiles before, but we've yet to come across any that were this universal (and be to honest, this useful). Sure, one could argue that a de ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:37:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/magnetic-detachable-lenses-suddenly-make-cellphone-camera-fun/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/benqs-joybook-lite-u101-delivers-smileys-on-the-lid-frownies-o/ We hope you've forgiven us for being somewhat less than enthused when we got word of BenQ's Joybook Lite U101 being launched, as at the time we didn't quite see the need for another "me too" netbook. ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:12:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/benqs-joybook-lite-u101-delivers-smileys-on-the-lid-frownies-o/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/runcores-1-8-inch-netbook-ssds-now-shipping-2-5-inch-256gb-edi/ Remember those comparatively cheap RunCore SSDs we caught wind of last month? Yeah, well those puppies are shipping out. The unashamedly named 1.8-inch Low Cost Zif PATA SSDs can be sealed in a corrug ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:49:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/runcores-1-8-inch-netbook-ssds-now-shipping-2-5-inch-256gb-edi/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/the-kissing-octopus-flash-drive-perfect-for-your-clingy-signi/ The T806 Kissing Octopus Flash Drive from A-DATA may not be the greenest or the highest capacity flash drive we've seen to date, but it may darn well be the cutest. Just announced as a winner of an iF ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:24:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/the-kissing-octopus-flash-drive-perfect-for-your-clingy-signi/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/wireless-usb-usb-3-0-exhibitors-to-be-out-in-full-force-at-ces/ So here's an interesting one. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) will be pumping up two standards at CES 2009: one with great potential for the future, one that'll be lucky to survive the rest of thi ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:50:00 +0800 http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/wireless-usb-usb-3-0-exhibitors-to-be-out-in-full-force-at-ces/