Why So Slow, Sony?

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Sony DCR-HC40 MiniDV Handycam Needs a
Man with a Slow Hand

Sony DCR-HC40 MiniDV Handycam Needs a
Man with a Slow Hand 04/14/2004 09:01 AM
JOEL JOHNSON -- Sony's DCR-HC40 MiniDV Handycam gets a solid review from PC Magazine, with a lot of nice features crammed into a small casing, with a reasonable $699 price. There a couple of niggling issues, mostly in the slightly awkward controls--especially the tendency for the camera to jerk around...

Shark Tank: Let it slow, let it slow,
let it slow

Shark Tank: Let it slow, let it slow,
let it slow 12/25/2003 12:48 AM
It's the height of the holiday shopping season, and this pilot fish is hitting a big computer and electronics store to stuff his stockings. Then comes time for him to check out.

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to 09/17/2004 12:34 PM
BetaNews Sep 17 2004 5:16PM GMT

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland 07/15/2004 03:32 AM
Sony and MBNA Ireland today announces the launch of the SonyCard Credit Card (www.SonyCard.ie) in the Republic of Ireland. [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

New Sony Cybershots, HP Photosmarts,
Including Sony T3 (Rawr!)

New Sony Cybershots, HP Photosmarts,
Including Sony T3 (Rawr!) 08/30/2004 09:56 AM

Gott im Himmel, ze cameras! There have been like two dozen new cameras announced in the last few weeks as various manufacturers start ramping up for Christmas, and Sony and HP are no exception. Among the new Sonys announced today are two pocket-sized beauties that I want right now: the T3, an update to the T1 and Japan-only T11, a 5.1-megapixel camera that is Sony's thinnest at less than three-quarters of an inch; and the DSC-L1, a candy bar 4.1-megapixel unit that is only 3.75-inches long. Just when I was ready to buy a new camera Sony has to muck it all up with at least two that really do it for me. Oh, and there's also the new DSC-V3, a 7-megapixel unit that looks mighty fine, as well.

The HPs, well, they are okay, but I'll be honest, they don't get me all riled up as much as the two featherweight cameras from Sony do. If they fixed the middling image quality of the T1 in the T3, that may be my next sidearm. Living Room has a bunch of the press releases, and I'll add to this post if any more info comes through during the day.

Read - Sony Cybershot T3 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Cybershot DSC-L1 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Cybershot DSC-V3 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart R607 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart M407 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart M307 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Shows Off New Low-End Digicam [PCWorld (Yahoo)]

Sony PSP Launch Photos from Sony Metreon
San Francisco

Sony PSP Launch Photos from Sony Metreon
San Francisco 03/26/2005 04:13 PM
Mobile Tech Review Mar 26 2005 6:33PM GMT

While Sony Tries To Become Apple,
Samsung Tries To Become Sony

While Sony Tries To Become Apple,
Samsung Tries To Become Sony 05/13/2004 03:41 AM
Has anyone noticed that it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell Samsung from Sony? It appears that almost everything Sony does, Samsung does as well. So, it's really no surprise that a little over a month after Sony announced plans to build out retail stores more for advertising than for sales, Samsung plans to do the same thing. Of course, while Sony says they're more interested in using the stores for advertising, Samsung has gone one step further. They believe so strongly that this "store" is just for advertising that they won't sell you anything at the store. It's for showcasing products only. Also, a random note in the article, but the same week that Sony and Nintendo announced their plans for their next generation handheld gaming devices, this article also mentions that Samsung is planning for its own N-Gage like phone/gaming device. Apparently, the dismal failure of the N-Gage isn't enough to scare them off.

As Slow As Possible

As Slow As Possible 07/06/2004 11:58 AM
The sound of an E and E-sharp rang out of an abandoned German church yesterday. They were the latest organ notes in a musical piece that will take another 636 years to finish playing. Avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-1992) composed Organ2/ASLSP in 1985. The title comes from the tempo Cage had in mind when the work would be played: "as slow as possible." This performance at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt began September 5, 2001, but until last February the only sound was the building's natural ambience. Since then, a total of five notes have been played. National Public Radio has a page about ASLSP, including audio samples and an "All Things Considered" radio piece from last fall:

In a 1982 interview with NPR, John Cage revealed that he wanted to make his "music so that it doesn't force the performers of it into a particular groove, but which gives them some space in which they can breathe and do their own work with a degree of originality. I like to make suggestions, and then see what happens, rather than setting down laws and forcing people to follow them."

Lin k (to NRP site) Li nk (to AP article from yesterday)

RAP is too slow?

RAP is too slow? 05/01/2004 11:51 AM
RAP is good!.

I got impatient and couldn't resist trying RAP (RDF API for PHP) with the pet data. I don't know PHP and am no expert on server admin, but it only took a couple of hours to get an installation running and a script together to load the Pet Profiles into a triplestore (ModelDB). Here are the pet statements, transferred live from the (in DB) instance docs.

Very pleasing indeed. [Raw]

Wow!  What a coincidence.  We were just talking about RAP and how slow it was the other day on our PeepAgg IRC channel.

Apparently when you want to parse 444 people sized FOAF files (which would be my Tribe FOAF) it'll take forever.  So the question is: "can we optimzie RAP or rewrite it in C - and somehow get that code into a php codebase (like Drupal?)

AO Zaibatsu too slow

AO Zaibatsu too slow 05/19/2004 03:14 AM

I just love doctored pictures of people I know.

One problem here - AO Zaibatsu is so slow that it's almost not worth using.

Al waysOn starts video blogs; First blog post on outsourcing..

Tony Perkins launches video blog over at AlwaysOn. I've been thinking about video blogs since Jeremy started playing with them months ago. is there a need for them? Is there a business in video blogs?

In AO's first video Tony talks about outsourcing ("a good thing"), Google's IPO and video blogs.

The total video time: 4:38.

Total value I got from it? Zero.

I'm not sold on video blogs. Writers and people who are interesting to watch on TV are two very different things 90% of the time.

[unmediated]

Slow and steady…

Slow and steady… 12/31/2003 01:07 PM
Another key aspect is site compatibility, a department that still presents some serious issues for Safari still has some serious issues, especially when it comes to bill paying and bank management. Camino has nailed this, and after a few more months, Safari should see smoother sailing, as the last few straggling Web designers forcefully accept it as a valid avenue for browsing.

IBM To Help UAE Slow Speeders

IBM To Help UAE Slow Speeders 04/16/2005 11:20 PM
Sci-Tech Today Apr 17 2005 2:28AM GMT

Slow growing

Slow growing 04/04/2005 06:46 AM
USA Today Apr 4 2005 10:48AM GMT

Can You Slow Spammers Down?

Can You Slow Spammers Down? 02/16/2004 10:53 PM
Yet another anti-spam company is making news for their slightly different take on how to stop spam. The company, TurnTide, is offering a router for ISPs that watches over email traffic, and if the traffic is consistent with that of spam, the system slows down the traffic to a crawl, making spamming less lucrative, in theory. This is, basically, a more commercial means of offering a greylisting solution. The company, which showed up with a new $1 million in funding today at DEMO 2004, claims they have no competitors - but that (as always) is untrue (and whoever invested in them needs to tell them that). My guess, though, is that it won't take spammers too long to figure out ways to get around this sort of blocking maneuver. At their own end, they'll simply find spam-sympathetic ISPs (as they do now) that would never use such a system. Then, they'll probably just hijack more machines and have them each send out limited amounts of email to trick the system into believing they're legitimate.

Too Quiet? How about too slow?

Too Quiet? How about too slow? 03/17/2005 03:20 AM
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorbike Unveiled (BBC link, no reg. req.)
The Emissions Neutral Vehicle (ENV), has a top speed of 50mph (80km/h), a range of at least 100 miles (160km) and can run continuously for four hours before the fuel cell needs recharging.
What's more, the bike's "exhaust" is water vapor and is so clean that its drinkable.
Concerns are that the bike is too quiet and plans have been made to add a motor sound to the bike so as to not startle pedestrians. Though I must admit to kind of liking the idea of "stealth mode" motorcycling.
A sort of follow up to this post.

Slow air leak on ISS

Slow air leak on ISS 01/06/2004 04:24 AM
NASA is not calling it a crisis but if I was on the ISS with a air leak I think...

Don’t Let Dust Slow You Down

Don’t Let Dust Slow You Down 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
Gain an advantage in PC gaming by keeping your computer dust-free. [PRWEB May 20, 2005]

Life is so Slow

Life is so Slow 06/05/2005 11:33 PM
Over the last few weeks I have been playing insane amounts of Gran Turismo 4 and loving it. I'm at around 70% completion of the...

Slow News Day

Slow News Day 01/17/2003 12:28 PM
For about a year now there has been a feeling of dark inevitability growing in my consciousness. I've tried to ignore it, but it rears its ugly head nearly everyday at the same time. I am of course talking about the rumors of The Simpsons getting closer and closer to being cancelled. Today, all of this stress has been relieved, at least for a couple more years. The Simpsons has been renewed until at least 2005. And you thought I was going to talk about war, right? There seems to be a dearth of web standards (or related topics) news as of late. Other than the quasi-anti-standards-movement (whatever that means) that was the talk of blogspace for a few days. I like Mark's new HTML 4 design more than his previous XHTML one. I'm off for class, enjoy your Friday.

You know it's a slow news day when...

You know it's a slow news day when... 12/26/2002 07:01 PM
a major financial news outlet decides to write a story that does little more than summarize comments left on a Yahoo message board. What ever happened to the old phrase "if you don't have anything good to say, don't say...

"Slow Connection - 56k"

"Slow Connection - 56k" 06/25/2004 08:26 PM

Slow Wi-fi Internet

Slow Wi-fi Internet 12/31/2004 09:02 AM
All About Symbian Dec 31 2004 1:28PM GMT

Slow News Day?

Slow News Day? 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

Apple broke Harmony. Anyone surprised? No.

Real promises fixes soon. Anyone surprised? No.

Anyone care? Probably not. :-)

Go slow on nano

Go slow on nano 07/30/2004 01:53 AM
USA Today Jul 30 2004 6:01AM GMT

A possible fix for slow SSH connections

A possible fix for slow SSH connections 03/31/2005 11:48 AM
I noticed that while SSHing to some of my servers at work that connections where taking forever. The few severs I could actually connect to would take over two minutes to connect to before I would get a password prompt. Other...

IBM goes slow on XP update

IBM goes slow on XP update 08/09/2004 12:54 PM
As Microsoft ships Service Pack 2 to manufacturing, IBM tells employees to not install the software pending more compatibility tests.

Wi-Fi Security Doesn't Have to Mean Slow

Wi-Fi Security Doesn't Have to Mean Slow 08/09/2004 06:14 AM
Wireless gear makers are finding ways to improve the speed and security of the networks.

Businesses slow to move to SP2

Businesses slow to move to SP2 04/03/2005 11:32 PM
Only a quarter of Windows XP corporate machines have been upgraded to Service Pack 2, study shows.

Justice for ID theft slow

Justice for ID theft slow 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 28 2004 4:44PM GMT

Motorola slow on phones

Motorola slow on phones 07/10/2004 07:07 PM
Crains ChicagoBusiness Jul 10 2004 10:02PM GMT

Fix Slow Console Enumeration

Fix Slow Console Enumeration 08/06/2004 01:19 PM

Halftime Show Of Slow

Halftime Show Of Slow 04/02/2005 01:01 PM
Simply The Best... Better than all the rest.

Slow going for networking sector

Slow going for networking sector 09/22/2004 02:25 PM
Corporate customers are still tight-fisted with their budgets as they put off needed upgrades, analysts say.

Enterprises Slow to Dump IE

Enterprises Slow to Dump IE 07/06/2004 09:49 PM
While corporate users may be worried about security holes, they often rely on internal applications and Web sites that only work within Microsoft's dominant Web browser.

XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps

XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps 09/18/2004 01:19 AM

Cement Flows Slow

Cement Flows Slow 05/24/2004 02:24 PM
Opportunity knocks for Fools who love rocks.

Slow start for budget XP

Slow start for budget XP 03/23/2005 10:02 AM
ZDNet India Mar 23 2005 2:02PM GMT

For Businesses, It's Slow Going With
Windows XP SP2

For Businesses, It's Slow Going With
Windows XP SP2 09/18/2004 11:28 AM
Techzonez Sep 18 2004 2:15PM GMT

Slow Going for Linux in Iraq

Slow Going for Linux in Iraq 05/28/2004 04:51 AM
With more than 24 million people, most of whom can't afford to buy a copy of Microsoft Windows, Iraq seems like the ideal place for open-source software to take root. But a variety of challenges may keep that from happening. By Amit Asaravala.
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