Yves Saint Laurent fall winter 2011-2012

What you need for a top-level fashion shoot? A little 'white, a little' black and a skyscraper. Et voila, here is the campaign Yves Saint Laurent A / W 2011-12, starring Raquel Zimmerman beautiful, perky blond with a tuft on the eyes, to disturb the view, resulting in a languid gaze, which is so glam.

In the video, shot in Manhattan by Inez van Lams were and Vinewood Mata din, you go through the 14 look collection designed by Stefano Pilate and inspired by the outfits of the historical house from 1962 to the late 70s. And for those who can afford it, road, to copy all of Bianca Jigger, hair waves, wedge shoes, long dresses with necklines vertical, double-breasted jackets in Prince of Wales, silk shirts with Manic one to D'Artagnan.
Where's the catch? In black and white, in fact, the code for this autumn winter 2011-12, a green light to play with contrasts, so you can not go wrong if you follow the canons volume, of course.

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Milan Fashion Summer 2012, the chiaroscuro and gold Roberto Cavalla

Shameless, self-confident, flashy, this is the woman of Roberto Cavalla spring summer 2012. After a short romance, the Florentine designer returns to the roots, but in a more sophisticated, with embroidery and pleated games, which soften the animal theme in it strong and that occurs only in the evening.

It opens big with a series of gold (a little Givenchy), which gives way to black, where lace and sheer, form the first light and dark contrast. It continues with a series multicolor flowers; go for the '20s, with dresses that are reminiscent of Charleston. And here we arrive in the evening, the most beautiful part of the parade, one after another, the clothes they wear animal print, leopard print jackets and striped color of soft chiffon. The woman Horses, also leads the men tuxedo naturally flirty blouses with lace sticking under the jackets. Rating 7 Courtney Love in the parterre, the one who could embody the perfect woman for Roberto Cavalla, tormented and progressive, one-shoulder dress with a tweed jacket and a powder pink brooch with jewel.


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Samsung Omnia W announces Windows Phone Mango

The Korean mobile giant Samsung has officially announced its first handset equipped with the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone Mango. The solution will be called Samsung Omnia W and, as expected, will replace the first Windows phone in the range of the house, or Omnia 7.

The first Windows smart phones from Samsung Phone, distinguished by the initials i8700 was released about a year ago, to coincide with the debut of the new OS. The new Omnia takes largely on the lines of the old version but incorporates a number of solutions updated hardware than its predecessor.


Among the most significant voices of the sheet there is a single-core processor operating at a frequency of 1.4 GHz, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of memory dedicated to storage. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps download and GPS. The back cover features a 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash, while the front is a second VGA camera for video calls. The display which will feature a panel Omnia W Super-resolution AMOLED WVGA 3.7-inch diagonal.



The Asian manufacturer has stated that the terminal will be available from next month in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa simultaneously. The price of Omnia W has not yet been announced but we could assume a position around 400 €, a figure needed to win even HTC Radar (currently the closest competitor for specific).

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Microsoft Windows 8 and customizations saved in Live ID

Continue Tour, week after week, the new features that will characterize the future and the new operating system at home Microsoft, Windows 8 . Here then appear on the official blog, explaining how to manage access across Windows 8 Windows Live ID.

The ability to access the operating system through a Windows Live ID allows you to go save the customizations made in the cloud, tying them to our profile. In this way, every time they are logged on with our account, no matter which PC, the settings are automatically loaded. Any information you have entered, and collecting from the system, it will be made available wherever you are: changes to the operating system, changed backgrounds, in our favorite browser, but also multimedia elements that were in play during our last session, left to the exact second where we put them on hold.

Everything, of course, provided that there is an internet connection, which Windows 8 will go to gather the information and settings stored by the user.

To make the experience more fluid can be used also when access is made from a second PC to the collection of personal information occurs in the background, once the system has booted. In use, therefore, will surface little by little our customizations: desktop wallpaper, favorites and personal shortcut created on the interface Metro.

The creation of an online profile, on balance, you can go to sync all your customizations for your operating system: once the changes are made personally do not have to make them again.

The ability to save information online is a trend now well established that, day after day, finds new deployments: a critical element of this particular technology is, however, by security. Microsoft is aware of the weakness, writes in the post dedicated to the new features of Windows 8:

"The saved data are not available to other services from Microsoft or third parties. In addition, before giving access to sensitive information to another Windows PC with 8 for the first time, you will need to provide more evidence to prove the identity. The system would be to provide Microsoft with a special code that can be sent to your mobile phone or an e-mail alternative. "

The video shows to follow, in practice, the operation of the new technology:


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Soon the stop to the Athlon and Phenom

AMD would have outlined the suspension of production of the solutions of the Phenom and Athlon CPU families, according to advance from the website fuzzily to this address. AMD expects to accept for part of these CPUs, the fourth quarter of 2011 as the last period of shipment to customers.

The rest of the CPU will remain on the market several months; will be starting in the second quarter of 2012 of the fact that AMD will suspend the acceptance of all orders from customers. In fact, therefore, expected a quick exit from the scene for the AMD Phenom and Athlon processors: the future of the U.S. passes through the proposals for the FX segment of high-end desktop market, complemented by solutions A and E GPU and CPU integrated segments of mid-range and entry level.

It now remains to be seen whether and how AMD intends to continue to carry out the Athlon brand . Recently, the American company has introduced a new CPU, Athlon X4 II Model 631, which is not compatible with AM3 motherboards but with those for solutions of the family FM1 Llano.

This processor, in particular, is nothing more than an APU based on the architecture of the family in Llano, which is disabled while the component integrated GPU architecture for the quad core CPU.

By suspending the marketing of solutions for AMD Phenom and Athlon done for their solutions will only use 32-nanometer manufacturing technology. The only exception, at least for the moment, is represented by the proposals of the E-series entry level, built with 40-nanometer production technology from Taiwan's TSMC.

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