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Carine Roitfeld Styles and Stars In New Givenchy Campaign

http://fashionista.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:50 +0000

[Source - Fashionista - Fashion Designers, Models, Shopping, Style]

At 58, Carine Roitfeld is more in demand than ever.

According to WWD, the editrix worked both sides of the camera for Givenchys fall 2013 campaignstyling and starring in it. While Roitfeld is no stranger to styling high profile ad spots, this is the first high fashion campaign shes fronted.

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Soo Meta, the Storify for online video storytelling, launches to the public

http://gigaom.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:35 +0000

[Source - GigaOM]

Let me tell you a little secret about the way online journalism works: Most news sites, GigaOM included, have a repertoire of just a few types of stories. Theres the short news story, the long thought piece, and the hands-on review, complete with a video featuring lots of close-ups. Attempts to tell stories in new ways are rare thats why I was pretty excited when I first heard about Soo Meta, back when it was still in private alpha last October.

Soo Meta is the latest product of the Budapest-based online video startup Dragontape, which has also developed a video curation app called Dragontape. After months of testing, the company is now ready to unveil Soo Meta as a new platform for online video storytelling.

Heres how Soo Meta works: The platform offers content producers and curators an... [View Full Article]

AMD details Elite Mobility and mainstream APUs, we run early tests (hands-on)

http://engadget.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:00 +0000

[Source - Engadget]

AMD has been willing to tease its 2013 ultra-mobile APU (accelerated processing unit) strategy through PCs like the Acer Aspire V5, but today it's spilling the beans in earnest. The headliner for many is the company's just-shipping Elite Mobility line, or Temash: the A4 and A6 designs are built for tablets, like Hondo was, but their Jaguar-based system-on-chip designs should be faster in both CPU and graphics power without a hit to battery life. AMD estimates that the Radeon HD 8280G video core in an Elite Mobility A6 is about five times faster a Clover Trail-based Atom and twice as fast as Hondo, but lasts about 45 percent longer on battery than an Intel Core i3. And that's while untethered -- that Turbo Dock feature is still in place to boost speeds by over 30 percent when a dock is... [View Full Article]

Samsung Galaxy S 4 officially reaches 10 million sales milestone

http://MobileBurn.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:34 +0000

[Source - Cell & Mobile Phone Reviews & News]
Samsung today announced that it has shipped more than 10 million units of the Galaxy S 4 less than one month after its global release on April 27. Co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun last week said that Samsung would hit the 10 million mark, and the company confirmed that it reached the milestone today. Samsung's channel sales, or sales to retailers like carriers and online stores, have made the Galaxy S 4 the company's fastest selling smartphone. The phone's predecessor, the Galaxy S III, took 50 days to reach the 10 million mark last year.
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German IT firm seeks autistic workers

http://guardian.co.uk — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:57:03 +0000

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SAP says it aims to train 650 workers with autism to become IT specialists by 2020

Declaring its eagerness to find workers that "think differently", a German software giant has announced it plans to recruit hundreds of people with autism within the next few years.

SAP said it aimed to train 650 workers with autism to become IT specialists by 2020. The figure amounts to 1% of the corporation's multinational workforce, matching the proportion of the world's population that has the condition.

The project has already started in India and Ireland where a total of 11 people with autism are employed by the company. The programme to take on software testers, programmers and data management workers will spread across Germany, Canada and the US this year.

People with autism have a neural development... [View Full Article]

Finding faces in Google Maps terrain

http://news.cnet.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:08 +0000

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Using facial recognition software, a team has created a program that crawls Google Maps, seeking out the faces hidden in folds of the Earth. [Read more]

Sports Team's Twitter Takeover Turns Disastrous After Rape Joke

http://mashable.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:37 +0000

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The L.A. Kings handed its Twitter account over to a local morning show host, who ended up having to apologize for his posts Tuesday evening

Kevin Ryder is co-host of L.A. radio station KROQ's Kevin and Bean show. He took over the Kings's Twitter page as a promotion during its playoff matchup against the San Jose Sharks. It's not uncommon for sports brands to have big names tweet from their accounts from time to time, but here the stunt went about as poorly as possible for both parties

As expected of a morning show host who makes his name on testing listeners' limits, Ryder's tweets from the Kings account were full of attitude. But this one had Twitter buzzing in all the wrong ways: Read more...

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Lib Dem opposition to communications data bill 'putting country at risk'

http://guardian.co.uk/technology — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:05:36 +0000

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In wake of Woolwich attack, Labour peers Lord West and Lord Reid lead calls for Nick Clegg to end resistance and revive bill

Political pressure is mounting to revive the communications data bill in the wake of the Woolwich attack, with Labour peers Lord West and Lord Reid leading calls for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats to drop their opposition to the legislation. West said Clegg was putting the country at risk.

Clegg hailed a major political victory when he prevented the draft bill being allowed into the Queen's speech. The home secretary Theresa May had hoped she had changed the bill sufficiently from its original format to win Clegg's support, and even when the bill did not feature in the Queen's speech, she refused to accept that the bill had been killed off.

Reid, the former Labour... [View Full Article]

Just like their annual Zeitgeist roundup of its most-searched-for terms, Google Trends now offers mo

http://gizmodo.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:56 +0000

[Source - Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide]

Just like their annual Zeitgeist roundup of its most-searched-for terms, Google Trends now offers monthly, Knowledge Graph-based "Top Charts" in some 40 odd categories including Chemical Elements, Medications, Teen Pop Artists, and Whiskey. You know, the important things.

Will Robots Take Over the Data Center?

http://slashdot.org — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000

[Source - Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]
1sockchuck writes "Robotics are beginning to be integrated into data center management, creating the potential for a fully automated, robot-driven data center. What might a robot-controlled 'lights-out' data center look like? The racks will be taller, as robotics systems can reach higher to manage servers. Robotic equipment would be mounted on rails that allow them to find and move hardware. Early examples of this are seen in tape libraries, but the concepts could be applied to other data center equipment. Amazon and Google are said to be among those looking at ways to create a fully automated data center. AOL says it has already built an unmanned data center. Data Center Knowledge looks at the challenges and opportunities in robot-controlled data centers, including how staff roles would... [View Full Article]