Watch the latest E3 2010 trailer of the long awaited Gran Turismo 5.

Update: Sony has finally announced GT5’s release date. It will be out on November 2, 2010.

The above is a video that can be an early, leaked teaser for Nokia’s MeeGo based N9. While we can’t authenticate it as real but the video’s production quality is fine and the design of the slider phone resembles the N8.

Check out the video for yourself.

Steve Jobs just announced the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 4. This latest offering from Apple brings in a slew of new features including a new design, high resolution display, video chat and much more.

The new design certainly looks great. The front and back are optical glass, which is far more scratch resistant. A steel band rings the phone around its perimeter. It is 24 percent thinner than the iPhone 3GS, making it the thinnest iPhone yet.

The 960-by-640 Retina display boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen ever.

The iPhone 4 has a 5MP camera with HD video recording. It also has a LED flash. There’s also a camera on the front which is perfect for making FaceTime calls.

The latest iPhone will come with the iOS 4 which boasts loads of new features including multi-tasking.

Check out more on the iPhone 4 ..

The wait is over. The Apple iPad is finally here. Engadget recently reviewed the device and it seems to have impressed these guys.

Design:
The bulk of iPad’s surface is taken up by a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768, capacitive, multitouch LED-backlit display surrounded by a glossy black bezel. There’s only Apple’s signature “home” button to interact with, and the back of the device is all aluminium.

Display:
Apple’s 9.7-inch LED backlit IPS display does not disappoint. Colors on the screen are vibrant and saturated, while blacks feel true and deep.

OS/UI:
iPad’s interface is nearly identical in every way to the iPhone or iPod touch UI. You have pages and pages made up of grids of icons, a dock for your favorite apps (up to six), and a persistent status bar which displays the time and other information.

Included Applications:
> Mobile Safari
> iBooks
> Calendar/Contacts
> Mail
> iTunes / iBookstore / App Store
> Video / iPod / YouTube
> iWork suite

Battery life:
The battery life is excellent and it turns out to be what Apple claims – around 10 hours.

Online backup is great because it automates the old-fashioned manual daily process of having to transfer data over to DVDs, tapes or portable hard drives before trucking them off-site. This automation not only frees up time for IT workers, but it also eliminates many of the leading causes of data disasters such as human error or mechanical defects.

But even online backup wasn’t perfect.

For years, 2 of the biggest problems plaguing the backup industry had been “Data Loss Windows” and “Recovery Speeds”. And although online backup offered the convenience and productivity benefits of automation, it was a long time before this industry actually began to actively address these more serious business problems.

Data Loss Windows

Data loss windows have always been a challenge because scheduled end-of-day backups, although fairly comprehensive, always placed about 24 hours worth of data at risk. This is further compounded by the fact that recent data is usually much more critical than older data. (A Word document from this morning will probably be more important than a PowerPoint file from 3 weeks ago.)

As a way of minimizing the amount of data that could be lost in an emergency, online backup providers began increasing the frequency of their incremental uploads thought the day. Today, it’s not uncommon to find solutions that offer “Continuous Data Protection” where file changes are uploaded to the backup server every time someone hits the Save button.

This continuous backup methodology is now fairly standard amongst online backup providers, since it reduces the potential data loss window down to just a few minutes.

Recovery Speeds

The other big challenge has always been the time required in order to resume operations after a crash. According to a recent study, the average time to get back up and running after an outage is about 4 hours.

If this outage takes place within business hours, 4 hours of downtime can be very expensive. And for companies that operate in a 24-hour business environment, this downtime can also have more serious consequences.

One obvious solution would be to set up multiple redundant systems. That way, if one server goes down, the other units can take over without interruption. This is the logic behind “high availability” systems that instantly switch over to a temporary failover facility in the event of a disaster.

Although this is an excellent solution to the problem, it does have one major downside: cost

For smaller companies with limited budgets, these temporary failover facilities might not be economically feasible. One of the leading proposed solutions to this problem is “Rapid Recovery” technology.

Rapid Recovery is different from traditional online backup in the same way that music CDs are different from cassette tapes. Instead of downloading your recovery data in sequential batches, Rapid Recovery allows for fully-automated random access to your data while the recovery download is taking place.

This means you can begin using your server again within minutes of starting your recovery download. If an application requests data that hasn’t yet been transferred, those packets get prioritized and moved to the front of the line.

Although this technology is still fairly new, it’s quickly gaining in popularity and should be much more common in years to come.

Where to from here?

Now that online backup has solved 2 of the biggest data protection challenges for business (Data Loss Windows and Recovery Speeds), the next logical step would be to tackle other strategic business problems such as application integration, granularity and regulatory compliance.

Although a lot of our data is stored as simple “flat files”, it’s easy to forget how much critical business information is kept on databases like SQL, email systems like Exchange, or enterprise systems like SharePoint.

And this isn’t just restricted to businesses. New consumer applications such as social media, mobile technology and the growing popularity of desktop Linux will certainly push advancement in the development of new niche online backup services.

Online backup has changed a lot over the years, and it’s now reaching an exciting point in its evolution where we should begin to see this technology being applied in many new ways. The best is yet to come.

About The Author:

Storagepipe Solutions is a provider of online backup services that also helps other companies develop and launch their own backup software.

Video games systems are always big sellers around the Christmas period, with some of the biggest sellers including the WiiFit balance board, as well as the Plus attachments to increase controller sensitivity on titles such as Wii Sports.

2010 is going to be a big year for big titles – including sequels to popular titles including Mass Effect, God Of War and Super Mario Galaxy. There are also a number of highly anticipated titles such as Final Fantasy XIII, BioShock 2 and Gran Turismo 5 that gamers have been eager to get their teeth into.

And with many more titles including options to play online with others around the world, many will also be considering their internet connections in order to get the speed and reliability needed to help enhance their online experience.

When shopping for games consoles, comparison services such as Moneysupermarket can be a useful tool to help you find the best deal. If you’re doing your console shopping online, be wary of the site that you’re purchasing from, as Felicity King-Evans, an expert at Moneysupermarket explains:

“When you’re shopping online, try to find websites and brands that you can trust. If you use a high-profile website, you’re less likely to receive fakes or low-qualify presents and you can also be confident you can return unsatisfactory gifts. Of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use smaller retailers – sometimes they will carry the best bargains, especially if you’re using online auction sites.”

With 2010 promising to be a big year for the world of video gaming, there are plenty of titles coming up on all platforms and for all consoles, providing a wide variety of choice – whatever your console of choice.

Article written by the games consoles team at Moneysupermarket.com

Apple’s long rumored tablet has been finally unveiled and is now officially called the ‘iPad‘.

From the looks of it, the device seems pretty awesome. It has a 9.7-inch LED-backlit display with a 1024-by-768-pixel resolution and multi touch support. It will come with 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage and will have other features like WiFi, Bluetooth, Accelerometer and much more. The iPad is based on the Apple iPhone OS, so expect lots of similar apps for it too. The price for the tablet starts at $499.

For more information, visit the official Apple iPad webpage.

Recently got a Nokia N900 and I just have one word for it – ‘awesome’. This phone deserves to be called the best from Nokia.

I’ve not done a very detailed review of the the N900 but here’s a short summary of what I’ve felt about the device during my recent use.

Design:
When I saw the pics of the phone on the web I was concerned about it’s size, particularly the bulk but now having the phone in my hand I can say that it’s a really good, solid device. The phone fits comfortably in the hand and has a nice design too. The N900 also has a slide-out 3-row backlit QWERTY keyboard. The keys may be a little squashed together but it’s perfectly fine to use.

Display:
The device has a 3.5″ 800×480 pixel resistive touchscreen display. The touchscreen is quite responsive and the overall display is gorgeous. The display has a nice UI and transformation effects. You also get to have 4 desktops that you can switch between and customize.

OS and Applications:
The N900 is based on the Linux based Maemo 5 Operating System. The OS is quite fast andsupports multitasking. I haven’t experienced any slowdown or freezes till now. (Hope this continues!)

There are not many apps available for the device as of now but that’s no big deal as the device is new and apps are come up. Still, there are some cool applications available at the official Maemo website.

Camera:

The phone has 5 MP, 2576×1936 pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Dual LED flash. The camera has a lens cover and the shutter button is also at the right place. I found the camera quality to be good. The camera interface is a little limited with only a few options but for a normal user that should suffice.

Multimedia:

With 32GB of onboard memory you get to store loads of media on the device. The audio quality is great, thanks to it’s stereo speakers. The in-ear earplugs bundled by Nokia sound great too.

Watching videos on the 800×480 pixel screen is also a pleasure. Another cool thing about this device is the support for a large number of video formats. So forget about first converting your videos before adding them to your phone.

Mozilla is also going to officially release Firefox for the N900. The beta version is currently available for download.

Nokia has got it right with the N900 this time. Almost everything seems to be in place. This looks like some serious competition to the iPhone.

I’ll keep you updated with more on the device.

Here’s the unboxing video of the new Nokia N900 and the packaging is super awesome. The device is in a shiny cube and the only way to get into the box is to plug it to a PC, establish a link, and then type in the right terminal command to unlock the lid. Wow!

And what’s the command?

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It’s the company’s motto – ‘Connecting People’!

Check out the video to experience it.