If Nvidia gets its way, enterprise desktops and games could soon be served off the cloud, thanks to new cloud technologies unveiled by the graphics chip giant this week.

Based on the company’s new Kepler GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture, the new technologies — Nvidia VGX and GeForce Grid — are designed for large-scale data centres and tout virtualisation capabilities that allow GPUs to be simultaneously used by multiple users.

The Nvidia VGX platform can be used by enterprises in remote computing that allows applications to be streamed to notebooks or mobile devices through virtualised desktops, while Nvidia GeForce Grid is targeted at gaming-as-a-service (GaaS) providers for delivering rich gaming experiences. …

The Nokia Lumia 900, the Windows Phone camp’s best smartphone to date, is coming to Singapore on May 26 and will go for a rather attractive S$849 at retailers as well as via all three mobile operators here. …

SAP’s Business All-in-One enterprise software is now certified for deployment on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. The software, which lets companies manage business operations across industries, mostly resides within the confines of an organisation’s IT infrastructure.

In an announcement Friday, SAP and AWS said the certification, which applies to Windows and Linux AWS instances, will allow companies to quickly implement SAP’s business software on Amazon’s platform without spending on IT infrastructure.

According to VMS, a German consulting firm, running SAP applications on AWS provides infrastructure cost savings of up to 69 per cent compared to the housing the same software on-premise. …

Almost like with an iPhone, details on Samsung’s Galaxy S III were rumoured, leaked, exposed and went through the entire online hype cycle before it was finally unveiled last week.

Just how well does the flagship model from the new number one manufacturer of phones do in the face of increased competition? Not so bad, I have to say, after a hands-on session with the Galaxy S III a couple of days ago.

With a typically bright screen, slim body and new quad-core processor that provides zippy Android 4.0 performance, it holds its own against the best. To be clear, there’s nothing dramatically different here from the previous Galaxy Nexus, Note or S II, but the Korean phone maker knows it already has winners and doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel. …

In a belated move to lure governments onto the cloud, Salesforce.com introduced a dedicated service to allay the security concerns that governments may have over cloud computing.

Dubbed Government Cloud, the new service is built on a dedicated instance of Salesforce.com’s cloud infrastructure located in the United States. Users will have access to dedicated databases and supporting infrastructure that meets the regulatory and compliance needs of the U.S. government.

Salesforce.com is one of the last major cloud vendors to introduce a dedicated government cloud. Google, IBM and Microsoft have been offering government cloud services from as early as 2009, while Amazon Web Services launched its AWS GovCloud last year. …

Just when you think that Samsung is forcing you to upgrade your Galaxy S II, the Korean phone maker finally decided to deliver its much-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for Singapore users in the past few days.

It has released a “DXLP9″ version of the phone’s firmware, which essentially updates the current Android software onboard to version 4.0 or the much-talked about ICS version.

It brings along enhancements like a niftier task switcher and a more powerful Gmail app, along with cosmetic upgrades like smarter icons and fonts.  …

It’s svelte like before but it’s got a larger screen, more juice in the battery, and interestingly, smart software features that could turn off the screen after detecting that you have fallen asleep watching a movie.

Is Samsung’s much-awaited Galaxy S III the smartphone to have now? Well, after the Korean electronics maker unveiled its new flagship device just hours ago, you can already sense the credit cards and cash ready to fall out of many users’ wallets.

It’s true, the Galaxy S III, which will ship in Singapore by June the latest, is set for a stay at the top of the charts.  …

Nokia, which has traditionally done well in the low-price segment of the mobile phone market, will be facing the true test of its future relevance come May 5, when its budget Windows Phone – the Lumia 610 - hits shelves in Singapore.

Retailing for a very attractive S$379, the phone could well be offered by telcos on contract as a zero-dollar phone. This is a significant difference from the Lumia 800, its current highest-end Windows Phone available here, which is retailing for S$775. …

The rumours surrounding the mysterious Google Drive were finally put to rest when the Internet giant formally announced the online storage service yesterday.

“Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist”, said Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president for Chrome and Apps, in a blog post.

With 5GB of free storage, Google Drive offers more online real estate than the free tier of widely popular Dropbox. If you need more space, just fork out US$2.49 a month for 25GB of storage, US$4.99 per month for 100GB, or US$49.99 per month for up to 1TB. In addition, when you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage gets bumped up to 25GB. …

The ASUS Transformer Prime is an excellent piece of kit, and the Transformer Pad Infinity even more so, but those looking for a more budget-friendly “Transformer” can now satisfy their tablet desires with the Transformer Pad TF300.

Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February, the new tablet will be available in Singapore from mid-May. …