TECH-COM, a brand known for its computer peripherals and consumer electronics products has entered the mobile market with seven mobile phones. The economically priced handsets being launched in India are TQ 21, T21, T 31, T 33, T 51, T 55 and T 60.

“With a distribution network of over 100 distributors and 5000 retailers, we hope to penetrate the Indian mobile market extensively in the next six months.” said Sandeep Kedia, Director of mobile phone division, Techcom.

Air Liquide, a French industrial gas company has partnered with Bharati Airtel for a pilot project towards making cell towers environment friendlier. Through the project, Air Liquide aims to replace diesel fuel generators with environment friendly hydrogen fuel for meeting the power requirements of cell towers.

“We have partnered Bharti to replace diesel-fuelled telecom towers with hydrogen — a technology that will not only be economical but also environment-friendly,” said Benoit Potier, chairman and CEO of Air Liquide.

It seems the Department of Telecom (DoT) is also in favor of those who use alternative energies. DoT have plans to provide subsidies and incentives to operators using renewable energy.

Just two months after its launch, Galaxy Tab tablet from Samsung has hit the 1 million sales mark worldwide. Galaxy tab was launched worldwide in mid October, while its US launch was in mid November.

In US, Galaxy tab was distributed by four major wireless carriers – AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint. Galaxy Tab runs on open source Android 2.2 OS and comes with 1 GHZ processor and 7” monitor with support for Adobe Flash.

Mobile handset maker Xage has launched M108 or Music Masti Mobile in India. The M108 has a built-in 200 watts PMPO speaker, supposed to give maximum output from its built-in speakers with stereo surround sound. The phone is priced at INR 3,399.

The phone also has access to wireless FM, can play MP3 and MP4 files and also has an option to record live FM streaming. The M108 has a memory that is expandable to 4GB, a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash.

India-based mobile phone maker Lava Mobile has unveiled its touch screen phone A10. Lava A10 comes with the IPS screen that allows pictures and videos to be viewed at wide angle till 178 degree. In-Plane Switching (IPS) is an LCD technology developed to correct the poor viewing angles and color problems that LCDs had at the time.

The device features metal body, 3-inch multi touch screen, 3.2-megapixel digital camera with flash, Yamaha PA System for music, privacy lock and Edge Support. This Phone comes with expandable memory support up to 16GB. The product has inbuilt applications for Facebook, Twitter etc. along with access to e-mail accounts.

A10 is pre loaded with applications like Maps by Map my India, Java embedded games and inbuilt Gravity Sensor. The phone is priced at INR 5499. It is available at flipkart for Rs. 4,649.

Read the complete specifications at TECK.IN

The official website of the CBI was hacked by the ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’ on the intervening night of December 3 and 4. The CBI had registered a case against unknown persons in this connection.

The recent hacking of CBI’s website by a group called ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’ has raised questions over the safety regulations of servers provided by National Informatics Centre (NIC), the organisation responsible for maintaining government servers.

With hackers mainly from China very active and having penetrated deep into the cyber space, the security agencies had asked all ministries especially the defence, external, home and the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) to separate their official computers with those with Internet facility.

China is actively developing an operational capacity in cyberspace, correctly identifying it as the domain in which it can achieve strategic parity, if not superiority, over the military establishments of the United States and its allies. [via DNA]

Google’s Chrome operating system for desktop computers and laptops will also be making its debut in other platforms such as tablets, handheld devices and televisions.

Google says the operating system platform will become clearer to users when it launches a lightweight netbook running Chrome OS by the end of this year.

Google also owns the Android operating system which currently runs on mobile phones and tablets. But since Android and Chrome are being developed by separate teams, there will not be any conflict between the two, says Google.

Nokia had announced that it had installed servers in India for allowing Indian security agencies to intercept email, messenger services and other data sent through Nokia devices. The company, however at the same time informed its customers that their trust and privacy will be maintained.

“We have installed Nokia Messaging servers, which includes authentication and enterprise servers, in India on November 5. Nokia is fully committed to protecting its users’ privacy and maintaining their trust, while at the same time fulfilling its public responsibility and legal obligations. As a responsible corporate citizen, we follow all local laws and regulations that are required by the government authorities”, said the company in an official statement.

The move made by Nokia will be mounting more pressure on the BlackBerry smartphone makers Research In Motion (RIM) to take similar steps, thereby allowing Indian agencies to decode the encrypted messages and emails going through BlackBerry network in India.

Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the agency responsible for technology development for the Indian Military, is planning to develop websites which are hacker proof. It seems the recent attack on the CBI website by hackers had prompted DRDO towards this move.

The plan for making hacking-proof websites was given out by Dr V K Saraswat, who serves as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director General of DRDO. As part of making defence networks hacker proof, DRDO will develop necessary software and hardware, he added.

Happy news for iPod owners in Rajasthan. They can now get the high bandwidth BSNL 3G services on their Apple iPod with both prepaid and postpaid data connections in the offer.

“BSNL is beginning the new scheme in collaboration with apple for which both prepaid and postpaid data plans have been introduced. Tariff for the unlimited data plan is Rs 999 monthly,” General Manager (Sales) BSNL Rajasthan circle, Sanjay Kumar, said.