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Sunday, February 26, 2012 In a world where technology is changing faster than you can imagine, it becomes difficult to keep track of all the recent happenings in the tech world. Well, scores of good stories go unnoticed in your busy life if you miss a single day's newspaper or Web surfing session. Hence, to make sure that the best stories don't get lost on the cyber highways, we have compiled the top 10 features of the week for you to stay updated with the latest happenings around the tech world.

From Richard M Stallman's revelation about not using cellphone for tracking reasons to the first wireless drug-delivery chip by MIT, we have compiled the best stories that will keep you glued to your device's screen this weekend. Check out the top 10 picks of this week below.

I Don't Use A Cellphone As It Can Track Me: Stallman
When it comes to propagating Free Software, there can be no one as assertive as RMS (as Richard M Stallman is fondly known). On a recent visit to India, Richard M Stallman spoke to EFYTimes about Android, Steve Jobs, Facebook, about not using a cellphone and the Indian Free Software community. Read More>>

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MIT Opens Enrollment For Free Online Electronics Course
MIT, one of the world's top-rated universities, has announced that the MITx pilot programme 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics will officially begin on 5 March and run through 8 June 2012. Interested students can now sign up for the prototype course. Read More>>

Aakash Saga: Datawind Out, C-DAC And ITI In!
It has all the ingredients of a perfect Bollywood blockbuster. Had he been around, even Sherlock Holmes would not have been able to decode the layers of mystery engulfing the Aakash tablet! Read More>>

Here Comes Ubuntu For Android Phones
Canonical, the maker of Ubuntu distro has announced Ubuntu for Android, which will offer a full desktop OS experience when the user connects their smartphones to a computer screen and keyboard. Read More>>

Google's Tablet To Enter Production In April?
With every major or minor consumer electronics brand jumping into the tablet PC bandwagon, the search engine giant too is all set to come up with its own tablet. Google will reportedly produce about 1.5 to 2 million units of its self-branded tablet carrying the Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Read More>>

$50 Aakash 2 Tablets To Sport Capacitive Touchscreens!
The never-ending Aakash saga continues! The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has recently hinted that the new Aakash 2 tablet will come with better specifications as compared to its predecessor, which sports resistive touchsreen. Read More>>

Android 5.0 May Have WebTop-Style Desktop Mode
Android 5.0 aka Jelly Bean has become the talk of the town. As the new Android OS is likely to arrive this summer, speculations about its features have started popping up. Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has claimed that Jelly Bean will come with dockable desktop mode. Read More>>

Researchers Create A One-Atom Transistor
According to a report published in Nature Nanotechnology, the scientists have etched the atom into a silicon bed. It has been given 'gates' that control electrical flow and metallic contacts to apply voltage. Read More>>

Apache Version 2.4 Released
The Apache Software Foundation has announced the availability of the first major update of the popular open source HTTP server, Apache 2.4. The latest version is Apache's first major release in six years and its arrival coincides with the software's 17th anniversary. Read More>>

MIT Develops 1st Wireless Drug-Delivery Chip
MIT researchers were working on a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient’s body. Now, MIT and scientists from MicroCHIPS Inc have reported that they have successfully used such a chip to administer daily doses of an osteoporosis drug. Read More>>

Amit Shrivastava, EFYTIMES News Network


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