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Hear ye, hear ye! If you happen to own the HTC EVO 4G LTE, then surely you must be on the lookout for the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update. The thing is, there is a new Over The Air (OTA) update that is set to roll out for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, but unfortunately for owners of the smartphone, it would bump up the software version number to 3.16.651.3, and that can only mean one thing – that there is no Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update to check out here. Still, we do know that most updates are more than welcome, as a general rule of thumb, these tend to patch up whatever bugs there are in the system, in addition to delivering a bunch of other improvements.

The 3.16.651.3 OTA update would weigh in at 44MB a pop, so you might want to hit a Wi-Fi network to get the downloading bit done instead of eating into your data plan. Some users who have already installed the update reported a bunch of improvements, including a better working proximity sensor, the camera shutter sound working as it should, and a better voicemail experience.

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It looks like Kim Dotcom is never too far removed from the news, as his recently launched file sharing website that is known as Mega ended up resembling its previous “relative”, so to speak, which was known as Megaupload and has already closed down. It seems that anonymous users have already launched a search engine which will index the numerous files uploaded to Mega, and theoretically, this would make it a whole lot easier to look for copyright-protected material.

In fact, it was earlier today, where the third party search engine was blocked by Dotcom, taking under 24 hours to do so after its existence was first reported online. The search engine, known as Mega-Search.me, is no longer available online. There was a message in French that is located on its home page, where according to Google Translate, says, “Due to a script developed by Mega to delete all files indexed in Mega-search, the engine is temporarily unavailable. A solution to overcome this problem will be made shortly.”

Looks like the quick response showed by Mega underlines the seriousness that Dotcom never exhibited in the past in making sure that no copyrighted material are made available for the masses.

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Kim Dotcom has brashly put forward a $13,500 bounty that will be the reward for the first person who successfully breaks into his Mega system’s security. I guess that amount of cash will mean something to most people, but for someone of his stature and cash reserves, it surely does not reflect the kind of confidence (IMHO) in Mega’s security system, no? I wonder which enterprising hacker will walk away with the €10,000 bounty (which is roughly $13,500 after conversion), and from which country he/she is from.

This prize money was announced after Mega was criticized for its security procedures, and in a war of words, there was even a Mega blog post that pooh-poohed (some say valid) points which were raised by industry heavyweights such as Ars Technica and Forbes. At this point in time, Mega holds nearly 50 million files, which is a sizable achievement considering it was launched less than a fortnight ago. How soon do you think it will be before someone steps forward to claim the reward?

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It’s been a while since we had any good financial news for Sharp, so we’ll start there. On an operating basis, Reuters and Nikkei report it managed to turn a profit for the October to December quarter of 2.6 billion yen ($28.5 million) — more than analysts had predicted — despite still recording a net loss of $398 million. That’s not so bad when you consider the massive losses of a year ago, although questions raised last fall about the company’s viability still remain. We’ll see if a slew of new devices and partnership with Qualcomm are what the doctor ordered — hopefully the #1 manufacturer of 60-inch and above HDTVs in 2012 can continue on long enough to put its 8K Super Hi-Vision TV in our living rooms.

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Source: Reuters, Nikkei

If you happen to be at Macworld/iWorld 2013 which is happening at San Francisco, surely one of the “stars” on parade there would be the Double, which is basically a telepresence robot which relies on an iPad to function as its eyes and ears. The Double hails from Double Robotics of Sunnyvale, where it will rely on a 2nd or 3rd generation iPad (which you will need to provide yourself, of course) that has been mounted on top of a slim pole which itself is attached to another gizmo at the bottom, namely motorized wheels that perform the self-balancing act brilliantly.

The Double will tip the scales at 15-pounds, and it can be directed left, right, backward and forward from an iPhone, although we would not stop you if you have a spare iPad on hand to get the job done as well. Alternatively, there is another way to control it from a website, as long as there is a decent Internet connection in place. In a nutshell, the Double lives up to its name, being a virtual “you” at places and times where you are physically unable to be there.

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