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Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Increases Clocks By 500 MHz, Lowers Temps

Vigile (99919) writes “Since the introduction of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors there was a subset of users that complained about the company’s change of thermal interface material between the die and the heat spreader. With the release of the Core i7-4790K, Intel is moving to a polymer thermal interface material that claims to improve cooling on the Haswell architecture, along with the help of some added capacitors on the back of the CPU. Code named Devil’s Canyon, this processor boosts stock clocks by 500 MHz over the i7-4770K all for the same price ($339) and lowers load temperatures as well. Unfortunately, in this first review at PC Perspective, overclocking doesn’t appear to be improved much.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Apple iWatch Coming In October With Curved OLED Screen And Health Tracking, Says Nikkei

 Apple revealed a lot of news at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference this year, but it didn’t discuss or show of any iWatch. Still, a new report from Japanese newspaper the Nikkei says that an iWatch is indeed on its way, with a targeted ship date of October. The gadget will include a curved OLED screen and health tracking functions, and be powered by iOS 8, Nikkei reports.… Read More

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Edyn Is A Gardening Monitor That Sends Moisture, Temperature Data Back To The Cloud

 The Internet of Things is coming to a garden near you. Last fall, a company called Soil IQ made the finals at TechCrunch Disrupt with a soil monitor that continuously sends data on moisture and temperature back to the cloud. It was co-founded by a Princeton grad and soil scientist named Jason Aramburu, who had worked with hundreds of Kenyan farmers to increase crop yields. He then teamed up… Read More

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Robotic Exoskeletons Could Help Nuclear Plant Workers

itwbennett (1594911) writes “ActiveLink, which is 80% owned by Panasonic, is building heavy-duty strength-boosting suits that the company says can help workers shoulder the burden of heavy gear and protective clothing and could be useful at nuclear plants. ‘Our powered suits could be used to assist and support remote-controlled robots in emergencies, ‘ ActiveLink President Hiromichi Fujimoto said in an interview. ‘Workers could wear the suits to carry PackBots to their deployment point and to work in low-radiation areas.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Microsoft Won’t Bring Back the Start Menu Until 2015

DroidJason1 (3589319) writes “Microsoft recently announced plans to reintroduce the Start Menu to Windows in an upcoming version of the operating system. While the plan was to roll out an update to Windows 8.1 and offer the Start menu later this year, it seems like this is no longer the case. Now Microsoft is reportedly looking to release the Start Menu with Windows 9, which is expected in April of 2015. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have faced a boat load of criticism and hatred, partly due to the removal of the Start button and Start menu. The restoration of a visible Start button on the taskbar was one of the key features of the Windows 8.1 update, released back in October of 2013.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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iOS 8 Will Finally Allow Third Party Keyboards

Many prayers were answered on Monday, when Apple announced that iOS 8 would support third party keyboards. That means you folks complaining that Swype doesn’t work on iPhone, don’t need to complain anymore. This, in addition to the new native keyboard functionality means that typing on iOS device just got a lot better. Read more…

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Asus Goes Nuts With Their Transformer V Dual-Boot Win8/Android Laptop

 If you need a laptop that’s also a tablet that’s also a cellphone that’s also a Windows 8.1 machine that’s also an Android device, I think we found just the laptop for you. Dubbed the Asus Transformer V (as in “Five, ” not vendetta) the device dual boots into Android instantly and has a little ZenFone stuck to the back of the screen, a feature that… Read More

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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Arrested In Sweden

An anonymous reader writes “Peter Sunde was arrested today in a police raid in southern Sweden. The Pirate Bay co-founder was wanted by Interpol as he had yet to serve prison time for his involvement with the site. Sunde’s arrest comes exactly eight years after the police raided the Pirate Bay servers, which marked the start of the criminal prosecution against the site’s founders.” From the article: “While details are scarce at the moment, the Swedish newspaper Expressen reports that the arrest has been confirmed by the Swedish authorities. According to Peter Althin, Sunde’s lawyer, the news means that his client will most likely be sent to prison to serve his 8-month sentence. Sunde’s prison sentence was made final in 2012 after Sweden’s Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running criminal case against the founders of The Pirate Bay.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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New Federal Database Will Track Americans’ Credit Ratings, Other Financial Info

schwit1 (797399) writes “As many as 227 million Americans may be compelled to disclose intimate details of their families and financial lives — including their Social Security numbers — in a new national database being assembled by two federal agencies. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau posted an April 16 Federal Register notice of an expansion of their joint National Mortgage Database Program to include personally identifiable information that reveals actual users, a reversal of previously stated policy. The FHFA will manage the database and share it with CFPB. A CFPB internal planning document for 2013-17 describes the bureau as monitoring 95 percent of all mortgage transactions. FHFA officials claim the database is essential to conducting a monthly mortgage survey required by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and to help it prepare an annual report for Congress.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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After the Sun (Microsystems) Sets, the Real Stories Come Out

Tekla Perry (3034735) writes “Former Sun executives and employees gathered in Mountain View, Calif., in May, and out came the ‘real’ stories. Andy Bechtolsheim reports that Steve Jobs wasn’t the only one who set out to copy the Xerox Parc Alto; John Gage wonders why so many smart engineers couldn’t figure out that it would have been better to buy tables instead of kneepads for the folks doing computer assembly; Vinod Khosla recalls the plan to ‘rip-off Sun technology, ‘ and more.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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