Windows 8 Release Candidate to surface by early June?

Could Microsoft unveil the Windows 8 Release Candidate as soon as early June? At least one report says yes.
Blogging site WinUnleaked.tk seems certain of that, spilling the beans over the weekend that "we know the Release Candidate of Windows 8 will be shared with the public between the end of May to the beginning of June." Apparently receiving the intel from an unnamed source, the site notes that the RC will sport at least a few changes from the current beta.
Modifications are in store for the Charms bar, the desktop version of Internet Explorer 10, and the language input menu. The current Customer Experience Improvement Program will also be disabled by default, says WinUnleaked.tk.
A Release Candidate follows a beta and is the last stage before a product's final version. Companies typically incorporate feedback about the beta into the RC, often resulting in a hefty number of changes. But the RC is supposed to be fairly nailed down, meaning few if any major changes before the final edition debuts.
Of course, without more to go on, this latest tidbit should be filed into the rumor drawer for now. But if true, the timing would somewhat mimic that of Windows 7.
The current version of Windows launched as a beta in January of 2009, followed by the Release Candidate in early May. The final version officially rolled out the following October, giving PC vendors just enough time to rev up Windows 7 systems for the holiday season.
The beta, or Consumer Preview, of Windows 8, came out on February 29. A recent report suggests that the final version of Windows 8 will launch this October.
Microsoft will reportedly hold an industry event in April at which it will share its Windows 8 release strategy and other details with industry partners. So we should know the actual timing for the Release Candidate sometime next month.
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The Denver Zoo's Poo-Powered Rickshaw Turns Animal Waste into Energy

                    
Teddy Roosevelt famously said “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” The folks at the Denver Zoo must have thought he was talking crap. The zoo happens to have a lot of animal dung on hand where it is, and via its own patent-pending gasification tech it is doing what it can, introducing a poo-powered rickshaw that turns animal waste and human trash into mobility.
The rickshaw was purchased from Thailand and modified to run on gasified pellets created by the zoo’s own technology. Those pellets, composed of animal waste and garbage generated by human visitors and zoo staff, aren’t just powering the rickshaw, but will be used to generate power at the zoo’s upcoming 10-acre elephant exhibit. Eventually, the zoo thinks it will be able to turn 90 percent of its waste into energy, making use not only of the copious amounts of animal poo it has on hand but also eliminating some 1.5 million pounds of annual garbage waste that previously went into landfills.
The gasification technology was designed by three full-time zoo employees working with a little help here and there from the National Renewable Energy Lab in nearby Boulder, as well as a few other companies and agencies. So it’s a home-grown, DIY system that could presumably be exported to other zoos and anywhere else animal waste is in abundance and energy is needed. This particular rickshaw has already been exported, landing at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Palm Desert, Calif., this week.

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