This is no longer an issue, and has been fixed. It has been working now w/o any problems and continuously reports the correct temperatures now.
** Changed in: kdetoys (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Kicker Applet Reports Differently https://launchpad.net/bugs/50930 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs