Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The unmitigated gall of a week in technology news

A pound of flesh: how Cisco's "unmitigated gall" derailed one man's life: As part of a legal battle with a rival firm, computer networking giant Cisco convinced the US government to have the opposing CEO arrested in Canada—where he faced a bizarre one-year battle to free himself. The Kafka-esque story was enough to "make the average well-informed member of the public blanche at the audacity of it all," said the Canadian judge handling the case.

Life without adapters: how more ports let the Toshiba Thrive tablet compete: Toshiba's Thrive enters the crowded world of Android tablets armed with... ports. Lots of ports. The Thrive accepts standard USB keyboards, HDMI cables for TV-out, and SD cards, adding real value to this capable tablet.

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