TG Daily Week in Review (May 15-19)

If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em. Having lost about 80% of the MP3 player market to Apple, Creative has sued Apple for patent infringement. Read more here.

If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em. Having lost about 80% of the MP3 player market to Apple, Creative has sued Apple for patent infringement. Read more here.

Not so quick. Apple did not waste any time and counter-sued Creative the same day. Read more here.

Not so quick. Apple did not waste any time and counter-sued Creative the same day. Read more here.

Lawsuit number three this week. Symantec sues Microsoft over large volume technology. Read more here.

Lawsuit number three this week. Symantec sues Microsoft over large volume technology. Read more here.

Laptop drives go perpendicular. Hitachi announced a 160 GB perpendicular recording hard drive. Read more here.

Laptop drives go perpendicular. Hitachi announced a 160 GB perpendicular recording hard drive. Read more here.

AMD challenges Intel with new lower power processors. The company introduced 65 and 35 watt processors, which will compete with Intel's Core Duo and upcoming Core 2 Duo chips. Read more here.

AMD challenges Intel with new lower power processors. The company introduced 65 and 35 watt processors, which will compete with Intel’s Core Duo and upcoming Core 2 Duo chips. Read more here.

A cheaper and smaller Macbook for the common user. Apple introduced a 13", lower priced Macbook laptop this week. Read more here.

A cheaper and smaller Macbook for the common user. Apple introduced a 13", lower priced Macbook laptop this week. Read more here.

AMD launched its much anticipated dual-core Turion processors. Read more here.

AMD launched its much anticipated dual-core Turion processors. Read more here.

A phone Paris Hilton could love to. Goldvish is selling a $1,000,000 cell phone, encrusted with 120 carats of diamonds. Read more here.

A phone Paris Hilton could love to. Goldvish is selling a $1,000,000 cell phone, encrusted with 120 carats of diamonds. Read more here.

Microsoft partnered up with MTV URGE for a showdown with Apple iTunes. Read more here.

Microsoft partnered up with MTV URGE for a showdown with Apple iTunes. Read more here.

Turn your graphics card into a popsicle. Swiftech launched their MCW60-T subzero cooling unit that promises to drop temperatures to freezing level. Read more here.

Turn your graphics card into a popsicle. Swiftech launched their MCW60-T subzero cooling unit that promises to drop temperatures to freezing level. Read more here.

Samsung releases details about upcoming hybrid flash/magnetic media hard-drive. The drive promises faster bootup times, along with dramatic power savings. Read more here.

Samsung releases details about upcoming hybrid flash/magnetic media hard-drive. The drive promises faster bootup times, along with dramatic power savings. Read more here.

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