20-inch, 21-inch monitors get thrashed to death

X-BIT LABS has followed up its comprehensive 'Closer Look at 20" and 21" LCD Monitor Features' with part two and three of this feature. The review criteria are all rather technical, talking about nits and what-not, but it's all explained at the start of the article. If you're in the market for a big, new monitor it's definitely worth skimming through the conclusion and then back-tracking to the specific review of any that catch your eye.

Techbits tells us that chipmaker Via is holding a 'Couples in Gaming' Event in San Francisco. As someone who regularly games with my significant other and have a fair few friends who game with their partners, I am particularly curious exactly what the show will be about. Attendees can hear experts talk about the latest games and gamers. Learn how to fit gaming into your relationship in a healthy way.

Joystiq has revealed that the already controversial game Bully, or Canus Enum Edit, Latin for Dog Eat Dog, as it known here in the UK and Australia, sparked another debate when it was discovered that not only can the player decide who he wants to stand up to but also who he wants to snog. Video clips doing the round show that our protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, is not at all queasy about experimenting with either gender.

As anyone with a notebook will tell you, the machine gradually gets slower and slower as time passes and programs become more power hungry and we clutter it up with upgrades and updates of existing programs, personal files and temporary files. Unfortunately, unlike a desktop, it's nearly impossible to upgrade the hardware to help speed things up again.

Tom's Hardware has posted a list of things you can do to help get your notebook moving along speedily again. The list includes simple things like regular maintenance, such as defragmenting your hard drive, as well as more complex things such as optimising the Windows registry. The lists are well explained with screenshots, so even if you're almost completely illiterate, you can still muddle your way through most of the tips.

Mad Shrimps has a picture of a cardboard box on its site. Inside the cardboard box there's a TTIC NPH AM2. That - because you'd never figure it out from the alphabet soup alone, is a compact heat column CPU cooler.

Bit-Tech has reviewed the Inno3D Geforce 7950 GT 512MB here. This is a graphics card. µ

* WE'VE RETIRED hoary old ancient Jock McFrock and replaced him with a much newer and overclocked version called Ian Williams. If you're a hardware site and have reviewed something newish, drop him a line at this email address