There's nothing like a lot of speed to kick off a sluggish Monday morning and our news and review of the world's fastest PC certainly packs in plenty of that.

And as the offices speed-freaks rejoiced, we pulled apart Intel's new Core i7 processor to let you know exactly how it works and looked at ways in which you can overclock it, too.

In the world of mobile devices, Nokia revs up a Ferrari mobile and it looks like Microsoft is getting into bed with LG, while in other tech buy-out and merger news, there is talk of Panasonic in a possible Sanyo buyout.

Games-wise, it has been a fairly quiet day, with yet more rumours of motion control heading to the PS3, with the emergence of more details on that SCEA patent, while Alienware unleashed yet another blisteringly fast laptop, for those who don't mind a bit of Crysis-style action on the commute in to work…

Perhaps most importantly, we also consider what Intel's new Core i7 processor means for gamers.

Elsewhere, on TechRadar, you might also have missed today's top news:

We brought you the latest developments on OLEDs being printed 'like newspaper'.

Facebook is beating the BBC in the latest ComScore figures.

Nokia continues to top mobile sales charts, despite a 'wobbly' year.

Microsoft's Cliff Evans told TechRadar that educating people and not scaring them about the dangers of the internet is vital.

And, finally, Will Wright's Spore, undoubtedly one of the greatest videogames ever made, made it into Time Magazine's top 50 inventions of 2008. Nice!