By comparison with the crypts, staircases and pillared halls of Knossos, the other half-dozen Minoan palaces that have been excavated around Crete are dull ground-plans in stone.

ECONOMIST: Bullshot

Any abandoned thing a tea-chest, a mirror frame, the pillared entry of an empty building would soon sport knots of children diving in, climbing up, fighting and contorting their small bodies in every kind of way.

ECONOMIST: Helen Levitt | The

Acquired by Velocity Micro in 2007, Overdrive PC has always represented the pinnacle of desktop performance, pillared by Hyperclocking, a trademarked form of overclocking that yields faster clock speeds and unparalleled reliability at lower thermals than traditional methods.

ENGADGET: Velocity Micro relaunches Overdrive gaming desktop: overclocked to 4.6GHz, with trio of GeForce graphics