Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Alienware’s Alpha isn’t the Console killer people hoped it would be but its merits still make it a worthy gaming computer and perhaps the best deal going in small PCs today. Hardware has a shelf life ...

The Alienware Alpha is taking a serious shot at putting Steam on your TV, and it's doing it without Valve's SteamOS. We last saw it at E3, where Alienware was pivoting to release the ultra-compact ...

The Alienware Alpha debuted back in late 2014, and at the time, I was completely enamoured by the little PC that could because it allowed me to bring all of my PC games into my living room without ...