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" ...

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Alienware's new laptop, the Area-51 m15x is pretty damn special. Not only does it use a Core 2 Extreme CPU, but it's also the first laptop we've seen that uses Nvidia's flagship GeForce 8800 GTX ...

A few weeks back I wrote about the World of Warcraft Dell XPS laptop which is incredibly impressive but since it’s a portable desktop, the AC adapter is basically its’ lifeline. The XPS is a monster ...

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