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" ...

Last week we saw ASUS launch its GR8 Console PC, which was a Steam Machine readied for the SteamOS and the Steam Controller (which is delayed until next year). The non-show of the Valve 'components' ...

Valve may have delayed its Steam Machine platform until sometime next year, but that isn't stopping Alienware from releasing the ultra-compact console it unveiled back in January at CES. Instead of ...