Topic: Alienware Corporation

Alienware's M17X Is the Antithesis of a Netbook

Alienware has been hinting at the release of its new gaming laptop with a cryptic "All Powerful" campaign. But it looks like someone at the company didn't speak to marketing, and released info on the M17X anyway. It's a ...READ»

Dude, You're Getting an Alien

Dell has bought Alienware, a niche computer maker that sells high-end machines optimized for gaming. At a glance, Dell's strategy seems to be to control a competitor, considering Dell has started selling its own expensive gaming PCs. ...READ»

Video Gaming Puts Your Design Firm Ahead of the Game

Gaming has moved far beyond the arcade, dark basements and dorm rooms. Knowing where it's going makes your company more competitive.READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

TechWatch: Top Six Must-Have Gadgets for 2009

Facial recognition, multi-touch, online avatars, limited edition designs – 2009 tech gear promises to balloon your ego, enhance your style and even, occasionally, help you get something done. Here's some of the you-centric gear that Thursday's PepCom show at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom had on display.READ»

VooDoo Envy Ordering Goes Live

Voodoo Computers is the badass gaming arm of HP [NYSE:HPQ], and the company has acquired a considerable cult following. Now it seems the company is trying to leverage that loyalty with its new Envy laptop, which went on sale today. ...READ»

Technology: The Cool-Stuff Roundup of CES

Nerds everywhere are lapping up the news coming out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and, being a nerd, I've been hard at work consuming it all. Permit me tasteless puns as I regurgitate the news of the coolest gadgets until ...READ»

Design's New Hyperinteractive Audience

We've entered an age where designing for interaction means designing for distraction.READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

Asus Ships Ultra Gaming Notebook in UK

Apparently content to leave US buyers wanting, Asus [TPE: 2357] has started shipping its powerful gaming notebook in the UK. The G70 is a 17-inch beast of a machine, featuring a WUXGA/WXGA+ panel that is ultra-wide and optimized for ...READ»

Design Is a Point of View: Seven Truths in Designing

Designers at all levels of experience could probably list hundreds of opinions about what makes design successful. After two decades of designing and leading numerous design teams I have quite a few myself. But I've filtered them down ...READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

American Design, California Style

If the U.S. has its own brand of design, it's California's free-wheeling, try-anything-once culture that's driving it.READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

OnLive Goes Online--And It Could Kill the Game Console

Good-bye, consoles! Steve Perlman says his OnLive can stream video games over the Internet. Whether it succeeds or not, this will be the future of gaming.READ»