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" ...

A couple years ago, 11-inch laptop gaming was all the rage. Dell led the charge with the Alienware M11x, a netbook-style 11.6-inch laptop that weighed just 4.5 pounds, featured surprisingly high-end ...

There’s been a flood of mini-laptops with 11.6 inch and 12.1 inch displays over the past few months. Call them netbooks, ultraportables, thin and light notebooks, or what you will, but it seems that ...

It’s kind of a shame that we’ll probably never see mini-laptop from Chinese PC builder Caszh in the US, because the company’s designs are starting to grow on me. The latest member of the Caszh family ...

The Microsoft Surface Pro 11 with Surface Pro Keyboard is available from Best Buy with a $350 discount. It's an excellent ...

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