Stories by Gordon Mah Ung

Alienware's tiny Alpha gaming PC gets bigger muscles... in the US

The updated Alpha R2 gets Skylake, an M.2 drive, and desktop-class graphics.

How Intel turned Thunderbolt from a failure into a success

A year after Intel announced Thunderbolt 3, the company's vision of 'one cable to rule them all' doesn't seem so laughable.

Computex: AMD shows off a working 8-core Zen processor

AMD demos a working Zen CPU, giving hope to AMD fans looking for an Intel alternative.

10 things you need to know about Intel's crazy 10-core Broadwell-E CPU

Intel's new Broadwell-E family comes with up to 10 cores, pushing the envelope in both performance and pricing. Read on for the details.

Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6950X Review: The first 10-core enthusiast CPU is a beast

You wanted more cores, and Intel is ready to give them to you with the first consumer 10-core chip. But sit down if you want to know the price.

Guess how much HP sold its gold- and diamond-encrusted laptops for?

Stop complaining about how much you paid for your laptop. HP just sold two notebooks for the price of a luxury car.

HTC Vive made me believe in Virtual Reality

Forget about all the hype, when you actually experience VR you understand why the technology is special.

Google's Tensor Processing Unit said to advance Moore's Law seven years into the future

Google unveils custom TPU chip, which it says advances computing performance by three generations.

Samsung Notebook 9 Pro review: This feature-packed 15-inch laptop makes a few compromises

Even with its design quirks, this big work notebook is impressive: It packs in a 4K touchscreen display, quad-core CPU, and discrete GPU for just US$1,500.

AMD throws down the GPU gauntlet with new 4th-gen "Polaris"

Chip maker hopes to repeat the past with a graphics core that can upend Nvidia's dominance.

USB-C charging: Universal or bust! We plug in every device we have to chase the dream

Four different USB-C devices. Five different USB-C chargers. We tried them every which way to see whether the dream of universal USB-C charging was anywhere close to reality.

MSI GT72S Dragon review: What it takes to get a laptop to game like a desktop

Want happens if you jam a GeForce GTX 980 into a laptop? You get something like the MSI GT72S Dragon, a no-compromises PC in portable clothing. Don't yawn, gamers: This is the real deal.

Yes, you can overclock cheap Intel Skylake chips

Budget builders rejoice! Tech site Techspot confirms you can now overclock cheap Skylake chips with a BIOS update.

Surface Book Review: Microsoft reimagines the laptop, and it's glorious

It's not hype. The Surface Book is powerful, fast, beautiful, and unlike any other laptop you’ve ever seen

Eyes off! HP, 3M join forces to build native privacy screens into laptops

Future laptops to have privacy screen you turn on with the push of a button