For months, rumors have persisted that Dell is seeking to develop servers based on AMD microprocessors, a move that would strike a blow to Intel Corp., which has been Dell's only provider of ...

Dell Inc. has agreed to purchase high-performance PC vendor Alienware Corp., the two companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition will “compliment Dell’s own line of high-performance computers,” ...

The Round Rock, Texas-based vendor said Wednesday it plans to acquire Alienware, a maker of high-end desktop and notebook PCs that use processors from both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Dell is a ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. It finally happened, just not the way many thought.

Despite all the denials, previous reports have turned out to be true - Dell is buying Alienware for an undisclosed amount of cash. Alienware’s high-end computers are both clamored for by gamers, and ...

Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, as the most prominent company on the Internet defends its search juggernaut while expanding into nearly anything it thinks possible. He has ...

This week’s spike in my job-satisfaction index is sponsored by that least likely of catalysts, Dell Computer. Dell’s acquisition of the low-volume, high-end PC maker Alienware is so strategically ...

Our first question is “Why?” Dell has the XPS, Alienware has some cachet but not nearly enough to matter, and both are doing well in their respective niches. The Inquirer’s reasoning, however, follows ...