Compaq arrived on the scene in 1982 and within the space of 12 years grew to become the world's largest PC manufacturer. After reaching an impressive high in the mid-1990s, when Compaq PCs enjoyed ...

With its new line of Compaq Computer Presario notebooks, Hewlett-Packard is looking for road warriors who enjoy the freedom of movement, but prefer to stay plugged in at home. The Presario 1500 is a ...

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Rosen was an early tech pioneer; longtime chair of the Compaq board and philanthropist, who never forgot his New Orleans ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Tuesday several products developed by the former Compaq Computer Corp., whose acquisition by HP was finalized May 7. New versions of the AlphaServer family were announced ...

Assuming shareholders approve the acquisition of Compaq, it’s highly likely Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP will adopt many of Compaq’s product-line names and computer designs as its own, especially in the ...

The Compaq name is getting pushed further aside in the no-longer-so-new Hewlett-Packard. A year after completing its acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP is downplaying the Compaq name in its business ...

Before being bought, Digital trimmed subsidiaries in an effort to get smaller. Compaq Computer, meanwhile, keeps acquiring companies to bulk up. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

Compaq Computer Corp. on Tuesday unveiled new products in its AlphaServer line, including the AlphaServer ES45 — a midrange Unix server that uses a 1-GHz, 64-bit chip — and the AlphaServer SC45 ...

File this one away in the Holy Cow Dept: Hewlett-Packard is buying Compaq for US $25 billion in stock. This puts HP in the #2 spot, and leaves me wondering just what's going on. Personally, I've never ...