Secluded behind the security-coded doors of Compaq Computer Corp.’s design studio, Randall Martin opens what appears to be a typical black laptop, snaps out the keyboard and mouse, and adjusts the ...

Hewlett-Packard will announce today that it is acquiring Compaq Computer for $25 billion in stock in a bold move to grow as the computer business struggles with shrinking sales, executives close to ...

NEW YORK – Hewlett-Packard is buying fellow computer maker Compaq Computer for an estimated $25 billion in stock, a deal meant to bolster two companies that have been saddled with sagging profits and ...

In early 1982, three veterans of Texas-Instruments joined forces to start Compaq, a firm that within a year would produce a groundbreaking IBM PC compatible machine, and within a decade would rewrite ...

New vista: Compaq Computer Corp., in a move to beef up its on-line presence and cash in on stock market Internet euphoria, said it would spin off its AltaVista Web navigation unit and make it the main ...

PALO ALTO, CA and HOUSTON, TX – Hewlett-Packard Company and Compaq Computer Corporation announced a merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer the ...

The mega-merger between HP and Compaq Computer is expected to create the largest manufaturing player in IT space. the $21 billion mega-merger between computer behemoth hewlett-packard and compaq ...

The top computer maker's stock is up and it's expected to report earnings of 37 cents a share tomorrow, but competitive challenges remain. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Compaq Computer Corp's chief executive, Mr Michael Capellas, who took over at the PC maker in 1999, is hoping that his third reorganisation will work. Mr Capellas, a former Oracle Corp executive, ...

564,290 computers were sold in the Gulf States and Levant countries in 1999, marking the first time that annual sales surged beyond half a million. According to the IDC's latest Middle East PC market ...