Sometime this quarter, Dell Computer will likely surpass Compaq Computer as the world's largest computer company, according to a recent study. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell is expected to ship ...

Hewlett-Packard Co., the fabled Silicon Valley computer maker, announced last night that it will purchase rival Compaq Computer Corp. for $25 billion in stock, as the two companies struggle to survive ...

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 ...

HP and Compaq have rolled out some new computer systems for shoppers on a budget. One line is aimed at business users looking to upgrade machines on the cheap. The new line of computers includes the ...

The biggest merger in high-tech history may be a financial success for Hewlett-Packard Co. and the former Compaq Computer Corp., but it hasn’t made buyers any happier. Both brands picked up terrible ...

Hewlett-Packard is buying Compaq Computer for $25 billion, a pairing that brings together two of the largest makers of personal computers. The move comes at a time of deep retrenchment in the computer ...

Compaq Computer's announcement on Monday to license its Alpha chip technology to Intel signals the end of the line for the chip--once hailed as the fastest on the planet. Intel will begin channeling ...

In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could run ...

Who would have thought that a computer prototype sketched on the back of a Houston House of Pies place mat would prove to be a thorn in the side of IBM for the better part of the 1980s? That’s just ...

Compaq is the first major PC manufacturer to break the 650-MHz barrier by announcing new computers based on its Alpha chip technology. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including ...