Hewlett-Packard will maintain the consumer PC lines from both Compaq Computer and HP for now, an unexpected twist in a merger that in general will lead to fewer product lines. HP will continue to sell ...

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 ...

January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...

Margaret Warner discusses the proposed multi-billion dollar merger between Compaq and Hewlett-Packard with Computer World editor Mary Fran Johnson. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer have been fierce ...

NEW YORK--Summer vacation has just begun, but one computer maker is already getting ready for back-to-school shoppers. Compaq Computer on Wednesday announced three new models of Presario desktops, ...

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 ...

The days of Compaq and Gateway laptops are long gone. But if you have fond memories of buying your first Compaq laptop down at Circuit City, there’s good news. The brand is back — but in a different ...

"We give you choices" is Compaq Computer's motto, but in the past two weeks people have been more interested in answers. Why was CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, who transformed the company into the largest PC ...

On Monday, the Houston-based company will effectively retire its Deskpro, Armada and Professional Workstation brands to create a new line called Evo. "Evo is for evolution, as computing evolves away ...

Faced with a slackening computer hardware market, Compaq Computer Corp. is overhauling its business strategy to focus on selling all-encompassing packages of services, software and hardware. In an ...