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, ...

HP’s Compaq 8000f Elite offers business-centric performance in a bite-size PC, but fumbles on a few essentials. Business-class computers like the HP Compaq 8000f Elite are a complicated bunch. Aimed ...

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 ...

With the final result of the Hewlett-Packard shareholder vote on the proposed merger with Compaq not expected for several weeks, analysts are able to sketch out how a post-Compaq PC world will appear.

For an entry-level laptop, the Compaq Presario CQ62-225nr ($499.99 list), available at Staples, has a lot going on. It offers a roomy 15.6-inch display, a full-size keyboard, and a modern dual-core ...

To hear Rod Canion and his fellow co-founders of Compaq Computer Corporation tell it, Compaq was an amazing company during its 20-year existence. From humble beginnings on farmland north of Houston to ...

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 ...

The HP Compaq 4000 Pro SFF is obviously a budget machine, but it’s a solid performer for the price. The HP Compaq 4000 Pro SFF (which stands for Small Form Factor) is a compact-size budget desktop ...

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced two new energy-efficient business desktop PCs, including the industry’s first to feature a solid-state hard drive (SSD), which offers improved reliability. Both the HP ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. shocked the slumping technology world yesterday, announcing plans to buy Houston computer maker Compaq Computer Corp. in a $25 billion stock swap that would create one of the world ...