With this sweeping announcement, Compaq has taken a positive step toward closing its market-share gap with Dell, while addressing many of the computing needs of Compaq's customers. For one, Compaq has ...

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 ...

In the PC market, profits are withering as the cost of many desktop systems have fallen below $1,000. Rivals Dell and Gateway, who sell directly to customers over the telephone and the Internet, are ...

Compaq Computer plans to pack a virtual self-help technician, "Al," in every new Presario Internet PC, starting next month. The PC maker's new Technician-In-a-Box program is part of an ongoing trend ...

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 ...

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announced today a definitive merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer ...

DENIALS OF WARRANTY service by computer manufacturers are standard fare on The Gripe Line, but we may have touched bottom during Compaq’s last months as an independent company. Let’s hope so. Readers ...

Compaq Computer Corp. has been subsumed by Hewlett-Packard Co., but the Compaq name lives on among the new company’s 10,000 products, mostly on desktop and notebook PCs and handheld devices. Desktop ...

Compaq Computer is getting aggressive in the giveaway game. On Tuesday, the PC maker launched a new promotion: Buy an Evo notebook, an Evo desktop or an Armada notebook and get a Compaq iPaq 3650 ...

Continuing their partnership, Compaq Computer once again handed its new desktop computer contract to Taiwan-based First International Computer (FIC). The new orders will roll out in the second quarter ...

Does anyone know if the processor on the Compaq iPaq Desktop (comes with a Celeron 500) is upgradable? If so, what kind of chip could I upgrade it too?<BR><BR>Here is a link to some specs on the ...