The consumer PC leader takes a major, new step in its effort to make Intel-based servers bigger and better, signing a deal with Stratus Technologies. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

From a December 2000 low of $14.30, shares of Compaq Computer have enjoyed a 64% bounce. But with all the gloom surrounding the PC industry, can the Houston computer manufacturer's shares continue to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compaq Computer Corp. and the U.S. Marshals Service have seized a large quantity of what they say are counterfeit computer components from reseller Hardware 4 Less Inc. In a statement issued yesterday ...

Hewlett-Packard will acquire Compaq Computer in a stock swap worth about $25 billion, creating a technology company second in revenue only to IBM. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...