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HP netbook ditches Linux
News After ZDNet UK asked for clarification, HP sent a statement in which it said it had "assessed the current EMEA market and believes that the Compaq 700 and HP Mini 1000... [06 Feb 2009]
Acer topples HP from Europe top spot
News The third quarter of this year appears to be the first time HP has slipped from top place in EMEA PC sales since it merged with Compaq in 2002. HP has been toppled from... [16 Oct 2008]
HP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News IBM acquired PWC for $3.5bn two years later, while HP took a dramatically different strategy and acquired PC maker Compaq. But there's one difference: HP still has its... [13 May 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News Yesterday HP introduced the Compaq dc5850 business PC, with the manufacturer's vice president and general manager, Alan Reed, claiming Business Class would satisfy corporate customers'... [29 Apr 2008]
HP, Dell, Apple... How happy are PC buyers?
News Among PC vendors, Apple still leads the pack with a score of 79, and Compaq comes in at 73. Hewlett-Packard's HP brand showed a one per cent improvement in a year, while its... [14 Aug 2007]
HP laptops ride latest Intel mobile wave
News The company, which historically spans well-engineered - though at times less glamorous - HP-badged models as well as Compaq PCs, given a logo spruce up this week (see photo below), is again number one in... [10 May 2007]
Where did Dell go wrong?
Comment Packard-Bell then threatened Compaq but consumers quickly tired of its strategy of selling low-cost computers made out of parts from a 1977 Gremlin. Eventually Compaq imploded because of incredibly poor... [01 Feb 2007]
HP to ship Netscape with new PCs
News Icons for the browser, which will be customised with links to HP and Compaq websites, will appear in the Windows Start menu. The agreement, announced on Monday, is the first browser distribution deal... [04 Oct 2005]
Apple snaps up senior HP exec
News Allison Johnson, HP's senior vice president of marketing, was one of Fiorina's closest advisers at the company, having led the company's public-relations campaign during the contentious proxy battle over the acquisition... [15 Feb 2005]
Fiorina gets $21m HP golden handshake
News Fiorina has been criticised over her leadership of the post-Compaq-merger company and the market delivered its verdict with HP stock rising 10 per cent immediately after the news of her... [14 Feb 2005]
Should HP buy Gateway?
News HP bought Compaq in May 2002; Gateway bought eMachines in March 2004; and IBM plans to sell its PC business to China's Lenovo Group this year. Using similar reasoning that led us to... [14 Feb 2005]
Leader: Fiorina - good to go?
Leader Most of the board signed up to the idea of the Compaq merger in 2002. These could range from hawking off its PC business à la IBM to, er, hawking off its profitable PC business and... [10 Feb 2005]
Fiorina leaves HP
News HP's merger with Compaq, which was spearheaded by Fiorina, has also been criticised. The company reorganised last month, combining its PC and printer units. HP's stock... [09 Feb 2005]
Q&A: Dell CEO Kevin Rollins
Comment I think you have to ask yourself the question of whether those criteria occurred in the case of the HP-Compaq merger. Do you think the HP-Compaq merger has been a... [18 Jan 2005]
Lenovo sets sights beyond China
News If anything, the overlap is far lower than it was in the merger of HP and Compaq, Galush said. The merger of IBM's PC unit and Lenovo will allow the Chinese giant to accomplish a goal... [07 Jan 2005]
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