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 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, ...

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 ...

An HP spokesperson has confirmed to us this afternoon that the company will be shifting its strategy around the Compaq brand starting sometime in 2013, eliminating “HP Compaq” phrasing altogether and ...

Hewlett-Packard is setting out to prove again that two PC brands can be better than one. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer giant, which merged last year with Compaq Computer, plans to tweak its two ...

February 2002: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) announces that shareholders will vote on its proposed acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. on March 19 at a meeting in Cupertino, California. January 2002: ...

Bob Napier, the executive who led the merging of the computer systems of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 56. Napier garnered praise for having many ...

AS CORPORATE cliffhangers go, the proposed $21 billion takeover of Compaq Computer by Hewlett-Packard has been hard to beat. Championing the bid is Carly Fiorina, HP's boss and one of America's most ...

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 ...

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 ...

It wasn't until recently that Compaq Computer Corp. co-founder Rod Canion realized the full scope of the impact his company had in molding and shaping the emerging technology industry. Canion, who ...

Three years ago, the wedding of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer would have had guests on both side of the aisle looking on with raw jealousy. Yesterday, the thought was that both the bride and ...