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 ...

Compaq Computer Corp. reported Monday that its operating profit fell 21% in the first quarter, as it faced a slowdown in PC sales and aggressive pricing by its rivals that saw Compaq lose its top ...

Compaq Computer took a swipe at rival Dell Computer this week with a new low-cost desktop PC. Compaq says its new Evo D300v is aimed at offering the lowest price possible for a corporate PC that can ...

Compaq Computer has signed three sizable supercomputer customers, the company announced. The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute's Advanced Photon Research Center chose Compaq to build a ...

Compaq Computer may soon offer PC buyers a tempting option: two for the price of one. Hoping to corral buyers who can't decide whether to buy a notebook or desktop PC, the Houston-based computer maker ...

"We give you choices" is Compaq Computer's motto, but in the past two weeks people have been more interested in answers. Why was CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, who transformed the company into the largest PC ...

Concerned about wasting more resources on a losing fight, Compaq Computer Corp. soon may press Hewlett-Packard Co. for a deeper analysis of the odds of its shareholders’ approving the merger of the ...

After more than seven months of contentious debate and high-profile court battle, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Friday announced that it has completed its $19 billion buyout of longtime rival Compaq Computer ...

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 ...

Compaq Computer Corp. has settled a lawsuit with a Woodlands start-up company headed by what has been called "the Server Mafia." In February, the No. 1 computer maker filed the lawsuit in state ...

Margaret Warner discusses the proposed multi-billion dollar merger between Compaq and Hewlett-Packard with Computer World editor Mary Fran Johnson. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer have been fierce ...

Compaq Computer Corp. on Tuesday unveiled new products in its AlphaServer line, including the AlphaServer ES45 — a midrange Unix server that uses a 1-GHz, 64-bit chip — and the AlphaServer SC45 ...