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Remember Compaq? Hewlett-Packard acquired the venerable computer company way back in 2002, but it's kept the name alive as a secondary brand ever since, mainly relegating Compaq to overseas markets (Compaq is particularly popular in Asia) and as second-tier PCs sold on the cheap at warehouse-style stores. But now HP is looking to breathe a little new life into the Compaq brand, positioning it not just as a label for extremely cheap computer equipment but also as one with mainstream appeal in the U.S. Today the company is announcing the rollout of a line of ultra-inexpensive PCs, both laptops and...

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina may or may not be on Arizona Sen. John McCain's short list for vice president, but she already is taking a crucial role in the Republican presidential hopeful's campaign. In March, Fiorina was picked by the Republican National Committee to chair a group directed to raise money and get out the vote for this year's elections. Shortly after that move was announced, Fiorina was interviewed by Business Week about her role. "My role is to be the primary advocate for John McCain and for the Republican Party," she said. "Certainly there are a lot of...

I just purchased a new laptop for the 17 yearold as she enters her senior year in highschool. Its a very cool Compaq model. The box that it came in has a big sticker on the side that says "Do Not Sell Until Janruary 30th 2007". Vista. Its running the new Vista system. So far it runs good. No problems have arised. My question is with the wireless router that I bought and connected to my desktop. So far the router works great and the internet is working fine. From what I gather, I can also use the router to...

"The similarities are almost eerie. This year, readers gave us the lowdown on over 13,000 desktop PCs—enough data to rate eight of the country's leading brands. And the final tally looks an awful lot like last year's survey results," Cade Metz reports for PC Magazine on "The 19th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey." Metz reports, "This year, you diehard PC Mag readers detailed your experiences with nearly 20,000 PCs (notebooks and desktops) and more than 6,500 printers (from mono lasers to color ink jet all-in-ones). And what you say about the leading manufacturers isn't always what we'd expect. No big...

<p>CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors accused a Syrian-born American of once leading a Muslim charity that the Treasury Department calls a terrorist group, and said he tried to help Osama bin Laden get a nuclear weapon.</p> <p>The government said Mohamed Loay Bayazid was president of the suburban Chicago-based Benevolence International Foundation in 1994, about the same time he is accused of trying to get uranium for al-Qaida.</p>

System Administrator Appreciation Day - A special day, once a year, to acknowledge the worthiness and appreciation of the person occupying the role, especially as it is often this person who really keeps the wheels of your company turning.

BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- The fact is that Hewlett-Packard before Carly Fiorina (nee Cara Carleton S. Sneed) was probably less dynamic than it is today. She managed to bring some marketing savvy to the company and managed to shake up that stodgy corporate culture known as "the H-P way." That said, H-P slowly evolved from an engineering-centric company to one that makes many of its products offshore and has become a commodity provider too ensnared in the world of humdrum PC's when companies like IBM have bailed out of the business as Dell continues to effortlessly dominate. While there will...

Can anyone help me? The picture on my monitor has turned sideways, the top on the left, bottom on the right. I've rebooted twice. Tried the buttons on the monitor, propeties on thr right click.... Even swapped monitors with another computer. The picture is still sideways. I'm not even sure who to call about this. My ISP nephew says he has never heard of such a problem. Does anyone know how I can fixed this? My neck is getting really sore...

Ok all, I've got a computer problem on a new to me Laptop, a Compaq Armada M700, PII 366. It was working fine yesterday when I attempted to install Windows XP, unfortunately I only got 1/2 through it before the CD drive found a terminal scratch on my CD. The computer kept trying to go back to the CD install but could not get past the scratched CD. I opened the CD drive, removed the CD and attempted to shut the PC down. It kept asking for the XP disk and would not power down with the on/off button. I...

The dramatic collapse in the value of internet companies was highlighted once more by Overture's $140m acquisition of Alta Vista, one of the pioneers of web search and once one of the world's most coveted online companies. Alta Vista's struggling parent CMGI, the Massachusetts-based technology group, has sold one of its crown jewels for just a fraction of the $2.3bn it paid to Compaq in 1999, when it took an 83 per cent stake in Alta Vista. Overture, which calls itself "the world's leader in Pay-For-Performance search", allows advertisers to bid for well-placed spots among web search results on sites...

Big international corporations, including Microsoft, UBS and Compaq, were among the donors to an Islamic charity that US officials say was one of the leading financiers for Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation. In evidence filed in its case against Enaam Arnaout, who headed the Chicago-based charity Benevolence International, the US Justice Department says the charity received both direct employee donations and matching grants from those companies. Microsoft told the Associated Press that it contributed about $20,000 to BIF over "a period of time", but ended the matching grants after it learned of the terrorism allegations. Both UBS and Hewlett-Packard,...

Associated Press HP to Cut Additional 1,800 Jobs Citing Continued Weak Demand, Hewlett-Packard Co. Will Cut 1,800 Jobs Beyond the 15,000 Planned Wednesday September 25, 9:55 pm ET By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Citing continued weak demand, Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it will cut 1,800 jobs beyond the 15,000 reductions planned as part of its Compaq Computer Corp. acquisition. In a note sent to employees Tuesday, the company blamed the latest reductions on a "continued market slowdown and HP's clear intent to have a competitive, world-class cost structure." As of the third quarter, which...

HP/Compaq offshore move costs 1,200 US jobs Outsourcing to foreign countries now de rigeur By INQUIRER staff: Friday 09 August 2002, 15:48 DESPERATE ATTEMPTS by the New HP to shave costs and compete with Dell, are costing more jobs to go than expected, but not just inside the new body corporate. The firm appears to be engaged in a move to shift all of its third party support out of the USA. A report in local newspaper the Miami Herald said that a support firm, the Answer Group, may have to fire 1,200 people as HP/Q moves most of its...

Just announced that Walter Hewlett's case against Carly Fiorina and her handling of the proposed merger with Compaq has been dismissed by a New York judge as "without merit."This is the last obstacle to the HP-Compaq deal.

Reuters Technology Hewlett Says H-P Lied on Merger, Tainted Vote By Caroline Humer WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG's 11th-hour decision to back Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE:HWP - news) takeover of Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) stemmed from its concerns for its investment banking relationship with H-P, lawyers contesting the merger charged on Tuesday. Top executives of the computer and printer maker, including Chairman and Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, faced off in a wood-paneled Delaware courtroom against Walter Hewlett, a dissident board member and son of the company's co-founder, who has fought the merger in a proxy battle. Asking...

Associated Press Fiorina: Shareholders Not Deceived By BRIAN BERGSTEIN AP Business Writer Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina Says She Didn't Deceive Shareholders About Compaq Merger WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Fighting to save the biggest merger in high-tech history, Hewlett-Packard Co. chief Carly Fiorina testified Tuesday that she didn't deceive shareholders about the prospects of the Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) purchase and never bullied big investors to vote for the deal. Fiorina's four-plus hours on the witness stand came immediately after lawyers for dissident director Walter Hewlett said company memos and a personal diary showed that HP executives knew the Compaq...

Hewlett-Packard Co. shareholders appear to have narrowly approved the company's bitterly contested $20 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp., an independent proxy certifying firm said Wednesday, though the result still is not final. After spending more than three weeks going over the proxies, IVS Associates of Newark, Del., told HP its preliminary count showed that 837.9 million shares, or 51.4 percent of those cast, were voted in favor of the Compaq deal, with 792.6 million, or 48.6 percent, against it. That supports HP chief Carly Fiorina's claim immediately after the March 19 vote that shareholders had approved the deal by...

<p>Dissident board member claims execs pressured Deutsche Bank to tip the balance in favor of the deal.</p> <p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Walter Hewlett, the dissident Hewlett-Packard director who led the proxy challenge against its proposed purchase of Compaq Computer, has taken his fight to the courthouse, hoping to invalidate last week's shareholder vote.</p>

(Agencies) Hewlett Packard chairwoman and chief executive Carly Fiorina quickly claimed victory Tuesday in her company's bitter proxy battle to buy Compaq Computer Corp., saying a preliminary estimate of shareholder votes shows enough support to approve the merger. "It appears that our shareholders made a choice today, not only to embrace change, but to lead it," Fiorina said after the two-hour meeting. "We think we have a slim but sufficient margin, and we think it's important to let people know that." Fiorina spoke at the conclusion of a meeting of more than 1,000 Hewlett-Packard Co. shareholders who crowded into a...

Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s chairman and chief executive officer, claimed victory Tuesday in her company's six-month battle to buy Compaq Computer Corp. A preliminary estimate showed the merger winning approval, she said. "We are gratified that H-P shareowners recognize the compelling strategic and economic benefits of the merger and that a decisive majority of shares not affiliated with the Hewlett and Packard families and foundations appear to have been voted in favor of this transaction," Fiorina said at a news conference. Members of the Hewlett and Packard families had been strongly opposed the proposed $20.5 billion deal to acquire Houston-based...

Like political candidates on election eve, Hewlett-Packard Co. chief Carly Fiorina and dissident HP director Walter Hewlett hit the phones Monday with last-minute pitches on HP's $21 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. With HP's shareholder vote on the deal today shaping up as one of the closest corporate elections ever, the company and Hewlett both claimed to have momentum over the other, but would not publicly predict victory. Fiorina, Hewlett and Compaq CEO Michael Capellas lobbied big investors who might not have made up their minds about what would be the computer industry's biggest merger ever. "This company has...