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HP is expanding a voluntary worldwide program for batteries that shipped with many ENVY, Pavilion, ProBook, and other laptops, due to their "potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard".

Andy Weir · Jan 25, 2017 · Hot! with 0 comments

HP has announced that, while it will be keeping its Compaq branding for "basic computing" products, it will finally be ditching the "HP Compaq" brand sometime in 2013.

John Callaham · May 23, 2012 · Hot! with 16 comments

In the wake of HP's announcement that it is thinking about spinning off its PC business, the head of Dell tweets a suggestion for what the new name of that division should be.

John Callaham · Aug 19, 2011 · Hot! with 52 comments

It has been a few years since flaws in Nvidia's mobile GeForce 7000-series and 8000-series chips caused overheating problems, prompting users to send laptops back en masse to manufacturers. Laptop users of almost all makes...

Denis Wong · May 5, 2011 · Hot! with 18 comments

Whats that... did you spot the paradox too?! heh - corporate types eh :| "LONDON - November 11, 2002 - Extending its track record for innovation in the mobile space, NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq:...

· Nov 11, 2002 with -1 comments

When scientists at Celera Genomics and the government-funded Human Genome Project created their maps of all human genes, one indisputable winner was Compaq Computer. Both groups used Compaq supercomputers. Today, Celera announced that it would...

· Sep 29, 2002 with -1 comments

Last week we reported a product recall - sorry replacement - of 300,000 faulty Fujitsu hard drives (possibly only in Japan. Fujitsu is not saying). Dozens of Compaq corporate customers, collectively owning...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Sep 19, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq Australia may be facing a class action lawsuit from irate customers who feel duped by the hardware manufacturer's accidental Web site promotion of Presario laptop computers costing just one cent. ZDNet...

· May 6, 2002 with -1 comments

We hung round waiting for the appropriate authorities at AMD to get back to us about the Compaq notebook with apparently 512K cache that AMD Zone wrote about yesterday. But the authorities are...

· Apr 10, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq has issued a customer advisory notice for the SD memory card. This may fail "after a short period of use". in the iPAQ H3800 Series Pocket PC, the company says. The...

· Mar 25, 2002 with -1 comments

Both Hewlett-Packard and Compaq have claimed victory in votes which took place this week that were to decide the outcome of a proposed marriage of the companies. Compaq CEO Michael Capellas said Wednesday shareholders overwhelmingly...

· Mar 23, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer Corp. and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) agreed on Tuesday to invest $6.8 million to develop the largest life sciences supercomputing facility in the region. The costs, shared equally...

Darren Bolton · Mar 12, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer won't seek another buyer if its $21.3 billion merger with Hewlett-Packard falls through, Compaq CEO Michael Capellas says. H-P is the "only deal for Compaq. I can't see any other combination...

Darren Bolton · Feb 25, 2002 with -1 comments

Unix server vendors just love benchmarks, which means, we guess that their corporate clients think they're pretty important to. Compaq is no exception, even as its own Alpha CPU platform begins the...

· Feb 22, 2002 with -1 comments

Thanks Darren Bolton for this sending this in. Counterfeit Compaq Computer Corp. parts were seized in New Hampshire after the company was contacted by a customer who received suspect memory boards from an...

· Feb 15, 2002 with -1 comments

Thanks Sleeper for sending this in! For three months, the fight between Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett remained cordial and cool. Fiorina, the Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive, and board member Hewlett, the...

· Feb 14, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer Corp. Chief Executive Michael Capellas said on Wednesday his company and Hewlett-Packard Co. were determined to hold shareholder votes in March on their $22.3 billion merger, and said regulatory approval was on track...

· Jan 31, 2002 with -1 comments

Internal polls show a majority of Hewlett-Packard Co.HWP.N employees support plans to buy Compaq Computer Corp.CPQ.N, the company said on Friday, although a leading critic of the merger said an independent survey was needed. ...

· Jan 26, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq easily topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter 2001 earnings expectations, taking $US92 million ($178 million) for the period. The Houston-based computer maker, which informed investors last week it likely would make money, turned...

· Jan 18, 2002 with -1 comments

Because the hurricane was nearing, Compaq's Houston Hannah, a disillusioned member of the ISSG group at the outfit, had to dash off to display her ID at the usual below-the-belt regulation spot, but not before...

· Jan 7, 2002 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer has snared two mammoth three-year contracts, one with defense contractor Raytheon for $200 million to $250 million and one with Swedish cell phone maker Ericsson for $150 million. Compaq beat...

· Dec 20, 2001 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer is teaming with RealNetworks to promote the media company's new online subscription service, dubbed RealOne. Under a deal expected to be announced Wednesday, RealNetworks plans to become the default media...

· Dec 12, 2001 with -1 comments

American Express Co. has signed a deal with Compaq Computer Corp. to buy 25,000 thin-client machines to replace existing desktop and laptop computers throughout the company. In an announcement today, the New York-based...

· Nov 30, 2001 with -1 comments

The statement said: "Compaq and Intel worked together to resolve the reported issue (sighting). "Compaq expects to introduce its Itanium-based systems shortly. "A BIOS software configuration change was made to...

· Nov 28, 2001 with -1 comments

CORPORATE USERS wanting to buy Itanium machines are being told that the processors are going through rigorous testing but the INQUIRER can now confirm there is a serious bug with 733MHz and 800MHz versions of...

· Nov 12, 2001 with -1 comments

Compaq said on Wednesday that it has a new financing plan that will allow businesses to defer payments during the first four months of a lease on any product or service. It...

· Oct 10, 2001 with -1 comments

Whoops! Sorry about that... Thanks WinOSCentral for the heads up on this one.. The company on Thursday issued a recall for the AC power adapters and their cords, used with Compaq Armada...

Steven Parker · Oct 4, 2001 with -1 comments

Compaq Computer Corp. will offer free upgrades to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Home Edition operating system for most Presario computers purchased in North America on or after Sept. 1, the company announced. Presario...

Marcel Klum · Sep 11, 2001 with -1 comments

The computer giants Hewlett-Packard and Compaq are planning a $25bn (Â£17.2bn) merger. The deal would create a company of a size to rival industry giant IBM, which is currently worth $90bn. Even...

· Sep 4, 2001 with -1 comments