Secluded behind the security-coded doors of Compaq Computer Corp.’s design studio, Randall Martin opens what appears to be a typical black laptop, snaps out the keyboard and mouse, and adjusts the ...

In early 1982, three veterans of Texas-Instruments joined forces to start Compaq, a firm that within a year would produce a groundbreaking IBM PC compatible machine, and within a decade would rewrite ...

IT WAS bad timing, to say the least. Compaq, the PC maker, had invited more than 4,000 of its best customers to a technology lovefest in Houston, its home town, to launch its long-awaited “NonStop ...

HOUSTON — Compaq Computer Corp. needs to move quickly to find a replacement for ousted Chief Executive Officer Eckhard Pfeiffer as the No. 1 personal computer maker grapples with its PC strategy and ...

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 ...

New vista: Compaq Computer Corp., in a move to beef up its on-line presence and cash in on stock market Internet euphoria, said it would spin off its AltaVista Web navigation unit and make it the main ...

Compaq Computer on Tuesday squeaked past diminished expectations for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2000. But a massive write-off on investments sideswiped what otherwise would have been a ...

BEAUMONT -- A state judge will hear arguments Wednesday from Compaq Computer Corp., which wants to keep confidential evidence about floppy disk controllers installed in its computers. A 1999 civil ...

The mega-merger between HP and Compaq Computer is expected to create the largest manufaturing player in IT space. the $21 billion mega-merger between computer behemoth hewlett-packard and compaq ...