Neowin News Feed for: Compaq

HP expands global recall of laptop batteries, due to 'potential fire and burn hazard'

Andy Weir — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:22:01 +0000

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". Read more...

HP to keep Compaq brand; ditching "HP Compaq"

John Callaham — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:21:00 +0000

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. Read more...

Michael Dell suggests new-old name for HP's PC business

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:32:26 +0000

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. Read more...

Settlement in Nvidia GPU case: Compaqs forced onto Mac users

Denis Wong — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:08:54 +0000

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... Read more...

NVIDIA GEFORCE2 GO GPU TO BE USED FOR COMPAQ TABLET PC FROM HP

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:39:47 +0000

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:... Read more...

Celera Throws Compaq Servers In Trash

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:46:25 +0000

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... Read more...

HP issues statement on Compaq Fujitsu HDD failures

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:22:15 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq Australia faces lawsuit over one cent laptops

Mon, 06 May 2002 14:00:26 +0000

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... Read more...

AMD, Compaq and a 512K cache

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 03:18:14 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq recalls defective iPaQ SD memory card

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:00:28 +0000

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... Read more...

HP, Compaq Claim Merger Victory

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 06:01:52 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq, Singapore Plan Bio-Supercomputer

Darren Bolton — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:41:48 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq won't seek second merger if H-P deal sinks

Darren Bolton — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:53:51 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq pumps up AlphaServer 4-way benchmarks

Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:35:11 +0000

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... Read more...

Fake Compaq boards seized in New Hampshire raid

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:48:14 +0000

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... Read more...

War Within HP Deal With Compaq Gets Nastier

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:39:47 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq CEO Sees Merger on Track with Regulators

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:25:34 +0000

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... Read more...

HP: 65 Percent of Employees Support Compaq Merger

Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:43:05 +0000

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. ... Read more...

Compaq turns the corner

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:34:19 +0000

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... Read more...

Houston Hannah leaks Compaq server roadmap

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 04:23:28 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq lands big-budget deals

Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:32:12 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq, RealNetworks ink subscription deal

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:51:02 +0000

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... Read more...

American Express signed a deal with Compaq

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:27:00 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq and Intel claims to have fixed Itanium problem

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:31:34 +0000

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... Read more...

Itanium bug halts Compaq shipments

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:15:01 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq offers payment deferral on financing

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:23:06 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq recalls 1.4 million power adapters

Steven Parker — Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:48:09 +0000

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... Read more...

Compaq offers free XP upgrade for Presario systems

Marcel Klum — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:31:14 +0000

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... Read more...

HP and Compaq agree $25bn merger

Tue, 04 Sep 2001 06:46:02 +0000

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... Read more...