Neowin News Feed for: Packard

HP aims to take on MacBook Air with "Envy"

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:46:30 +0000

Hewlett Packard showed off several new products today, including its new "Envy" sub-brand which will be competing with Apple's MacBook Air and Dell's Adamo. Starting at $1699 - nearly $200 more than both the MacBook... Read more...

Gateway Moves to Buy Packard Bell

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:36:23 +0000

In an interesting chain of buyouts, US computer maker Gateway has now moved a step closer to purchasing Packard Bell, a decision which comes as Acer, headquartered in Taiwan, announced last week that it would... Read more...

Lenovo Eyes Packard Bell for Acquisition

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:06:52 +0000

Chinese computer giant Lenovo Group, which acquired IBM's PC division in 2005, is now planning for further expansion, announcing today that it is in exclusive exclusive discussions about a potential acquisition of Packard Bell. Lenovo... Read more...

NEC to sell Packard Bell

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:26:08 +0000

NEC Corp. executives are negotiating the sale of the company's Packard Bell division, reportedly to eMachines founder Lap Shun "John" Hui. The move would leave NEC without a consumer PC brand, while it continues to... Read more...

Packard Bell preps Athlon 64 notebook

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:40:14 +0000

Packard Bell is set to become the first major notebook vendor to offer a portable PC based on AMD's Athlon 64 chip. According the company's German web site, the EasyNote M3308 will contain an Athlon... Read more...

Packard Foundation opposes HP-Compaq

Sat, 08 Dec 2001 10:48:08 +0000

UPDATE: In a blow that could derail Hewlett-Packard's proposed $25 billion takeover of Compaq Computer, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation reached a preliminary decision Friday to oppose the deal. "The board... Read more...