WASHINGTON (WHTM) – HP has expanded a recall of laptop computer batteries that are prone to overheating, melting, and catching fire. The recall announced Tuesday involves about 101,000 lithium-ion ...

January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...

The company has come up with a way to make the Himalaya line appeal to more customers and make other Compaq computers more like its powerful Tandem line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

"Enjoy it while you can, because IBM's gunna have a portable and then it's sayonara." As a computer nerd, it's always fun to see documentaries that explore the history of computers. Silicon Cowboys ...

Meet the famous PC clones that kept IBM on its toes 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 ...

Compaq is the first major PC manufacturer to break the 650-MHz barrier by announcing new computers based on its Alpha chip technology. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including ...

HP and Compaq have rolled out some new computer systems for shoppers on a budget. One line is aimed at business users looking to upgrade machines on the cheap. The new line of computers includes the ...

In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could run ...

Compaq last night launched a cut-price family computer, and aims to have 15,000 units off the production line at its European computer manufacturing plant at Erskine for availability next month. The ...