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  • ACCC smiles on HP Compaq merger

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided not to intervene in the proposed merger between HP and Compaq.

  • Trouble in paradise for HP

    Despite months of merger planning, Hewlett-Packard finds old habits are hard to break. A spat over technology has executives steaming

  • German union resists HP pay-cut plan

    A German union is encouraging Hewlett-Packard employees not to go along with a voluntary cost-cutting plan that asks them to take a pay cut or forfeit vacation days.

  • IBM expands data centers, on-demand service

    IBM announced on Friday that it is expanding on-demand data management centers in North America, Europe and Asia and is offering a new set of utility services.

  • Vote tally moves HP merger forward

    A formal tally showed that Hewlett-Packard shareholders voted narrowly to approve a merger with Compaq Computer, but opponents refused to concede defeat.

  • Nokia, HP go machine to machine

    The companies unveil a cigarette box-size mobile "phone" and other equipment that let machines wirelessly communicate with other devices.

  • HP aims to throttle Net threats

    Computing giant Hewlett-Packard plans to announce two services this week aimed at slowing down fast-spreading viruses and immunising networks against threats.

  • HP plans further job cuts

    Hewlett-Packard has unveiled plans to cut more jobs globally over the next six months, including 1,200 more in its high-end computing business and an unspecified number more in its services business.

  • The iron fist in the patent leather glove

    Microsoft's patent strategy is thrown into sharp relief by HP's leaked memo, and the evidence for war is mounting.

  • Why HP might be your next utility company

    Although HP's version currently is limited to its SuperDome servers, the company sees a time when all computer resources are connected to a grid, with customers billed on a usage basis.

  • Last-minute jabs by each side

    Hewlett-Packard and Walter Hewlett tout their backers as shareholders prepare to cast their votes

  • HP, Compaq: Dumb and dumber?

    A merger would create a bloated, vulnerable company anchored on the manufacture of commodity products at little or no profit.

  • Your secret weapon in the blade wars

    Throw out your servers. Pretty soon, all the research outfits, publications, and vendors will start telling you to throw out those clunky, space taking, power hogging servers--and replace them with blades.

  • Could HP be the server king?

    Armed with Intel's 64-bit CPU and the ZX1 companion chipset HP is well-honed to battle IBM and Dell for server dominance.

  • "Merlin" to enchant HP handhelds

    Hewlett-Packard will soon announce two handheld computers that run Microsoft's upcoming "Merlin" operating system, ZDNet has learned.

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