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Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday it was upgrading its servers, stepping up competition against more established players in the market like HP and IBM.

China's quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations.

More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.

Hewlett-Packard Co said it has lowered its first-quarter results by 3 cents a share as a result of years-old litigation involving EDS, which the company bought in 2008.

Hewlett-Packard Co posted better-than-expected results on strong server and personal computer sales and a resurgence in its printing business, and the company raised its full-year outlook.

Hewlett-Packard Co posted better-than-expected results on strong server and personal computer sales and a resurgence in its printing business, and the company raised its full-year outlook.

Stronger-than-expected corporate results and upbeat economic data drove U.S. stocks higher on Wednesday as they fed expectations the recovery will bolster corporate profits.

With computer hardware at the top of the shopping list for many companies this year, Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc offer investors two different ways to play the information technology upgrade cycle.

IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest maker of PCs, will launch a digital music service across key European markets on Monday, hoping to benefit from consumers' rising appetite for new types of music download services.

Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co announced a partnership on Wednesday to integrate their software and hardware offerings for companies looking to move their applications and data online, popularly known as cloud computing.

The nascent smartbook market got a big nudge forward on Friday, courtesy of Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest personal computer maker.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a new Hewlett-Packard Co tablet computer on Wednesday, beating Apple Inc's hotly anticipated move into the market.

Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co will unveil a new tablet computer on Wednesday, sources said, beating Apple Inc's hotly anticipated move into the market.

Hewlett-Packard Co is releasing a host of new laptops and netbooks as the technology giant looks to build on its recent momentum in the personal computer market.

Hewlett-Packard Co. denied claims that its webcams are racist after a YouTube video - which showed a black man and a white woman testing out HP's webcam face-tracking software and get different results - went viral.

Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc plans to issue $100 gift certificates to people who won't receive its Nook electronic reader by December 24, if they had ordered it on time.

Black Friday is still a day away, but it's already getting bargain buyers excited. Best Buy is offering a Hewlett-Packard laptop for a super low $197. Best Buy says this is the first-ever, value priced HP laptop it's ever offered.

Best Buy is offering this Black Friday what it calls, the first-ever, value priced HP laptop. In a very aggressive bid to lure more customers to its store, Best Buy announced low $197 price tag for a Hewlett-Packard laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). The HP comes with a 15.6-inch screen and an Intel Celeron 900 processor.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday, ahead of data on third-quarter GDP and consumer confidence and following a strong advance in Monday's session.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday, ahead of data on third-quarter GDP and consumer confidence and following a strong advance in Monday's session.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday, following a strong advance in Monday's session and after Hewlett-Packard reported that quarterly profit matched its preliminary results.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday, following a strong advance in Monday's session and after Hewlett-Packard reported that quarterly profit matched its preliminary results.

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower opening on Wall Street on Tuesday, following the previous session's sharp gains, with futures for the S&P 500 SPc1 down 0.18 percent, Dow Jones DJc1 futures down 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 NDc1 futures down 0.38 percent at 0925 GMT.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower opening on Wall Street on Tuesday, following the previous session's sharp gains, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.18 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.38 percent at 0925 GMT (4:25 a.m. EST).

Hewlett-Packard Co tripled the size of its share repurchase program to $12 billion as China sales and better profit margins on its services boosted quarterly earnings.

Hewlett-Packard Co said a strong performance in China and improved profit margins in its services business helped drive quarterly earnings 14 percent higher. The fiscal fourth quarter results released on Monday were in line with those the company preannounced two weeks ago, which topped Wall Street's estimates.

US computer giant Hewlett-Packard said on Monday that it saw a 14 percent increase in the fourth quarter profits of 2009 despite an eight percent e dip in sales.

Hewlett-Packard Co said a strong performance in China and improved profit margins in its services business helped drive quarterly earnings 14 percent higher.