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have kept it relatively resilient to the economic downturn, it is still vulnerable to sharp cutbacks in corporate spending on technology. The big disappointment, not surprisingly, is the shortfall in revenue, said Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brent Bracelin. Their hardware businesses, both servers and storage, are under intense scrutiny. Budgets are being cut and that showed up in the ...

Hewlett-Packard (HP), Cisco Systems (Cisco) both giant tech companies are now on the move to compete for a data center business; a move that can steal business from each other's core markets.

Technology stocks ended lower on Monday as many of the sector's major players tumbled giving the Nasdaq its seventh consecutive day fall, its longest losing streak since June 2006.

Hewlett-Packard Co. in the third quarter continued to expand its lead over rivals in the global PC market, while Taiwan based Acer saw the largest increase, displacing Dell as the world's No. 2 notebook maker.

Emerging markets and the need for more storage helped push server revenue higher in the third quarter, with market leader Hewlett Packard retaining the lead.

Hewlett-Packard Co's better-than-expected quarterly results may raise the bar for competitor Dell Inc , which is more vulnerable to U.S. economic woes and reports earnings next week.

Stocks rose slightly following strong results from Hewlett-Packard Co. and a gain in the price of oil boosted energy companies which encouraged bargain investors to trade before the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting.

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, on Monday reported a better-than-expected 28 percent rise in quarterly profit as notebook PC sales increased. The company also said its board authorized an $8 billion additional share buyback program. Net income was $2.16 billion, or 81 cents per share, for its fiscal fourth quarter ended October 31, compared with $1.7 billion, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier.

Hewlett-Packard Co on Wednesday launched a line of powerful new computers aimed squarely at gamers, in the company's latest step to court a small-but-influential audience.

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it is launching a $300 million marketing campaign to promote Web-based printing services as it seeks new uses for printers, the company's most-profitable business.

Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) reported on Thursday a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit and surpassed Wall Street estimates on improving margins from cost cuts and falling component prices, sending its shares up 2 percent.

Hewlett-Packard continued its reign as the top personal computer maker in the world as its closest rival Dell declined for the second quarter but still managed to hold its U.S. lead.

A California judge has dismissed misdemeanor fraud charges against Hewlett-Packard Co.'s former ethics chief and two private investigators involved in the computer maker's hunt for the source of boardroom leaks, a prosecutor said on Friday.

Hewlett Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ)announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Tabblo Inc., a privately-held developer of web-based software on Thursday.

Shares of technology company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) fell Wednesday, a day after the firm gave a mild forecast for its upcoming quarter.

Shares of technology company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) edged slightly higher in Tuesday mid-day trading, after an analyst raised his price target for the company on strength from its core businesses.

Technology company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is adding new services to help businesses increase the efficiency of their current servers by allowing customers to virtualize their entire infrastructure.

Computer makers Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) are likely to benefit as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rolls out its next-generation Windows operating system, one research firm says.

Hewlett-Packard reached a settlement with California on Thursday over a civil suit involving the company's pretexting scandal. The settlement calls for the firm to pay $14.5 million and implement a series of measures to ensure that its internal investigations are conducted within state law.

Amazon (NYSE:AMZN) is expanding its books-on-demand business, selecting HP (Nasdaq:HPQ) to provide printing presses to meet its growing demand.

Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled powerful, energy-efficient workstations on Tuesday, using Intel Corp.'s newly announced quad-core processors.

Worldwide shipments of personal computers (PC) slipped to 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year according to industry observers, driven down by weak sales in the United States.

Hewlett Packard announced on Wednesday that its researches have successfully created radio frequency identification (RFID) technology specifically to manage assets of data centers and IT departments.

A number of major PC manufacturers have issued recalls on batteries manufactured by Sony Corp in recent months, citing the potential for failures leading to hazardous explosions. Despite the growing concern, HP, decided on Tuesday that its systems are safe and that the company will not issue any recalls.

This week, graphics chip company Nvidia announced that it will deliver chips for HP's upcoming notebook and media-center computers.

Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard have signed a deal to feature Yahoo services, including search, on the HP computers sold in the United States and European Markets.

The products including a 17-inch widescreen HD-DVD notebook PC, a HD-DVD Media Center TV PC with and an HD-DVD external drive for PCs.

On Thursday, HP Inc. announced the acquisition of PC manufacturer VoodooPC, maker of specialized gaming desktops and notebooks, however some experts contend the purchase will have little affect on HP's revenues.

HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance and personalized gaming computer systems.