Oracle, a software giant, has moved into hardware, and Hewlett-Packard, a computer-maker, is expanding further into software and services.
That is what Hewlett-Packard, a computer company, wants to achieve with its e-speak software, which it intends to ship next year.
Other IT providers gobbling up the DHS goodies include Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), and Siemens.
"We are dissipating huge amounts of power in chips right now, " said Professor Stan Williams of computer firm Hewlett Packard.
Hewlett-Packard , an American computer manufacturer, said that profits would not match expectations and that it would get rid of 3, 000 employees.
His technical prowess -- while at Hewlett-Packard he designed seven computer chips and programmed in nine languages -- gives him an eye for startups with jaw- dropping innovations.
Toyota, Lexmark International, Hewlett-Packard, UPS, Affiliated Computer Services and Amazon employ thousands of workers in the metropolitan area.
The two finalists are Internet service provider EarthLink and computer company Hewlett-Packard.
Not content to raise the pressure on Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway in the computer market, Apple also tweaked software company Microsoft, rolling out new editions of its iLife and iWork desktop software packages.
In a bid to win back market share in its crucial but declining printing and imaging business, computer maker Hewlett-Packard is introducing new technology in its inkjet printers that should help the company and consumers save time and money.
Personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard may be trying to branch out into software and services, but it still has to contend with falling PC prices, weak demand and fierce competition in the legacy business that still dominates its profits and revenues.
Michael Dell, who founded Dell out of his college dorm room in 1984, retook the CEO job in 2007 after sales faltered as rivals including Hewlett-Packard figured out sooner that computer users wanted stylized notebooks instead of the lost-cost, utilarian machines Dell was churning out.
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To combat this, Hewlett-Packard educated its employees about their computer's low-power consumption modes.
Hewlett-Packard's newly thriving personal computer business is about to get some bad news.
Dell competes with personal computer manufacturers like Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Acer and Toshiba, and increasingly against IBM and others for IT services.
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As a result, attention-grabbing laptops hawked by Dell rivals Hewlett-Packard and Apple have helped both computer makers bounce back over the past few years--at Dell's expense.
Earlier this week, Time Inc. announced a deal to be the exclusive publishing partner of Hewlett-Packard when it launches its tablet computer, the TouchPad, this summer.
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Meanwhile, at a tech conference in Florida, there was reason for a little optimism from the second-largest computer company, Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ).
Rivals including Hewlett-Packard and Apple figured out sooner that computer users wanted stylized notebooks instead of the lost-cost, utilarian machines Dell was churning out.
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The new Esplex operation will be in the Polish city of Wroclaw, which is already a base for other computer companies including Siemens and Hewlett Packard.
Despite the marketing blitzes and massive investments from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and your cable company, the computer will not become the heart of the home entertainment center.
The chip had the support of computer makers, including Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ), IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) and Fujitsu-Siemens .
Through its on-line store, Dell also sells some 30, 000 computer-related products including Hewlett-Packard printers and PalmPilot organizers.
They include the Toshiba Satellite series, the Sony FX series, Compaq Computer's Presarios and Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion laptops.
Personal computer houses like Dell and Hewlett-Packard are seeing weak demand along with many semiconductor houses, excepting Intel.
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On the other hand, Hewlett-Packard has said its deal to acquire rival computer maker Compaq Computer is still on.
While Apple's designs are unique, its hardware is powered by the same Intel microprocessors you'll find in any computer sold by Dell or Hewlett-Packard.
While Apple's designs are unique, its hardware is powered by the same Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) microprocessors you'll find in any computer sold by Dell or Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ).
The LCD price-fixing conspiracy affected some of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, including Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple.
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Several large computer makers, including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, have already said they will sell their own versions of the appliance.
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