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For a third time, Hewlett-Packard Co. expanded a recall of its laptop batteries for HP and Compaq notebook computers -- this time, 162,600 batteries are affected -- after continuing to receive reports of the batteries overheating and burning consumers. The computer giant announced the recall...

Ken Olsen, the MIT-educated inventor who founded DEC in the 1950s and built it into multibillion dollar company, died on Sunday. In addition to inventing the minicomputer, Olsen was a pioneer as a manager. But perhaps the most valuable lesson his life can teach regards his one business blind spot.

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Tuesday (last updated at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time): New Program Rewards Snitches: Critics warn that a new federal program to reward whistle-blowers for tip-offs about potential misdeeds at U.S. corporations and banks is...

One year after issuing a recall of tens of thousands of computer batteries, Hewlett Packard has expanded the recall to include another 54,000 batteries used in Compaq and HP notebooks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The lithium-ion batteries can overheat -- creating the risk of...

Hewlett-Packard launches a star-studded campaign -- which an unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal will cost $40 million -- to change its image as a printer and PC company. But is it just a waste of shareholder money?

If you were one of the thousands of shoppers who purchased a new computer since June 26 and are expecting a free upgrade to Windows 7 you may find yourself paying to get that "free" upgrade. Mouseprint.org dug through the fine print of the free Windows 7 upgrade offers and found out that while the...

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel (INTC) may not have the evil persona associated with Microsoft (MSFT), but it's taking a page from the software behemoth's playbook in challenging a €1.06 billion ($1.45 billion) fine European Union regulators assessed against the chip maker for behaving like a...