Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony after 40 reports of overheating, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A man whose partner is accused of conspiring with a Las Vegas poker dealer to organise his assassination and those of his two sons, has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court he decided not get married a second time after his solicitor told him prenuptial agreements had no legal standing in Ireland.

CORK-born businessman Pearse Flynn has sold a 4% stake in Glasgow Celtic Football Club — shares of which were slightly up yesterday at just over 50p.

BT Ireland has announced the appointment of Tom Carson as managing director of its Networked IT Services.

HEWLETT-PACKARD is to cut 204 jobs at its Irish operations, a figure which accounts for around 5% of its total workforce here.

THE board of Hewlett-Packard has ousted chief executive officer Carly Fiorina after five years in which the company’s shares fell more than 50%.

CORK businessman Pearse Flynn has taken full control of a call centre business in Scotland.

The world's second-biggest maker of computers, Hewlett Packard, has reported first quarter profits of $936m (€740m), up 30% on a year earlier, after sales of PCs increased by 20% in three months ending January 31

CORK-BORN businessman Pearse Flynn has moved back into the telecoms business, acquiring a call centre company in Scotland.

HEWLETT-Packard (HP), the global computer giant that employs more than 4,000 in Ireland, reported strong growth in its fourth quarter yesterday and said its merger with Compaq was beginning to pay off.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced a growth of quarterly profit to $862m (€722.3m) as a result of robust sales growth in consumer sales and technology services.

SHARES of Hewlett-Packard Co, the world’s second-biggest computer maker, fell as much as 12% after the company said it missed analysts’ third-quarter sales and profit estimates and cut personal computer prices too much.

WorldCom has announced its reorganisation plan, so that it can emerge from bankruptcy with $3.5bn to $4.5bn in debt.

Hewlett Packard net profit in the quarter to January 31 rose 84.9% from the previous quarter to

GARDAÍ in Galway are considering whether to investigate the activities of a specialised Compaq computer engineering group after a formal complaint was lodged by Irish CND and anti-war activists.

ALL Government grants will be withdrawn from Compaq’s Irish operations if a Department of Enterprise inquiry confirms the firm’s Galway facility was in breach of export laws, the IDA has said.

IRELAND’S little-known trade in computer software crucial for the development and maintenance of American and French nuclear weapons has prompted renewed questions about the role of a neutral state in programmes of this kind.

IRELAND is exporting software crucial to the development and maintenance of the US and French nuclear weapons programmes.

Shares in H-P rose 10% in extended trading as it reported a $390m, or 13 cents a share net profit for its fourth fiscal quarter.

The new chairman and chief executive of WorldCom, Michael Capellas, has promised to improve ethics at the scandal-plagued telecommunications company.

The new chairman and chief executive of WorldCom Michael Capellas has promised to improve ethics at the scandal-plagued telecommunications company.

Shares in Hewlett-Packard fell 10% when it was announced that Michael Capellas, second in command, was leaving the company.

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, 02 Ireland and Sord Data Systems have announced a new approach to gathering performance data on Irish cattle.

Hewlett-Packard Consulting, the newly formed professional services company formed from the recently merged HP and Compaq has announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar deal with software giant Microsoft.

Workers at computer giant Hewlett-Packard, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, faced an uncertain future today after it emerged that the company planned to shed 1,400 jobs in Britain.

Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 1,400 jobs in the UK.

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) plans to make 5,900 job cuts in Europe from the total of 15,000 already announced worldwide, as part of its merger with Compaq Computer, according to Reuters.

Hewlett-Packard Corp is to cut around 5,900 jobs from a total of 46,000 in Europe as a consequence of the merger with Compaq Computer Corp, the boss of HP Germany, Heribert Schmitz, was quoted as saying today.

Director of Information Systems for the DHSSPS announced recently that Compaq, now part of the new Hewlett-Packard has won a substantial share of a £14.5m (€22.6m) contract to supply computer servers and services to the Health and Personal Social Services Sector in Northern Ireland.

Hewlett Packard shares fell $1.15 (€1.26) to $19.35 (€21.25) amidst the continuing confusion and controversy surrounding its merger with Compaq.

Hewlett - Packard (HP) announced yesterday that its proposed merger with Compaq was approved by 45.3 Million shares. The announcement came after independent Inspectors of Election, certified that the company’s shareholders had backed the controversial move.

Compaq Global Services, the $7.8bn (€8.5bn) services division of Compaq Computer Corporation, today announced its Galway European Software Acquisition team won Microsoft’s annual Pan-European award for operational excellence.

The merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq could result in 400 job losses in Ireland, it has been estimated.

A US judge has cleared Hewlett-Packard of allegations that the company acted improperly over the Compaq Computer Corporation acquisition, probably paving the way for the completion of the high-tech industry’s biggest merger.

The Dow Jones was higher midsession while the Nasdaq was down along with confidence in technology stocks ahead of most earnings reports, dealers said.

In a meeting with analysts, Dell COO Kevin Rolllins said that there was some increase in demand for Dell PCs.

Technology shares were lower midsession, with the Nasdaq composite hovering near its lows for the day amid worries about the upcoming earnings season, with fears of ongoing tensions in the Middle East continuing to weigh on sentiment, dealers said.

Hewlett-Packard has stepped up its legal battle with rebel board member Walter Hewlett.

Motorsports boss Max Mosley has revealed the British Formula One GP is not under threat by the proposed race in Moscow, but revealed another European race could be ditched to make way for the Russian event.

`Technology shares were higher midsession as encouraging reports on the health of the economy prompted investors to snap up Nasdaq stocks, dealers said.

Share prices were lower in early trade, after stronger than-expected inflation and labor data intensified the market's concerns that the Federal Reserve is poised to raise rates soon, dealers said.

Compaq says its shareholders have endorsed the company's plan to merge with Hewlett-Packard by a nine to one margin.