NEW YORK, Sept.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that David Shane has been named vice president of HP Corporate External Communications.

By Courtney Cairns Pastor, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 18--ODESSA -- Twelve-year-old Michael Mendenhall plays Neil Diamond on eight-track and compares the sound quality of Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" on vinyl to compact disc.

By Matt Richtel On a recent Saturday, John Toppel, a retired Hewlett-Packard sales manager, did not spend his leisure time golfing or mowing the lawn. He spent it at a local electronics store extolling the virtues of HP laptop computers to customers.