By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Jan. 15--Tom Szolyga had a secret, and he kept it under his desk. The quiet, unassuming Hewlett-Packard hardware engineer was building something. Every now and then he'd come across a part he wanted, and he'd requisition it.

At Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) Page Mill Road complex in Palo Alto, Calif., in the basement beneath the meticulously preserved offices of founders William Hewlett and David Packard, is a cavernous room that has the feel of a chaotic startup.

By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Sep. 11--In New York last week, Voodoo PC founder Rahul Sood fought back tears as he watched his latest baby being born. We're not talking flesh and blood here.

BROENDERSLEV, Denmark, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- As

By Chris O'Brien, Dean Takahashi and Mark Boslet, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Sep. 7--There's an interesting story inside -- literally -- the new Blackbird 002 gaming PC from Hewlett-Packard that was unveiled this week.