11.   In choosing Fiorina, they said, Hewlett-Packard sought a fresh approach in an effort to spur sales growth and help the sluggish computer giant compete more effectively.

12.   In rapid succession, computer industry giants have been bellowing bad news for nearly a month.

13.   Indeed, after Lotus was taken over by IBM last summer, the computer giant quickly embraced the strategy, beginning a similar service on its global network.

14.   In the midst of a huge corporate turnaround effort, the computer giant retains big private communications networks throughout the world.

15.   Internet commerce is moving to a new stage, according to Hewlett-Packard, and this time around, the Palo Alto computer giant aims to play a starring role.

16.   Initially, the computer giant allowed workers within five years of retirement to retain their old pensions.

17.   Meanwhile, the computer giant will be the main topic tomorrow at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the computer age.

18.   Miller rose quickly through the ranks of the computer giant and later worked for Silicon Graphics and Digital.

19.   Monday the shaving king passed the crown to the computer storage giant.

20.   Moreover, Microsoft is apparently in some internal turmoil over what strategy the computer publishing giant should take with respect to the Java language.