Pictured above is the HP 12C Financial Programmable Calculator, available from the Hewlett-Packard website for $69.99. What makes this calculator totally unique among all consumer electronic products ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Pictured above is the HP 12C Financial Programmable Calculator, available from the Hewlett-Packard website for $69.99. What makes this calculator totally unique among all consumer electronic products ...

If you know that 5 Enter 4 + 2 Enter 1+ ÷ equals 3, odds are there’s an HP 12c on your desk. In the 23 years since the 12c debuted, Hewlett-Packard Co. has sold millions of the financial calculator, ...

Designed for dealmakers, the 12c is engineered to handle complex formulas for calculating loan payments, determining bond yields, and constructing depreciation schedules. It’s a cult classic among ...

Back in my previous life, I was a finance guy—that’s what my undergraduate degree is in, and that’s how I made my living for many years. Through it all, one particular piece of gear was always at my ...

While it may be just another calculator to many, HP’s 12c is still industry standard, and after 30 years of work, it deserves a slight retouching. You can pick up one on the very limited edition ...

Hewlett-Packard has given new life to its calculator history through applications for the iPhone and Windows. They're practical, but not cheap. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

HP may or may not be dumping its PC business, and it may have messed up its hardware future in a post-PC world, but the company still knows what's important. A new handheld from the Palo Alto company ...