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Compensation rose for private equity managers and venture capitalists in 2007 and early 2008 despite a fall in their performance of their investments, according to a new study.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and HP Chairman Carly Fiorina talk up the republican presidential candidate, saying he's much better on the economy than his Democratic rival.

We bring you all the latest news from the republican National Convention as the party takes its bid for the presidency to Minneapolis.

Representatives of the technology industry in town for the republican convention could be found at Chambers, the Luxury Art Hotel in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Computer makers are starting to tackle a road warrior pet peeve: laptops that take too long to boot up.

Dell today is revealing the full details of the Inspiron Mini 9, its first netbook. The 8.9-inch portable once rumored as the Inspiron 910 shares a similar design to larger Inspirons but, apart from the smaller screen, uses a 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip and Ubuntu Linux to significantly shrink its size without significantly affecting its responsiveness or its feature set. The system weighs just under...

AP - Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two years.

Official details have slipped tonight for Sprint's version of the HTC Touch Diamond. The carrier's edition of the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone varies slightly from the Telus edition already available outside of the US and comes with a red-tinted back as well as a customized Sprint version of the TouchFLO interface with access to some more carrier-specific features. Other features remain the sam...

Amazon tonight launched the finished version of Amazon Video on Demand, the streaming version of its online video service. The official launch moves beyond the beta stage and lets any Mac or Windows PC purchase, rent and watch movies and TV shows directly from the browser, bypassing the Windows-only nature of the company's Unbox software. It also delivers a beta version of a promised link to Son...

Consider the new $549 Treo Pro smartphone I've been testing. The business-focused device is Palm's latest attempt to lure customers ...