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Virtually every CPQ -- configuration, price and quote -- software vendor on the planet has a credible solution for the processes from which the category gets its name. That's the good news Unfortunately, the world has moved on....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and members of his leadership team, speaking to developers Wednesday at the Build 2016 conference, introduced their vision to infuse human speech and machine learning into the company's consumer and enterprise businesses, positioning Microsoft as a major player in the cloud services and artificial intelligence space Nade...

Apple got a last-minute reprieve last week. The U.S. government no longer is going after the company to break into the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone, for now. It found another way. So Apple dodged a bullet, this time. However, as terrorism rises, this sticky question will rise again -- count on it. Now, when things are quiet, is the best time ...

Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that -- for one week only -- is bringing its deep insight on the latest gadget announcements from a small town in Mexico On the beach with us this week are a new iPhone, an autonomous vehicle for pizza delivery, a self-lacing shoe, and a necklace that listens to what you eat....

Oracle has asked for US$9.3 billion in damages in its multiyear lawsuit against Google over the use of Java in Android, according to a report filed last week in federal court That amount is reportedly about 10 times what it had initially asked for....

Instagram on Monday moved to calm concerns among some users about a proposed change in the way content appears in their feeds Celebrities such as Kylie Jenner and Cindy Crawford fueled the anxiety by urging their followers to enable a feature on their mobile devices that would notify them whenever those celebrities post to Instagram....

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly on Tuesday suggested the government should investigate Netflix's practice of throttling video content delivery to customers using mobile devices. "Netflix has attempted to paint a picture of altruism whereby it virtuously sought to save these consumers from bumping up against or exceeding their data caps," he told...

Companies have shifted their analytics efforts from consumer-focused processes to operations, according to the results of a survey released last week byCapgemini Seventy percent of 600 executives at companies in the United States, Europe and China said they focused more on operational analysis, and more than 80 percent said analytics in operations ...

Apple has been deluged with complaints from users who say the latest version of its mobile operating system is breaking links and crashing apps "Following iOS 9.3 on iPhone 6splus update links in safari no longer open, then safari crashes -- any ideas how to fix? Same problem in Chrome," user John MacDonald posted Monday on Apple's support page on ...

NTT Data on Monday announced in a regulatory filing that it has agreed to purchase Dell's IT services business for just over US$3 billion Dell reportedly agreed to the sale to help finance its pending $67 billion purchase of EMC....

If you're looking for a quick, clean and classy Linux distro, look no further than theApricity OS beta. Either of the two available flavors -- GNOME or Cinnamon -- is sure to give you a pleasant computing experience....

Pebble -- once viewed as the little smartwatch company that could -- last week cut its worldwide workforce by 25 percent, according to news reports That's reportedly about 40 people, but actual figures are hard to come by because Pebble is privately held....

Microsoft on Monday unveiled its version of a teleporter, called "holoportation," which was designed to transmit 3D models of people anywhere in the world Holoportation -- which leverages camera arrays for scanning -- compresses, transmits and reconstructs the 3D scans to Microsoft's HoloLens and other head-mounted displays....

After a bitter legal battle over encryption and privacy rights, the Department of Justice on Monday announced it would back out of its case against Apple because the FBI was able to crack the code of the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters The department had asked a federal magistrate judge in California to force Apple to...

Broadband Internet service providers are wary of a government plan to impose consumer privacy protection regulations on the sector TheFederal Communications Commission likely will issue the proposed regulations by Friday. It will accept public comment on the proposal before taking final action....

A Chinese aviation and aerospace businessman last week pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to steal sensitive military and export-controlled data from major U.S. defense contractors and send the information to China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin, a resident of the People'...

Google, which lags far behind Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud infrastructure services space, last week released a slew of machine learning and analytics products and services The Cloud Machine Learning platform provides access through REST APIs to the technologies powering Google Now, Google Photos and voice recognition in Google Search....

The first reviews of theOculus Rift surfaced Monday, and reviewers praised the potential of the virtual reality system while pointing out some obvious concerns The headset display is well-crafted and durable, but drawbacks include the cost -- US$600 -- and the fact that it requires a powerful gaming system to run it, according to some reviews....

Following Apple's announcement last week, I noticed a number of reports on how disappointed customers were that there was nothing they wanted to wait in line for hours to buy. I personally thought they should have been excited about that, because I hate to stand in lines. I've never really figured out an Apple fanatic's penchant for pain. Still, ...

Microsoft last week apologized for its Tay chatbot's bad behavior. It took the machine learning system offline, only 24 hours into its short life, after Twitter trolls got it to deny the Holocaust and elicit pro-Nazi and anti-feminist remarks "We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay, which do not represent who w...