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Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha (also written as WolframAlpha and Wolfram|Alpha) is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might. It was announced in March 2009 by Stephen Wolfram, and was released to the public on May 15, 2009.

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Wolfram Alpha shows flights overhead

Wolfram Alpha, the online search service launched two years ago, now lets inquiring minds in the United States find out what flights happen to be overhead at any given moment.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 21

Wolfram Alpha answer engine best of show at SXSW

A new Wolfram Alpha search engine that delivers factual answers to online queries instead of links to Web pages won top honors late Sunday at the South By South West (SXSW) awards ceremony.

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Promising new trends in Web search engines

The Internet is a vastly different place than it was 15 years ago, but the way consumers search it has changed very little.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Review: Flaws in Web's much-touted WolframAlpha

(AP) -- When a free Web service called WolframAlpha launches in the coming days, the general public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders buzzing because of its ...

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Wolfram Alpha 'Knowledge Engine' is Like a Modern Farmer's Almanac

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, there's a lot of hype and skepticism surrounding the latest "Google rival," a so-called search engine named Wolfram Alpha. In the near future, anyone with Internet access will be ...

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 5 weblog

Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (35) | comments 17 weblog