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Old 18-05-2009, 02:29 PM   #1
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Default Wolfram Alpha search engine

Has anyone heard of this?
Due to launch in OZ at the end of this week.
Supposedly a challenger to Google???

http://www.wolframalpha.com/ (Have a play with typing your B/date in).. OMG I'm almost 20,000days old!

http://video.techrepublic.com.com/24...11-295701.html

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/05/wo..._we_win-2.html

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Old 18-05-2009, 02:34 PM   #2
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Just been looking through it this morning.

The results it has been returning have been presented really well
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Old 18-05-2009, 02:40 PM   #3
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Had a look at this last week.

Makes Google look outdated provided it is done correctly.
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Old 18-05-2009, 04:17 PM   #4
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Not nearly as cool name tho....
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Old 18-05-2009, 08:22 PM   #5
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Not nearly as cool name tho....
Yeah I agree with that.

"Hang on I'll just Wolfram-Alpha it"
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Old 18-05-2009, 09:56 PM   #6
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How about "I'll just Wolf it"?

I can see how it could be useful, but it won't take away from using google to find business web pages etc.
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Old 18-05-2009, 10:08 PM   #7
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I just asked it what the 'meaning of life' is and was told the answer is '42'
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Old 19-05-2009, 01:18 PM   #8
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its cool but it's not a search engine
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