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Like it or not, Valentine's Day is upon us. Whether you revel in the celebration of love or are put off by the commercialization of the holiday, you'll probably be compelled to do something about it or in retaliation of it, even if you're doing it "ironically," as Xkcd eloquently put it. In that light... |
13 February 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Wolfram Alpha, the knowledge engine that has been pitted against Google despite not being very similar, is ready to take it to the next level. The paid level that is, with the introduction of Wolfram Alpha Pro, a paid service that goes beyond text queries and can analyze images, audio files, even 3D objects. Wolfram... |
7 February 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Google search has just unveiled a rather interesting new feature, a graphing calculator. For single variable trigonometric, exponential or logarithmic functions, you get a nice SVG graph to help with your math homework. But you can have a bit of fun with it as well, as some functions will generate very interesting g... |
6 December 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Google is introducing a very cool new feature for math geeks and students alike, a graphical calculator built into the search engine. The calculator is able to plot several mathematical functions, even at the same time. The graph is displayed as an SVG and you can zoom in and out to see more details or get a perspec... |
6 December 2011
04:55 GMT |
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Wolfram Alpha hasn't exactly taken the search world by storm, but then again, it was not supposed to. The computational search engine has been a hit with geeks, scientists and anyone looking for hard answers.It's been evolving since launch, adding more capabilities and enhancing its existing ones, and now i... |
18 November 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Stephen Wolfram has posted ‘a few memories’ about Steve Jobs on his blog, revealing that his Mathematica project has been influenced by the Apple co-founder’s clear way of thinking.
Wolfram gained notoriety in the ‘80s when he showed off his computational software called Mathematica.
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7 October 2011
07:29 GMT |
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Microsoft has expanded the partnership with Wolfram Research in order to make Bing capable of answering real questions from users through Wolfram|Alpha. The evolution of the marriage between Bing and Wolfram|Alpha means that users will be able to receive accurate information on inquiries related to a much larger rang... |
10 August 2010
09:59 GMT |
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In May 2009, when I asked the father of Wolfram|Alpha, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, Stephen Wolfram, whether search giants had shown any interest in the computational knowledge engine that was about to be launched, the answer was a positive one. On November 11, 2009, Microsoft confirmed interest in Wo... |
12 November 2009
06:01 GMT |
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The Wolfram Alpha search engine was launched to quite a bit of hype several months ago but the buzz has since dropped considerably along with the traffic numbers. The project is far from completion of course – it is labeled an alpha after all – and the launch was meant only to help the team better test an... |
16 October 2009
07:19 GMT |
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The web as we known it now can be incredibly useful but it's also incredibly chaotic. Many have been clamoring about the next phase of the web, the semantic web, which adds meaning to all of the data scattered around and some are trying slightly different approaches at organizing the information. One such projec... |
13 October 2009
09:08 GMT |
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The recent days have seen a great increase in rumors of a Bing and Wolfram Alpha collaboration. TechCrunch, ZDNet, Cnet and Search Engine Land have reported that a possible licensing deal has been reached between the two search engines. Nobody wants to see a monopoly in any kind of activity domain, and for sure users... |
24 August 2009
10:37 GMT |
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A couple of months ago Wolfram Alpha was launched with much fanfare. The new search engine tried to be different and for the most part it succeeded. But different doesn't necessarily mean better and, while it did bring some very interesting features to the table, it failed to get much traction and traffic number... |
21 August 2009
10:55 GMT |
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The amount of online data is increasing exponentially and everyone trying to keep track of it is having a harder time doing so. Even Google isn't having it any easier and it has acknowledged that the current keyword-based search won't be able to keep up for long. Adding structure to the data online, using i... |
4 June 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Wolfram Alpha has been in the news for a while with people intrigued by its unique approach to online searching. It was finally launched last week, but has the buzz been justified? Apparently, it's on its way to reaching 100 million queries so it looks like the search engine might enjoy the spotlight for a while... |
25 May 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Google revealed a bunch of new search features and products at the second Searchology event last week, some of which have already been implemented and are available to anyone using the search engine while some were just previewed and will be available on Google Labs.Marrissa Mayer, vice president of search products a... |
22 May 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Google was one of the best things that happened to the Internet, a large number of experts are not afraid to admit. But it would seem, others say, that the age of simply searching for terms on the World Wide Web is coming to a rather abrupt end. Demand from surfers now concerns having their questions answered as soon... |
30 April 2009
09:25 GMT |
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