Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but it gets even smarter when it's paired with Bing.
Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but its new partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine is even smarter.
Microsoft is rolling out some enhancements to Bing including results that draw on Wolfram Alpha's technology
Microsoft is rolling out some enhancements to its Bing search engine, including some that rely on computational information delivered by Wolfram Alpha.
The US$49.99 iPhone app appears to offer the same (impressive) functions as the Website.
Wolfram Alpha, the online computational engine, is now available as an iPhone application that serves as a graphing calculator, calorie counter, international economic index, astronomy guide, currency converter, stock information tool, and more -- but portability for that impressive functionality comes with an impressive price of US$49.99.
Analysts say Google has been rock solid but Microsoft (Bing?), WolframAlpha taking aim
The release of Wolfram Alpha Inc.'s WolframAlpha fact engine last week and the expected unveiling of Microsoft Corp.'s new search engine tomorrow are creating some unease for longtime search champ Google Inc.
Just the facts, Ma'am: WolframAlpha is less a search engine than an answer engine
After much online chatter and media buildup, WolframAlpha is up and running, promising to take online search in a whole new direction.
It was able to find quickly how many calories are in a serving of cocoa puffs, what day of the week I was born on, and PC World's circulation
Wolfram Alpha is online for testing throughout the weekend, in anticipation of the online knowledge base officially going live on Monday.
Wolfram Alpha can't help you find movie times, the best deal on a netbook, or a link to the latest viral video like Google can
The natural-language search engine Wolfram Alpha is expected to launch May 18 and more details about the site are emerging. Most notably, Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Alpha's creator and the brain behind the computational software Mathematica, says his site is not the next Google killer, but an add-on for your Web searches.
Web tool offers answers rather than search results
A web tool that answers questions directly rather than offering a list of search results could become as popular as Google, according to its inventor.
