Wolfram Alpha vs Google

It has not had its public release yet (the website says that it is "launching in May 2009," but does not yet work), but Google may get a run for its money with the new Wolfram Alpha search engine. The idea behind this engine is to give an answer to a question directly rather than display a list of websites. The answers will come from information in a number databases. Unlike most search engines today the engine will focus on natural language rather than search terms in order to figure out the data it thinks you are looking for.

Read more about it at the BBC.

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