July 5, 2009
In 1817 Benjamin Franklin wrote that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, expect death and taxes.” While the inevitability of both death and taxes are as definite today as they were almost 200 years ago, I believe that we can now add a third certainty to life: Search. For as sure [...]
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May 21, 2009
Wolfram|Alpha finally launched last week, after months and months of speculation about this latest ‘Google killer’. All along Wolfram|Alpha have been keen to stress that they are not the same as Google and that they are a computational knowledge engine, rather than a search engine. But what does this mean? Simply, Wolfram|Alpha tries to provide [...]
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