Microsoft is set to fully launch Bing, their brand new search engine on Wednesday 3 June [Update: MS says launch date is now today!]. But don’t call it a ‘search engine’; call it a ‘decision engine’ says Microsoft. Bing’s results page look remarkably like Google’s or Yahoo’s, but it will also include a set of… Continue reading Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine launches Wed 3 Jun 2009
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Wolfram Alpha promises computing that answers questions
Computer scientist, Stephen Wolfram, feels that he has put together at least the initial version of a computer that actually answers factual questions, a la Star Trek’s ship computers. His version will be found on their Web-based application, Wolfram Alpha. What does this mean? Well instead of returning links to pages that may (or may… Continue reading Wolfram Alpha promises computing that answers questions