Wolfram Alpha, the supposed Google killer that was hyped as being able to understand natural language queries, launched today. Let’s check it out.
The site helpfully suggests some things to try, like a date. OK, we’ll type in my birthday.
Not bad, not bad, it shows me how many years, months, weeks and days ago that day [...]
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Stumping Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha: Google killer?
We’ve all heard promises before of a search engine that would blow Google’s socks off, and we’ve all heard promises before of an interface that could answer natural-language queries. (Jeeves, anyone?) So until we get our own hands on Wolfram Alpha, we won’t know for sure whether it’s overhyped or it’s the real deal.
Wolfram Alpha [...]