For the past few weeks, the arrival of the new search engine Wolfram|Alpha was hyped as the next stage of search engine technology — a “Google-killer,” a new way to ask the Internet a direct question. So naturally, a few enterprising technology writers and bloggers wanted answers to some very specific queries when the Web site finally went live over the weekend. The “Atlantic Monthly” asked if Wolfram|Alpha knew the name of Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Tech blog Mashable asked the musical question, “How many roads must a man walk down before he can call himself a man?”
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Wolfram|Alpha Launch Sparks Cheers, Curiosity, Confusion
Posted by: Renay San Miguel May 18, 2009 11:59 AMFor the past few weeks, the arrival of the new search engine Wolfram|Alpha was hyped as the next stage of search engine technology — a “Google-killer,” a new way to ask the Internet a direct question. So naturally, a few enterprising technology writers and bloggers wanted answers to some very specific queries when the Web site finally went live over the weekend. The “Atlantic Monthly” asked if Wolfram|Alpha knew the name of Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Tech blog Mashable asked the musical question, “How many roads must a man walk down before he can call himself a man?”