Wolfram Alpha, bigger then Google?
Where Google is a system for FINDING things that we as a civilization collectively publish, Wolfram Alpha is for ANSWERING questions about what we as a civilization collectively know.
…Wolfram Alpha actually computes the answers to a wide range of questions — like questions that have factual answers such as “What country is Timbuktu in?” or “How many protons are in a hydrogen atom?” or “What is the average rainfall in Seattle?”
Wow. There are many sites competing for our search clicks and queries; Live, Google, Ask, Mahalo and many others to name a few. And each has tried to put a unique spin or twist on it to provide extra value and win us over. Wolfram Alpha approach of actually determining the correct answer, as opposed to pointing me to a document that might have the answer is a game changer. It is being called a Computational Knowledge Engine for the web and the service is scheduled to go live in May, and I could not be more excited.
Read the full article : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-computes-answers-to-factual-questions-this-is-going-to-be-big/