One Man’s Answer By Barrett Sheridan, NEWSWEEK (May 16)
Wolfram Alpha -- "Wolfram says his creation is not so much a search engine as a "computational knowledge engine." It has a single input field, like a search engine, but users can pose complex questions. What is the date of the next total solar eclipse visible from Paris? (Answer: Sept. 23, 2090.)"
Background on the physicist Stephen Wolfram and his reasons for developing the Alpha - in his word, "a new paradigm for using computers and the Web."
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