Further to our blog earlier this week discussing the whys and wherefores of Wolphram Alpha, I was intrigued by this telegraph article and so I spent some time earlier this week experimenting with this ‘computational knowledge engine’.
As with most who’ve been using it, I’ve spent some time entering notable dates, famous names and mathematical equations. [...]
Topic Archives: search engine
Wolfram Alpha - A Search Engine with Personality?
May 22, 2009 – 4:53 pm
New search engine strives to be part of social media’s future
April 21, 2009 – 5:08 pm
First we had Cuil, developed by experienced ex-Googlers and now there is another search engine trying to break up Google’s market share. Oparla arrived on 14th April, birthed by 29-year-old Internet entrepreneur Daniel Jupp, founder of online SEM consultancy company Apple Jupp Media Ltd.
Whereas with Cuil, the unique selling point was the interface and the [...]
Why rate the web?
December 31, 2008 – 10:48 am
The UK culture secretary Andy Burnham told reporters just before christmas that it would be a good idea to introduce film style age ratings for the web. Under the banner of ‘internet safeguards’ he suggested that the government is looking at a number of ways to draw up ‘standards of conduct’ for international websites. Apparently, [...]
Will Carocean.co.uk Sink or Swim?
July 31, 2008 – 8:25 am
Now I love my cars, I really do. It’s like a curse, I really can’t help it. Spending an early Saturday morning trailing the classifieds on Pistonheads.com is a sad and lonely pass time (with one eye on the penny jar) which I enjoy. So when I heard that a new ‘Car [...]
