A David has just arose to take on the Goliath that is Google: Wolfram|Alpha, a search engine which serves up formatted answers to questions rather than provide just a list of links. As of this writing ...

CNET News editor Rafe Needleman and reporter Stephen Shankland discuss their ups and downs with the search engine that computes. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Wolfram Alpha is opening up its data via an application programming interface. It's a good move that allows others to take advantage of collective information resources. Dave Rosenberg has more than ...

The scattered bits of information you upload to Facebook might not seem interesting on their own – a photo of a baby here, a happy birthday greeting there. But taken as a whole, your Facebook profile ...

Wolfram Alpha’s new Facebook data analysis app Answer engine Wolfram Alpha can figure out anything that can be computed — such as the distance between Earth and Mars on Valentine’s Day this year. Now, ...

Wolfram Research, the maker of the popular Mathematica computational software, has released a new platform for visualizing and interacting with complex data sets, the company announced Thursday. Using ...