Wolfram|Alpha creator Stephen Wolfram did an interesting compare and contrast with his answer engine and the way IBM's Watson Jeopardy supercomputer operates. Stephen Wolfram is the creator of ...

Stephen Wolfram, the man behind computing-application Mathematica and the search engine Wolfram Alpha, has a short attention span that's married to a long-term outlook. When asked what his favorite ...

The data search and computation engine Wolfram Alpha has gone live. The web-based application, which is billed as a 'computational knowledge engine', went live for testing on Friday and was officially ...

Wolfram Alpha is probably the most useful site on the internet. It's not a search engine, it's not an encyclopedia, and it's not a calculator, but it's a little bit of all of that. It's really the ...

Wolfram Alpha is set to launch Friday, and creator Stephen Wolfram has published a great screencast that demonstrates the strengths of his new tool. I've watched the entire screencast, and I've read ...

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 ...

The already much discussed Wolfram Alpha official launch is Monday May 18, though the company has said they plan a “soft launch” starting tonight, with access gradually becoming available to everyone ...

On Wednesday, February 8th, Wolfram Alpha will be adding a new, “Pro” option to its already existing services. Priced at a very reasonable $4.99 a month ($2.99 for students), the new services includes ...

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 ...

Running in command line on a Raspberry Pi, Steven Wolfram’s invaluable laboratory software is being expanded into a logic and knowledge engine that can operate locally or in the cloud. “I think in its ...