Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Google rival hailed as Web 3.0 pioneer

By Vineetha Menon on Monday, May 2009
Move over Google, there’s a new search engine in town. Expected to launch later this month, Wolfram Alpha can understand and respond to questions directly instead of displaying a list of search results based on specific search queries that Google is presently known for.
It’s the brainchild of scientist Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, famous for his previous creations: Mathematica and A New Kind of Science.

Web 3.0 is characterised by ‘intelligent’ web applications that use natural language processing as well as machine-based learning and reasoning, which Wolfram Alpha incorporates.

“I think it’s going to be pretty exciting. A new paradigm for using computers and the web,” wrote Wolfram in a company blog posting that announced the launch of the search engine.
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