Google's shouting loudly about it's new almost-as-fast-as-you-think Instant search powers, and it is indeed clever. But a programmer worked out how to do this for Microsoft a year ago. Could Bing have beaten Google?READ»
For years Google's search engine has ruled the Web story-finding world, but its interface is far from perfect: Even with the new voice-recognition front-end, it's not like asking an expert to answer your question. Enter IBM with ...READ»
Ever wonder how STD rates change over time in the US? Well, Google has you covered. The search giant recently developed the public data explorer in its experimental labs. The public data experiment aggregates and...READ»
Microsoft's Bing just keeps getting more interesting: The latest news is that Microsoft recently closed a deal with WolframAlpha's management to get some of Wolfram's impressive sciencey "fact calculation" goodness showing in Bing's ...READ»
A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion about climate change where former Vice President Al Gore referred to the United States as an oil "junkie." At the time, it occurred to me that Americans have another ...READ»
With the launch of the iPhone version of new search engine WolframAlpha, we've decided to pit it against Google in the ultimate test: Which is best for helping you cheat at quizzes?
You're familiar with the scene. You're at a ...READ»
When Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft's Bing search service last week, he said it was due June 3. But Bing has already gone live, and we took it for a test drive. Is it a threat to Google?READ»
We heard rumors the other day, and Steve Ballmer officially revealed the existence of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, during the D7 conference.
The name was carefully chosen to help with the branding--it helps to have a ...READ»
Speaking in Japan yesterday, a Google spokesman confirmed that the giant search-engine company wants to offer social-networking style search results. It's Google's latest tweak, and it comes as Microsoft launches its rival Bing ...READ»
Stephen Wolfram's new knowledge engine, Wolfram Alpha goes live today, providing a new kind of search for Internet users. As a result, the Internets are alive with comments about how Alpha compares to Google. But that's something ...READ»
Google unveiled a suite of new functions for its search engine yesterday, and there's some evidence that the company is chasing down live data for its search query responses. There's also a new functionality that seems designed to ...READ»
Stephen Wolfram is a well-known figure in the sciences thanks to genius inventions like the math problem-solving software Mathematica. Now he's in the news again for a very different reason: He's trying to reinvent web search by ...READ»
