Web tool 'as important as Google' : BBC NEWS

A web tool that 'could be as important as Google', according to some experts, has been shown off to the public.


Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram.

The free program aims to answer questions directly, rather than display web pages in response to a query like a search engine.

The "computational knowledge engine", as the technology is known, will be available to the public from the middle of May this year.

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