New software system expected to bring revolutionary change to Internet

New software making its debut this month is being heralded as a revolutionary development that could put Google to shame and represent a first step toward a global source of information that understands and responds to ordinary language. The system, called Wolfram Alpha, not only will be able to answer questions such as "How high is Mount Everest?" but it will be able to instantly calculate questions such as comparing the height of Mount Everest to the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, or tell what the weather in London was like the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Independent (London), The | 05/03

This story published in NAW SmartBrief on 05/11/2009

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