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Heapr Searches Google, Twitter, Wolfram Alpha And Wikipedia

10:30AM Angus Kidman | Search engine aggregators which combine results from multiple sites are nothing that new, but Heapr combines the expected Google results with Twitter, Wolfram Alpha and Wikipedia for a pretty contemporary mix of results. More »
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Use Wolfram Alpha As A Writing Tool

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Wolfram Alpha, the “computational knowledge engine” that’s steadily updating, has a good but hidden use as a word and language tool for use while writing. In other words, it can be a smart and snappy thesaurus/dictionary/translator/anagram tool. More »
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Goofram Neatly Combines Google And Wolfram Results

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | As soon as Wolfram Alpha launched as a computational knowledge engine, avid searchers hacked up tools to combine its results with standard Google searches. The Goofram site is a clean-looking site that does all that mashing for you. More »
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Wolfram Alpha Releases First Broad Updates And More

3:30AM Adam Pash | We recently took a first look at Wolfram Alpha’s “computational knowledge engine.” Now Wolfram has announced its first series of updates aiming to improve the already impressive search engine’s capabilities. More »
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Google Squared Goes Live, Formats Searches Into Spreadsheet

8:00AM Adam Pash | Google Labs today released Google Squared, which, according to the search giant, “constructs a table of facts about any search category you specify”—though some searches produce distinctly better results than others. More »
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Alpha Google Adds Computational Answers To Google Results

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | You’ve heard all about it, you’ve probably given it a spin, and maybe added it as a search plugin. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could get Wolfram Alpha’s “computational knowledge” at the same time as Google results? This Firefox extension makes it so. More »
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Search Wolfram Alpha From The Firefox Search Box

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): So you’ve taken a look through Wolfram Alpha’s impressive computational knowledge engine and find yourself using it constantly? Save time with a Firefox search plugin to make it easier to search. More »
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First Look At Wolfram Alpha’s Impressive Knowledge Computation

5:00AM Gina Trapani | How many football fields would fit between the Earth and the sun? What’s the likelihood of getting 2 heads in 10 coin flips? One search engine calculates all that on the fly and more. More »