One thing that seems clear is that, with technology available that is free and powerful and hardware-agnostic, technology that previously has ruled the ed-tech roost can’t survive for much longer. I’m ...

Electronics takes a lot of math. Once you’ve mastered all the algebra and calculus, though, it is sometimes a drag to go through the motions. It also can be error-prone. But these days, you have ...

Wolfram Alpha is an astonishingly powerful piece of software that helps you find nearly any piece of factual information you could want. Sounds an awful lot like Google, doesn't it? It's actually an ...

IBM calls its know-it-all computer "Watson" and now, there is an app for that -- using another computer named "Wolfram Alpha." Richard Hart reports on the Drive To Discover a computer that can ...

I spent quite a few hours querying search terms within WolframAlpha's engine. The search term "H20" returned the formula for water, as well as a nice molecular representation. Entering "time" gives ...

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The much-hyped Wolfram Alpha launches Friday night, and it has Internet-goers howling with anticipation. But the new search engine's business model could prove to be a real dog.

Even diehard WolframAlpha fans may balk slightly at the $50 asking price. Then they, like me, might balk some more as they try to figure out why a mobile version of what’s in essence a free search ...

CNET News editor Rafe Needleman and reporter Stephen Shankland discuss their ups and downs with the search engine that computes. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...