Should we say farewell to Google?

The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before.

The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before.

The new system, Wolfram Alpha, showcased at Harvard University in the US last week, takes the first step towards what many consider to be the internet’s Holy Grail – a global store of information that understands and responds to ordinary language in the same way a person does.

Although the system is still new, it has already produced massive interest and excitement among technology pundits and internet watchers.

Computer experts believe the new search engine will be an evolutionary leap in the development of the internet.

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Yahoo! News reports that all major American newspapers – except for the Wall Street Journal – are losing readers. Fast.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that average daily circulation declined 7.1 percent in the October-March period from the same six-month span in 2007-2008.| MORE ›

Dutch journalist Alberto Stegeman of the SBS network discovered last week that the Dutch government is subsidizing a ‘help-website’ for pedophiles. The ‘help’ consists out of advise on how to hide childporn on your computer from authorities.| MORE ›

The troubled New York Times Co. threatened to shut down the Boston Globe yesterday:

The New York Times Co. has threatened to shut the Boston Globe unless the newspaper’s unions swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, union leaders said.

Executives from the Times Co.| MORE ›