Wolfram|Alpha, a "Computational Search Engine", will launch on May 18, giving people access to a wealth of "computable" facts and algorithms. It takes queries in simple English and produces all sorts of results in the form of tables, charts and diagrams.
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An interesting effort from Australia to locate the 26-letter English alphabet on Google Maps.
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Tags: Aerial Imagery, Art, Geography, Google, Photograph
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Google Inc. has hired 200 goats to graze its fields to eat grass and weeds and to fertilize the soil as a low-carbon alternative to mowing lawn.
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Tags: Environment, Goat, Google, Green, Outsourcing, Unemployment
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Go Chrome… and Never Look Back
Once I tried the Google Chrome browser I was impressed with its speed and lightweight impact on the system resources. In spite of the essential features that it still lacks, it's currently my default browser.
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Tags: Browser, Chrome, Firefox, Google, Performance
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