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Nova Spivack interviews Wolfram Alpha's Russell Foltz-Smith

Radar Networks attracted a fair degree of attention with their roll-out of Twine, and the company's CEO has built a reputation as one of the more thoughtful thinkers in the space. Nova took to the stage at the Semantic Technology Conference today, not to talk about his own company or...

Tags: Knowledge, Wolfram Research, Ontology, Nova Spivack, Strategy, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Mathematica 7.0.1 (Mac)

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wolfram Research, Research & Development, Productivity, Development Tools, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-03-03

Mathematica 6.0 (Windows)

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

Tags: Wolfram Research, Research & Development, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Development Tools, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-05-19

Mathematica to go Web 2.0

The O'Reilly School of Technology (a partnership between the University of Illinois and O'Reilly Media) will begin offering online courses using a new AJAX-based implementation of Mathematica. According to an article on the O'Reilly School's website, [The Web 2.0 version of Mathematica] will have extremely high...

Tags: Web, Wolfram Research, Mathematica, AJAX, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Students Integrate Tablet PCs Into High School Math Curriculum to Improve Learning

Torrey Pines High School wanted to integrate Wolfram Research's Mathematica 6.0 technical computing software into its curriculum to answer the needs of its advanced mathematics students. Microsoft and Lenovo partnered with Wolfram Research and deployed 30 Tablet PCs running the Windows Vista operating system for the students' full-time use. While...

Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Student, Wolfram Research, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Case studies 2007-09-10

webMathematica 2.0 (Mac)

webMathematica is the clear choice for adding interactive calculations to the web. This unique technology enables you to create websites that allow users to compute and visualize results directly from a web browser. Based on the world's leading technical computing software and proven Java Servlet technology, webMathematica is fully compatible...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Wolfram Research, Technical Computing, webMathematica, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2003-05-22

Mathematica 4.2 (Mac)

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wolfram Research, Research & Development, Productivity, Development Tools, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2002-06-24

CalculationCenter 1.0 (Mac)

CalculationCenter is the new easy-to-learn, easy-to-use solution for getting your calculations done. Based on more than four years of development, CalculationCenter introduces a new interface concept that gets you calculating in as little as 10 minutes. And without learning syntax or reading a manual, you'll be ready to use...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wolfram Research, CalculationCenter

Software downloads 2001-03-06

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Wolfram Alpha announces Homework Day-Sounds fun, eh?

We haven't heard much from Wolfram Alpha lately, what with Bing actually gaining a bit of market share. However, Alpha certainly hasn't gone anywhere and, in fact, remains a valuable tool for fact-finding and research. To emphasize this, Wolfram announced the first annual Homework Day today. While...

Tags: Wolfram Alpha, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Semantic Web Gang podcast discusses Wolfram Alpha and Google's Rich Snippets

This month has seen Google announce 'Rich Snippets' and Wolfram Research release Alpha to a flurry of mainstream media coverage; both are of interest to those working on the Semantic Web. This month's episode of the Semantic Web Gang takes a look at both stories, and Gang...

Tags: Google Inc., Podcast, Mainstream Media, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Wolfram Alpha won't ask and won't tell

Wolfram Alpha won't ask and won't tellwolfram alpha wants to be a brainbut it does not have all the data to deliver all the answers.I see it more like an academic atempt to data mining rather than a search engine.it is not a search engineI have commented on Wolfram Alpha's...

Tags: INTERNET, SEARCH, Wolfram Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?yeah....we're just talking about search engines, not about having a frenzied commitment against a single company taking over your life.Just a search discussion. Deep breaths. Not a Vista thread. There you go. Clueless kid!Do you even know what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on

Wolfram Alpha: First hands-onThis looks incredible...Wow. This looks like it can (and, hopefully, will) change how data is accessed, viewed, and interpreted. It means you can waste less time learning the data and more time figuring out how to apply it to everyday life.I wish I could play with this...

Tags: Wolfram Alpha, roach

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

News to know: Office 2010 leak; Windows Mobile; Wolfram/Alpha; SOA; Zappos; ;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Mobile Dev team: 'Windows Mobile 6.5 is done' New Microsoft Office 2010 test build leaks Zack Whittaker: Screenshots:...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Microsoft Office, Wireless And Mobility, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Office Suites

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?

It seems that most people who have had the chance to use Wolfram Alpha myself included agree that it will do a few things to Google: it will drive it to innovate in semantic search and it will complement its high-volume search capabilities quite nicely. It will not, however,...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-17

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?Agreed. Tried it out.It can answer "some" questions faster then Google but still suffers the problem of you want to do further research even then to be assured Wolfram got it right. As I suspected, its much like Wikipedia; just a smaller...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine, Wolfram/Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Will Google Squared make GOOG a better research tool?

Will Google Squared make GOOG a better research tool?Long query research toolThe latest data shows that longer queries are the fastest growing segment for search, which indicates that more research is being done through public search engines like Google versus paid search like LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, etc.The biggest challenge is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SEARCH, tool, Google Inc., DeepDyve, longer query, Google Squared

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Will Google Squared make GOOG a better research tool?

Even in the face of Wolfram Alpha, no one will deny that Google is a powerful research tool for our students. However, teasing out truly useful results can be challenging at best from the millions of pages returned by the average search. In response to this, Google revealed...

Tags: Google Inc., Tool, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-13

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared

Google executives argued that "understanding people, health, communication, education and knowledge" is the next frontier of search. At its annual Searchology powwow Tuesday, a series of executives led by Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience, unveiled Google's latest efforts in search refinement, including...

Tags: Google Inc., Marissa Mayer, Productivity, Search, Internet, Mobile Applications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-12