Wolfram|Alpha will be on-line within 3 days now.

[Everlast]

Wolfram Alpha is a natural search engine, which filters information and data stored in its own vast databases to answer specific search queries, such as the GDP of Mexico, or a list of English counties. The aim is to return a single search result with the right answer, rather than a list of thousands of web pages which may or may not contain the information needed, as is the case with other search engines, like Yahoo! and Google.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandte ... onday.html

[Fartingbob]

They honestly think people will want 1 search result or answer returned? Even if it does give the information you were looking for, choice does not hurt in this field.

[Everlast]

http://www.wolframalpha.com online earlier than scheduled.

Tested some questions:
Q: how much fat in an egg
A: 4.2grams

Q: 1 + 2
A: 3

Q: what is the meaning of life?
A: 42 (according to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

Also just put in my name and its showed my name rank in the US, a graph that showed what year my name was most popular, how many people with my name are alive today, etc, etc.

This isn't a replacement for google or other search engines, this is just a new system that has its own uses and yes I do believe sometimes people want one true result answer instead of 100's of fake ones who just added a extra search tag so they could get more hits.