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Google adds new depth to complicated searches
News By checking other Web pages for related content as a search is performed, Google says it can handle complicated queries better. Also allows for longer text snippets.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Refinement, Web Page, Google Inc., Wolfram Research, Search Engine, Search Result, Search Technology, blog
Cooperative computing finds top prime number
News An effort in which hundreds of people donate their computers' unused processing power has uncovered the largest prime number so far known.
Adobe software to plug into grid computing
News Adobe Systems has signed a deal with GridIron Software that will enable its video effects software to tap into spare computing power on a network.
Tags: Networking, Business applications, grid computing
Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha
News Microsoft's search engine has reached some sort of deal with Wolfram Alpha to display Wolfram content in Bing search results, although details are still unclear.
Tags: Web browsers, Business applications, Search, Web services, Branding, Wolfram Research, stock price, TechCrunch, founder, licensing deal
Wolfram Alpha gets supercomputer boost
News Two supercomputers--one of them the 66th fastest in the world at present--will power the Wolfram Alpha site for search, calculation, and data crunching.
Tags: Processors, Business applications, Wolfram Research, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell PowerEdge, Server, processor, supercomputer, Dell Computer Corp., Processors
Wolfram Alpha launches amid glitches
News Myriad problems prevented Wolfram Alpha from going live last week as planned, but the new search engine finally launched a few hours later.
Tags: Search, Twitter, Wolfram Research, Database, Search Engine, EPIC, performance, founder, Illinois, data center
Mathematica 7 arrives with built-in human genome
News The newest version of the software gets new data sets, image processing abilities, and built-in support for quad-core chips.
Tags: Processors, Software, Genome, Image Processing, Wolfram Research, 3D, marketing research, digital image, processor, News.com
Apple OS X security fix busts 64-bit support
News Most recent fixes patch flaws in the operating system, but they also break support for some applications.
Tags: Security Management, Security applications/tools, Mac OS
Fuzzy math in Google tool
News news analysis The search engine's built-in calculator has some troubles with big numbers. So do we all, but this is a company that named itself after a really big number.
Tags: Web sites, Math, Google Inc., Search Engine, Tool, software, processor, handheld, job applicant, job
Last week in security
News It seemed harmless at first, but mutant versions of Zotob turned out nasty. Are warring hackers to blame?
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Operating systems
Apple developers cautiously upbeat on Intel
News Some developers of software for the Mac will have an easy transition to Intel chips; others will find it more difficult.
Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Mac OS
