Saturday, May 16, 2009

Wolfram Alpha's launch delayed amid glitches | Cutting Edge - CNET News

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Wolfram Alpha struggled to get up and rolling Friday evening under difficult conditions, as the company scaled back expectations for its performance this weekend.

The new search engine attempted to make its debut literally in the middle of the perfect storm: a tornado watch had engineers on edge in Champaign, Ill., where Wolfram Research attempted to bring the service online. However, networking and database problems also prevented the engine from launching as of 6 p.m. PDT, an hour after the company said it would go live to the world.

I’ve been exploring Alpha a bit this morning; had a few interesting results and then saw

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Wolfram Alpha's launch delayed amid glitches | Cutting Edge - CNET News

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