[Skunkworks] tool that could be as important as Google

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm ..............The free program aims to answer questions directly, rather than display web pages in response to a query like a search engine. The "computational knowledge engine", as the technology is known, will be available to the public from the middle of May this year....... http://www.wolframalpha.com/