Wolfram Alpha launch date set  The date has now been set for the
launch of Wolfram Alpha, the new search engine set to rival
Google's dominance in the market.  In a blog post, the company
has confirmed: "We plan to launch late next week, with the
official date now set for 18 May".  As many of you will know,
Wolfram Alpha is a "computational knowledge engine" created by
British computer scientist Stephen Wolfram, creator of
Mathematica, that will be able to compute the answer to any
factual question.  This means the new search engine should be
capable of understanding what it is you are asking and be able
to calculate a precise answer to your query, rather than just
returning a list of relevant links.