After briefly going live yesterday, Wolfram Alpha — the much anticipated fact engine — was quickly shutdown. Now the company tells us that May 18 is the official launch data.

For more about the service, see my write-up, Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”.

Postscript by Barry Schwartz: They have moved up the date to this Friday, May 15th. Read more about the launch event here.

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