6 posts and columns on Wolfram Alpha

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For Wolfram, Self-Financing Means Freedom

in Voices on December 5, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Stephen Wolfram built Wolfram Research without outside capital. That, he says, has made a huge difference.

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How Siri Really Works (Comic)

in Voices on October 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Why Robert Scoble Is Wronger About "2010 Web": A BoomTown Translation!

in News on June 2, 2009 at 12:37 pm PT

Oh, Scooby-Don’t… You could not be more wrong in your post last week–titled, “Why Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg are wrong about naming Web 3.0 ‘Web 3.0′”–about Walt and I being wrong about naming Web 3.0 “Web 3.0″ in an essay we posted at the start of our D: All Things Digital conference, which took place last week. I know writing “Kara Swisher,” “Walt Mossberg” and “Wrong” is well-nigh irresistible, but your solution of calling the digital era we are in the “2010 Web” is equally confusing and incorrect.
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