computation engine

Wolfram Alpha, the “knowledge engine” that helps you find specific factual information in ways that Google can’t, has fallen out of the headlines somewhat after i

This week’s social media news was dominated by three stories: the launch of Facebook Usernames, the activation of Twitter Verified Accounts, and the announcement of Apple’s iPhone 3G S.

Mashable brought you all this news, including live coverage of the Usernames launch from Facebook HQ.

Last Friday, Wolfram Alpha had its soft launch via live video.

Since then, the Mathematica-based tool has skyrocketed in traffic.

Wolfram Alpha, the brand new search engine - or “computation engine” - that introduces a totally new way to search the web, launches in a live webcast tonight on Justin.tv.

As we mentioned previously, the service is trying hard to avoid the “Google killer” label that led to inflated expectations for other search engines at launch.