After much speculation, the Wolfram Alpha project has arrived. Hailed as a rival (and indeed, successor) to Google, the Wolfram Alpha is a ‘computation knowledge engine’ rather than a search engine and wants to change the way people use online data. The plan is to give users direct answers to questions, rather than directing them [...]

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, is the computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Not satisfied with a bit of web 2.0 social interaction, Sir Tim’s vision for next generation of web sites and services involves developing applications that are capable of computing semantic searches, so called web 3.0.
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According to MSN news the World Wide Web is 15 today, but the BBC dates this anniversary as far back as the 5th of August 2006. Windows communication foundation recognises the release of the first web browser celebrating its 15 years on the April 22, 1993. However today is the anniversary of when web technology [...]

January is traditionally the month of bank account hangovers and press speculation  over the year ahead.
So what Web applications and trends will make it big in 2008? In this post the RWW authors ruminate on the current trends in Web technology and look forward to what 2008 might bring us. Topics include Google, semantic web, [...]

For many Google has solved the problem of searching the web. But not everyone is happy with the way it works and the results it gives. In this article on the BBC website Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia encylopedia, talks to the BBC about his new venture - Wikia Search.
Billed as an open source [...]