The Microsoft search engine Bing has signed a licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha, allowing Bing to feature results from Wolfram Alpha. It appears that nutrition information will be the first type of results to appear.
The service will be rolled out first in the US and follows the launch of the Wolfram Alpha API, which allows developers to harness the power of the knowledge-based search engine. Wolfram Alpha have also recently launched an iPhone app.
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Customers with Windows 7 on pre-order had copies arrive in the post today, 19 October, no doubt benefitting from attempts to avoid the planned UK postal strikes.
The official Windows 7 release date is October 22.
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The BT Vision PVR is a great product and in many ways preferable to a Sky+. One slight disadvantage is that like other Freeview boxes and TVs, it needs occasional retuning when the channel lineup changes. The box will normally prompt you to retune if it spots a change to the Freeview channel line-up.
Just occasionally the retuning process goes wrong and gets stuck at 0% progress. The solution to the problem is quite simple though – switch the box to standby and turn the mains off at the socket (or pull the plug out…)
Leave the box off for 10-15 sec then turn the mains back on. After the box reboots, which takes a few minutes, you can start the retuning process by pressing the ‘BT Vision’ button, going to Settings, selecting TV Settings then Add Channels to TV Guide then finally Scan for Channels.
Happy viewing!
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We’ll have to wait until Sept 2 for the final details but Nokia are about to launch their very first Netbook, called the Booklet. The basic details are similar to most of the other netbooks on the market: Intel Atom processor, 10 inch screen, weight around 1.2kg, webcam, SD card reader.
Nokia Booklet 3G netbook
Where the Booklet will score is in connectivity and battery life. Not only does the device have wifi and bluetooth but also an internal 3G modem – removing the need for an external 3G dongle. Nokia have also thrown in GPS, all on top of an impressive 12 hour battery life.
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Astonishingly a number of the Windows 7 launch partners are selling the pre-order version for even less than the cut-price £49.99 that had been expected.
The full list of launch partners can be found here. Apart from Amazon, who unusually haven’t got their act together yet and appear to be only offering the Professional version, the following are offering Windows 7 Home Premium E for £44.99, while the rest charge the full £49.99.
Comet
Ebuyer
Currys
PC World
The price of Windows 7 goes up on 10 August. Home Premium will then cost £79.99 until the end of the year and £149.99 after that. The Professional version costs £89.99 now, £189.99 from 10 August until December 31and a whopping £219.99 after that.
Buy now while stocks last!
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