Take the blind taste test!

A new search engine, appropriately called BlindSearch allows you to try a search simultaneously in Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Once you enter your terms, you're present with 3 (unmarked) columns of results. Just click on the one that matches your needs most closely . . . and you'll reveal the hidden identity!

It's fun -- and depending on what you put in, might yield results that are a bit surprising, too.

Coming in May

A new "computational search engine," called Wolfram|Alpha, is set to debut this month. 

According to a R/W Web post, some believe WA has the potential to be a "Google killer," although others believe it's a different sort of thing from the "traditional" Google search and serves a different purpose.  See this NYT review, too.

Wolfram|Alpha was shown recently at the Berkman Center. It looks impressive but I guess we'll have to have our data experts here in Lamont determine whether it lives up to its hype.  

And yes, the name is less than memorable -- Stephen Wolfram is the creator and company head.