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HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 12:42 PM
Wolfram Alpha, Bing, Koogle; will anybody be using these?

chucky chuckaluck
June 15th, 2009, 12:45 PM
what's bing and what's koogle? not this stuff, is it?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Chocolate_Koogle_Jar.jpg

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 12:47 PM
what's bing and what's koogle? not this stuff, is it?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Chocolate_Koogle_Jar.jpg

Koogle information can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55D0UQ20090614

Bing is windows new search engine:
http://www.bing.com/

Tibuda
June 15th, 2009, 12:49 PM
I thought Koogle was a Google frontend for KDE. But I don't think we can talk about what Koogle is.

ELD
June 15th, 2009, 12:49 PM
Koogle information can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55D0UQ20090614

Bing is windows new search engine:
http://www.bing.com/

I think he was joking hence the amusing picture :P

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 12:50 PM
I think he was joking hence the amusing picture :P
I got the joke, btw that Koogle is expired June, 06, 1975.

ELD
June 15th, 2009, 12:51 PM
I got the joke, btw that Koogle is expired June, 06, 1975.

Heh didn't seem like it with a serious post with linkys, ah well :P

chucky chuckaluck
June 15th, 2009, 12:59 PM
i was joking, in part, but i'd never heard of them for real. i found bing and thought "meh". having nothing to hide from google stalker, i like their stuff, so it would have to be something distinctly better if i were to stop using google. keyboardr is kind of neat, but i see it as essentially a google tool. thanks for the links.

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 01:01 PM
i was joking, in part, but i'd never heard of them for real. i found bing and thought "meh". having nothing to hide from google stalker, i like their stuff, so it would have to be something distinctly better if i were to stop using google. keyboardr is kind of neat, but i see it as essentially a google tool. thanks for the links.

Doing some searching for Koogle, I think it is an online hoax picked up by Reuters.

So far I can find Bing and Wolfram Alpha but No Koogle.

hatten
June 15th, 2009, 02:15 PM
You did not select an option to vote for. Please press back to return to the poll and choose an option before voting.meh, i selected none!

.Maleficus.
June 15th, 2009, 02:18 PM
If Koogle is legit, then no, I won't be using it, since I'm not an Orthodox Jew, but Bing and Wolfram|Alpha might get some of my attention.

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 02:19 PM
meh, i selected none!LOL...none is not an option, the only way to win is not to vote.

ELD
June 15th, 2009, 02:19 PM
meh, i selected none!

Lol, you and me both.

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 02:20 PM
If Koogle is legit, then no, I won't be using it, since I'm not an Orthodox Jew, but Bing and Wolfram|Alpha might get some of my attention.
I seriously doubt Koogle is legit since no one has posted a URL.

.Maleficus.
June 15th, 2009, 02:21 PM
I seriously doubt Koogle is legit since no one has posted a URL.
I just went there - koogle.co.il. I can't read Hebrew so I have no idea what any of it says.

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 02:24 PM
I just went there - koogle.co.il. I can't read Hebrew so I have no idea what any of it says.
So it does exist! I wonder why none of the news articles online posted a link?

Koogle (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&u=http://www.koogle.co.il/&ei=Fks2Sq2qMYPGMrDxgPsJ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkoogle.co.il%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DRqr) translated by Google.

about Koogle (http://74.125.127.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=iw&u=http://www.koogle.co.il/%25D7%2590%25D7%2595%25D7%2593%25D7%2595%25D7%25AA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkoogle.co.il%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DRqr&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhjWeC-CMED53OJKOioiR3xmVEqZrg) again translated by Google.

.Maleficus.
June 15th, 2009, 02:26 PM
So it does exist! I wonder why none of the news articles online posted a link?

Koogle (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&u=http://www.koogle.co.il/&ei=Fks2Sq2qMYPGMrDxgPsJ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkoogle.co.il%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DRqr) translated by Google.
Dude... I got the link from your news post :D.

HappinessNow
June 15th, 2009, 02:28 PM
Dude... I got the link from your news post :D.Really? I must have completely missed it! :p

billgoldberg
June 15th, 2009, 02:30 PM
I have no idea what Koogle is, but I'll check it out.

Bing is a good search engine.

Wolfram Alpha, however isn't even a search engine.

It's more of an advanced encyclopedia/calculator/knowlegde database.

edit: Koogle :


Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now 'Koogle' it on a new 'kosher' search engine, the site manager said yesterday.
That one?

Because I wouldn't use that even if someone hold a gun to my head for moral reasons.

Kopachris
June 15th, 2009, 02:39 PM
Wolfram|Alpha is really going to help me through calculus next school year. I already use it every now and then. M$'s commercials for Bing made it look really promising, but I tried the phrase "blender snow" (referring to the FOSS 3D modeler, Blender), and the only tutorial I got was a single video tutorial. I tried the same thing in Google and I immediately got several good tutorials right at the top. I'm sticking with Google for now.

JordyD
June 15th, 2009, 02:50 PM
I selected Koogle. I thought it was supposed to be Google.

I've never heard of Wolfram Alpha.

HappinessNow
June 16th, 2009, 12:07 PM
I selected Koogle. I thought it was supposed to be Google.

I've never heard of Wolfram Alpha.Wolfram Alpha may have never heard of you. ;)

redserpent7
June 24th, 2009, 12:21 PM
I simply like Bing b/c it gives me multiple solutions for my search term while wolfram seems more one sided.

Sublime Porte
June 24th, 2009, 02:33 PM
Koogle (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&u=http://www.koogle.co.il/&ei=Fks2Sq2qMYPGMrDxgPsJ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkoogle.co.il%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DRqr) translated by Google.

Koogle (http://www.koogle.co.il/English/) translated by just clicking the little English language icon (ie. U.S flag).

HappinessNow
June 27th, 2009, 07:56 AM
Koogle (http://www.koogle.co.il/English/) translated by just clicking the little English language icon (ie. U.S flag).
Thanks! :P

RPG Master
June 27th, 2009, 08:23 AM
None of them. I use Cuil (http://www.cuil.com) :)

HappinessNow
June 27th, 2009, 08:36 AM
None of them. I use Cuil (http://www.cuil.com) :)

Cuil is cool, thanks.