Just because, OK?

Published 12:12 am Sunday, May 17, 2009

Does not compute: A new search engine, WolframAlpha, is scheduled to launch later this week. It differs from Google and Yahoo by directly answering questions rather than listing Web sites where the answers might be found.

Neither Google nor Yahoo need worry about the competition. Wolfram’s certain to go on overload the minute a 3-year-old goes online and repeatedly types “Why?” into it.

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There’s an ap for that: The International Energy Agency warns that big screen TVs, iPods and other electronic gadgets will triple the demand for electricity by 2030 and lead to the creation of more greenhouse gases.

The Buzz has the solution and will soon submit a patent request for a head-mounted wind turbine that will power an iPod. Users do have to remember to duck coming through a door.

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Dogfacebook: The Army, from lowliest private to starriest general, has embraced online social networking sites as a way of putting a human face on the military. Gen. Ray Odierno updates his Facebook page daily from Iraq, while soldiers send tweets on Twitter.

But some caution is advised and harkens to familiar advice about loose lips and sinking ships during World War II: A loose tweet can lead to defeat.