George Rebane

WolframAlpha launches this afternoon with a live webcast (more here).  Wolfram Research’s knowledge computing engine, the new internet phenom, will launch after 5pm PDT.  RR readers were made aware of this leap forward for online re/search here.

Some worthwhile remarks from down under on Australia’s new budget – recall that their current prime minister is the ‘proud to be a socialist’ Kevin Rudd.  It concludes with “…a society that discourages wealth creation and capital formation through so-called progressive taxation is eventually going to make itself a lot poorer and a lot less free.”  Free people longing to stay free have some very similar thoughts, no matter their hemisphere.  H/T to RR reader MM.

Intel fined $1.45 billion by the EU and cheered on by Obama’s administration (more here).  When it comes to enterprise, socialists don’t want anyone good to win and no loser should lose.  A glimpse into our future – the consumers be damned.