Could Wolfram|Alpha dethrone Google? More to the point, does it have verb potential?

And if so, will it make us even stupider? Only one more week until we find out! This could be the datahead's ideal engine: It'll tell you the family, genus, species, and caloric value of an apple, and it'll forecast Apple's stock price, but it won't give you apple pie recipes. It'll tell you the box office take of the first "Star Trek" movie, but it won't tell you the theater where you can see the newest "Star Trek" movie.But a technical audience is still big. This could unlock a lot of data that students, research assistants, lawyers, marketing managers, financial analysts, and scientists might not have readily available. And those folks are important, too--just the kind of influential folks people with Web sites like to reach. (CNET) On the other hand, I don't see "WolframAlpha" becoming a verb anytime soon. "I Wolframed the depth of the Grand Canyon"? "I WA'd the distance to the moon"? "I WAlphed my ex"? I think I make my point. WolframAlpha launches May 18. In the meantime, you can watch the really poor quality demo video after the fold. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post...