With the massive upsurge in the use of real-time applications such as Twitter, FriendFeed and the recent homepage updates that were introduced to Facebook; being able to effectively search this information is one of the modern web's greatest challenges. 
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The 'Cloud' is a widely used piece of terminology which refers to the internet in it's capacity as a warehouse for the world's data. Basically, you can either store files, software programs and information locally i.e. on your own computer, on your company's own server, on disc, etc. - or, data, files and software can be stored in the realms of cyberspace - The Cloud.
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Earlier this week Microsoft's Australian branch launched a controversial campaign to attract new users to it's recently launched Internet Explorer 8 browser.  It basically involves an online treasure hunt for $10 000 AUS, conducted via Twitter, the catch being that you needed to be using IE8 in order to be able to uncover the prize. The clues are released either daily or twice daily, there's no indication as to when they will stop however the competition closes on September 15 so I suspect it will be a few weeks before this date.

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Wolfram Alpha 05/18/2009
 

Let me preface this post with a quick bio of Stephen Wolfram, the man behind the potentially revolutionary system I'm about to discuss:

"Stephen Wolfram (born 29 August 1959 in London) is a British physicist, mathematician and businessman, known for his work in theoretical particle physics, cosmology, cellular automata, complexity theory, and computer algebra." Wikipedia

He was a child prodigy who wrote his first article on particle physics at 16 and received his ph.D from California Institute of Technology at 20. Throughout his career he has built a revered reputation both as an academic and as a businessman, developing and marketing a ground breaking piece of software called Mathematica which solved complex mathematical, scientific and engineering problems. It's fair to say that he's a genius and a bit of a geek celebrity.

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Microsoft’s Powerpoint is the ubiquitous product in the world of presentations.  They may have jazzed it up a bit with a few extra templates and features over the years but it’s generally remained unchanged since its inception.  Well if it ain’t broke...

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