Search engines are in the news this morning.

Here is a link to an article on the expected launch of a new search engine: Wolfram Alpha by Mathematica: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346226,00.asp

Homepage for Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html . 

The current message on the site says that it will be launching this month.

Google is launching a new set of search tools that a poster on ZDNet's Education site says might be the edge of Search 3.0: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2543

Here is an article in PC that gives more description of the Google tools:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346964,00.asp