Selected Articles

Technology

Wolfram Alpha
What Google's New Rival Knows -- and Doesn't
Clever presentation, but a weak database: The soon-to-be-launched Wolfram Alpha search engine is already being touted as the "Google killer." SPIEGEL ONLINE has tested a preliminary version. The conclusion: It knows a lot about aspirin, a little about culture -- and it thinks German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political party is an airport. (6.5.2009 with Matthias Kremp)

Gadgets

Apple-Tablet
Why I will buy an iPad for Grandma (and none for me)
Apples Fondling-Computer could become what Netbooks wanted to be: An Everyman computers, cheap and good enough for everyday applications.  Email, surfing, reading, watching movies without worrying about the DSL-configuration - will the iPad reach people who haven't used computers before? (28.1.2010)

Media

New Storytelling
How the iPad could revolutionize the Way We Read News
The newspaper industry may be hoping Apple's iPad will be their savior, but just putting the printed word online won't be enough. The time has come for creativity and a new approach to the way content is delivered. (28.1.2010)

Features

Essen, European Capital of Culture 2010
After work
So much for Krupp's company town: Since 150 years Essen is constantly reinventing itself: agricultural landscape, service center, European Capital of Culture. One thing remained the same: The city grew with the dreams of it's immigrants.

Games