Do you remember Hal 9000 from 2001, Space Odyseey ?
It seems as a first version may be widely available for 2009!:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://blog.wolfram.com/2009/03/05/wolframalpha-is-coming/
http://www.twine.com/item/122mz8lz9-4c/wolfram-alpha-is-coming-and-it-could-be-as-important-as-google
http://www.uberbin.net/archivos/web20/wolfram-alpha-%C2%BFel-proximo-paso-de-internet.php