IDG News Service:

On perhaps the more complex end, users can type in complicated math equations or even ask Bing to display a graph plotting an equation and get results.

More practical applications perhaps for a wider audience include answers to questions like which fruit, an orange or a kiwi, has more vitamins. Searching for a food item on Bing will return a nutrition facts label, much like the one attached to most food products, that summarizes the information.

The deal with Wolfram Alpha will also power a new body-mass-index tool in Bing. If a user searches for “BMI,” a box will ask the user to enter height and weight. Clicking “calculate” will deliver a BMI analysis.

For what it’s worth, Bing has been my homepage for about a week now.