As a comparison, here's how google did on the first one (in .39 seconds): http://www.google.com/search?q=Toured+the+Burj+in+this+U.A.E.+city.+They+say+it%E2%80%

As a comparison, here's how google did on the first one (in .39 seconds): http://www.google.com/search?q=Toured+the+Burj+in+this+U.A.E.+city.+They+say+it%E2%80%99s+the+tallest+tower+in+the+world%3B+looked+over+the+ledge+and+lost+my+lunch http://www.google.com/search?q=Toured+the+Burj+in+this+U.A.E... The first two results are from this article itself, but the next one's snippet begins “Downtown Dubai” Yes, Google has access to the internet; but it answers queries by consulting its internal copy/index of it, just as Watson has an unrestricted internal database. Google is basically statistical AI.