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Obama Stops Championing Treaty That Gives the Blind Better Access to E-Books

The President Barack Obama administration went on record four years ago supporting a proposed international treaty to make books more accessible to the blind across the globe. Fast forward to today.

Google Glass: Coming Soon to a Cubicle Near You?

Apple didn't originally market the iPhone or the iPad as business tools, but that's exactly what they've become.

Beast Sounds Go Visual in Artist's Synesthetic Creations

The images Mark Fischer makes for his Aguasonic Acoustics project are visually mesmerizing, like something you might find in a black-light room at the back of a smokeshop. These images, however, weren't created to enhance your high. They're animal sounds turned into pictures.

With New Mini-Satellites, Special Ops Takes Its Manhunts Into Space

Officially, the September rocket launch is supposed to improve America's ability to send small satellites into orbit. But the launch will also have a second purpose: to help U.S. commandos hunt people down.

Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center

The NSA will spend around $40 million per year on energy bills for the data center, according to one estimate. But those energy costs may be a bit higher than expected, thanks to a new state law that could levy a 6% energy tax on the facility, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.

Yahoo's Past Big Buys Tell a Tale of Mediocrity and Failure

Yahoo's narrative arc as a company can be defined by its acquisitions, which taken together also serve as one take on the history of the web itself.

Flickr Shows Signs of Life With Slick Web Redesign, Killer Android App

"Everything that we've done in this new redesign has been about putting the photo front and center," says Flickr VP Brett Wayn.

For a photo site, Flickr looks like it was designed in 1997. That ends today with a site redesign that removes all that ...

The Ultimate Don Draper Pitch Is Don Draper: Seeing iMad Men/i Through Its Ads

Every week, Wired takes a look at the latest episode of?Mad Men?through the lens of the latest media campaign of?the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency.

How Yahoo Will Wring $1.1B Out of Tumblr

Yahoo is paying $1,1 billion to acquire the hip blog network Tumblr. Here's exactly how much advertising needs to be sold, across three different categories, to make the deal pencil.

Aston Martin Celebrates 100 Years With 180 MPH Roofless Concept

Birthdays call for celebrations. And when you hit 100 years, you deserve something special. That's exactly what Aston Martin created to commemorate its centenary with the CC100 Speedster.