Emerging Tech
Software runs the world--how scared should we be that so much is bad?
When software works, you can buy an airline ticket and sell a stock. When it fails, you can miss a flight and a bank can lose a billion dollars. Do we respect the power of software as much as we should?
Emerging Tech
Shots all around! The World Wide Web is now old enough to drink
The World Wide Web can buy a drink! But the World Wide Web cannot rent a car.
Digital Government
The Navy's quixotic quest to bury an unclassified laser leak
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is targeting Wired's Danger Room blog.
Modernization
What Mitt Romney's VP app learned from Zynga
The presidential candidate's new app is addictive and effective.
Digital Government
Can Wikipedia foretell Romney's VP announcement?
Entries for Sarah Palin and Joe Biden both saw spikes in edits in the days before their selections.
Modernization
House Dems battle for social media supremacy
Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado took home MVP, compiling 31,578 new Facebook fans, Twitter followers and YouTube subscribers combined.
Modernization
In-Q-Tel enters venture with UK firm to develop transceiver technology
Goal is to boost data-sharing between companies, agencies.
Emerging Tech
NASA is the government's one true viral hit factory
There are reasons the space agency is so popular on the Internet.
Emerging Tech
TSA seeks friendly avatars to help travelers through security checkpoints
Presumably, patience is a key requirement for employment.
Emerging Tech
Live-tweeting Curiosity's landing from Earth
Thanks to NASA, the world was able to follow the Mars rover's landing Monday morning.
Emerging Tech
NASA announces $1.1 billion in human space flight contracts
SpaceX won a NASA contract worth $440 million to develop the next generation of space transportation vehicles.
Emerging Tech
Video: NASA scientist discusses Curiosity with Colbert
The latest mission to Mars is set to touch down on the red planet early Monday morning.
Emerging Tech
Air Force seeks smart concrete for explosives testing
‘Ultra-high performance concrete’ generates increasing buzz.
Digital Government
Pentagon wants bio-inspired, bug-like sensor systems
Satellite imagery tech could be built with tips from nature’s book.
Emerging Tech
Companies see opportunity as U.S. airspace opens to unmanned aircraft
Advanced Defense Technologies and Aerospy team up on drone ‘sense-and-avoid’ system.
Emerging Tech
Twitter will gauge voter sentiment in new venture
The social network says it will draw from the nearly 2 million weekly posts on the site about both presidential candidates.
Modernization
Pentagon shutters Joint Tactical Radio System program office
After 15 years and $15 billion, the program failed to deliver radios to the battlefield.
Digital Government
Google forgot to delete France's street view data, too
France's privacy protection agency plans to investigate the data.
Emerging Tech
Photo Gallery: Curiosity approaches Mars
Rover will inspect Mars' environment for minerals, gases and water.
Emerging Tech