The release of an esoteric plug-in for a twenty-year-old piece of software normally doesn’t merit much attention… except when the software is the ubiquitous Microsoft Word, and the add-on could have a ...

This high school student in India is developing algorithms that make the image-laden web more accessible for color blind users--a great 25th birthday present for the internet.

But first, start with a simple exercise. Reach up and turn off your monitor. Now ask yourself, can you use your computer? Welcome to the world of the blind. For them, the emphasis on graphical user ...