Newsmax RSS FeedSun, 19 May 2013 15:25:03 EDTYahoo! Inc. s board has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr Inc., a service that hosts 108 million blogs, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.Tumblr would continue to operate as an independent business and a deal...Sun, 19 May 2013 00:39:35 EDTGoogle staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.Fri, 17 May 2013 21:32:36 EDTAn automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:58 EDTDevelopers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:11:11 EDTThe website and Twitter feed of the Financial Times were hacked on Friday, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of online activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:33 EDTThe U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe weather. Wed, 15 May 2013 23:54:21 EDTOne of Alaska's most active volcanoes has erupted with clouds of ash and steam, and lava is flowing down its snow-covered flank, scientists said on Wednesday. Pavlof Volcano began erupting on Monday and was still belching clouds, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.It has...Wed, 15 May 2013 22:53:30 EDTNASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.If engineers can't find a fix, the failure could mean an end to the $600 million mission's search, although the space...Wed, 15 May 2013 16:49:00 EDTGoogle Inc launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:34 EDTFor the first time, scientists have cloned human embryos capable of producing embryonic stem cells which could be used to treat a wide range of human diseases ranging from diabetes and Alzheimer's to Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries.Wed, 15 May 2013 12:34:14 EDTAfter more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996.Tue, 14 May 2013 18:36:41 EDTAereo, the startup that offers live television broadcasts over the Internet starting at $8 a month, said it will start service in the Atlanta market on June 17, following an expansion to Boston on Wednesday. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:01:14 EDTA U.S. judge on Monday ordered the release of previously sealed documents in the criminal hacking case against deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Tue, 14 May 2013 13:30:21 EDTSea levels may rise as much as 27 inches through 2100 as water temperatures rise, glaciers melt in the Andes and Himalayas, and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica shed water, European scientists said.Tue, 14 May 2013 13:29:00 EDTYahoo Inc plans to ramp up advertising and marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an aging demographic and become more relevant among young adults, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday. Mon, 13 May 2013 15:48:13 EDTThe creator of a downloadable, plastic gun suspects politics are behind a State Department order that his design be removed from the Internet, but he expects his 3-D technology to be a game-changer where federal regulations are concerned. Mon, 13 May 2013 13:43:29 EDTThe sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year.The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun that was not facing Earth. While the planet was not hit with radiation, space weather forecasters say the solar blast briefly...Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18:07 EDTThe latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing side...Mon, 13 May 2013 11:54:01 EDTIt's being called the first music video made in space.In an online video, astronaut Chris Hadfield sings the David Bowie song Space Oddity while floating around in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.The video features shots of a floating guitar that would...