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'What do women want?' Not what men do, apparently

YouTube has unveiled a new way to place your finger on the pulse of American culture – even though the beat it detects may accompany a tune you might not want to hear.…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is creating a new senior adviser position to focus on Internet and privacy policy, and Nicole Wong, a lawyer known for her work at Google and Twitter, is a leading contender for the job, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. Wong, currently legal director at Twitter, could not immediately be reached for comment. The new adviser will work with federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, and will join the White House as Obama focuses more attention and resources on fighting hackers. ...

'What do women want?' Not what men do, apparently

YouTube has unveiled a new way to place your finger on the pulse of American culture – even though the beat it detects may accompany a tune you might not want to hear.…

Innovator who paved the way for modern special effects

Obituary Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering visual effects wizard whose name was synonymous with stop-motion animation, has died in London at the age of 92.…

By Pallavi Ail and Adithya Venkatesan (Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond will be leaving the health information provider, less than a year after the former Pfizer Inc executive was appointed to turn around the company's fortunes. Shares of the company, which reported a smaller first-quarter loss, were up about 16 percent at $29.50 in after-hours trading. They closed at $25.51 on the Nasdaq on Tuesday. The company said its senior vice president of strategic and corporate development, David Schlanger, will serve as interim CEO. ...

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Actor and activist Ian Somerhalder has joined the advisory board of interactive news website, RYOT, the actor's charity announced Tuesday. RYOT, a media outlet encouraging readers to "become the news," bridges the gap between learning about things happening in the world and actually making a difference in it. Each news story on the site is paired with a "RYOT note" explaining the social value of the story, while suggesting a charity or organization dedicated to a related cause. ...

By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Manti Te'o's girlfriend might have turned out to be fictional - but she's helped to spark a very real lawsuit. Peteski Productions, one of the producers on syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil," has filed a suit against Gawker Media over an episode of the series that featured an interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who claimed to have perpetrated the girlfriend hoax against Te'o. In the suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. ...

(Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond, appointed last June, will be leaving as the health information provider reported a narrower quarterly loss. Shares of the company were up about 10 percent at $27.94 in after-hours trading. They closed at $25.51 on the Nasdaq. The company said its senior vice president of strategic and corporate development, David Schlanger, will serve as interim CEO. ...

By Neha Alawadhi (Reuters) - Symantec Corp reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit, but the maker of the Norton anti-virus software forecast first-quarter results well below analysts' estimates due to a weak Japanese yen. Symantec shares, which were trading flat after the company reported results, fell 6 percent in extended trading after it gave a weak outlook on a conference call with analysts. "The weak yen is driving a projected foreign currency headwind of $15 million," Chief Financial Officer James Beer said. ...

(Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond, will be leaving the health information provider, less than a year after the former Pfizer Inc executive was appointed to turn around the company's fortunes. Shares of the company, which reported a smaller first-quarter loss, were up about 16 percent at $29.50 in after-hours trading. They closed at $25.51 on the Nasdaq on Tuesday. ...

(Reuters) - Online marketing services provider ValueClick Inc forecast second-quarter sales well below market estimates as it integrates its marketing, media and global service offerings, sending its shares down 14 percent in after-hours trading. "Between the initiatives in the United States and now Europe, we are experiencing some of the anticipated indigestion from integration," Chief Executive John Giuliani said on a conference call with analysts on Tuesday. "We think that's going to impact the (second-quarter) top line. ...

By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of senior Republican and Democratic senators proposed a new law on Tuesday to combat computer espionage and the theft of valuable commercial data from U.S. companies. The four powerful senators - Democrats Carl Levin and Jay Rockefeller and Republicans John McCain and Tom Coburn - joined together to launch the Deter Cyber Theft Act. The proposed law aims to combat the theft of intellectual property from U.S. ...

(Reuters) - Symantec Corp's results beat estimates for the fourth consecutive quarter driven by demand for its data loss prevention and information security products. Security software makers are doing well despite weak IT spending as rising cyber attacks boost demand for their products. Spending on computer security is expected to rise to about $86 billion in 2016 from about $55 billion in 2011, market research firm Gartner said in a recent report. ...

There were 3,374 rapes in the military last year, a 6 percent increase, and an estimated 26,000 sexual assaults — news that comes from a Pentagon report released Tuesday, the day after news arrived from the Air Force that its officer in charge of sexual assault prevention office was charged with sexual assault. When asked about the report Tuesday, President Obama said the U.S. needs to be "exponentially stepping up our game to go at this hard." What makes it all the more clear that the rapes are underreported in the Department of Defense is that there are about 1. ...

Hiding its light under a concrete, titanium-lined bushel

The boffins at the Los Alamos National Laboratory are known as a secretive lot; a much understated lot, in fact. Rather than cause a fuss, researchers there have quietly published a paper showing they've had a flexible quantum network – something rather a lot of people are interested in – up and running for two and a half years.…

Harrison Ford narrates a new trailer for the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's epic sci-fi novel "Ender's Game."

The Claris Companion tablet is designed to offer tech appeal to skeptical seniors through a simple interface and attractive design.

Soon, the only skill you'll need to build your own retro-style multilevel video game is the ability to use a pencil and draw on a piece of paper.

Soon, the only skill you'll need to build your own retro-style multilevel video game is the ability to use a pencil and draw on a piece of paper.

Gollum, Bilbo, Sauron, Smaug, and other characters feature as elements in the chart, which was created by a geek chemist.

The game will be available in the fourth quarter on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PCs, according to Bethesda.

The iPhone maker can no longer ask for "global consent" to use customer information or tap into location-based data. But the court ruling applies only to Germany.

Anonymous was praised for its recent cyberattacks on North Korea, however the hacking collective has shown that it is a friend to no one. The group late last month declared its latest target and this time it isn’t a communist regime or oppressive government, but rather the United States. The group stated that on May 7th, Anonymous will start phase 1 of Operation USA, which is a response to acts of “multiple war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan” and “in your own country.” The group is protesting the Obama Administration’s uses of targeted drone attacks that have resulted in the deaths of “hundreds of innocent children and families.” “Anonymous is speaking it’s mind, don’t try to blind the worlds eyes,”

Two Lego builders dedicate themselves to the details in recreating "The Lord of the Rings" battle of Helm's Deep with thousands upon thousands of Lego pieces and minifigs.

By Clare Kane MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish mobile operator Yoigo will be the first operator in the country to offer its customers superfast Internet on their smartphones with the launch of its 4G network in July. A 4G network will give the fourth-biggest operator in Spain an advantage over rivals Telefonica and Vodafone, which have lost share to low-cost providers as customers in Spain - where the unemployment rate stands at 27 percent - seek cheap deals. Yoigo's CEO Eduardo Taulet told a news conference there will be no extra charge for customers who currently have 3G mobile contracts. ...

Skirting EA's online system should avoid the server woes that tainted the debut of the recent SimCity game, which forces players to maintain a connection to the publisher's Origin platform.

A new tool tracks the most watched YouTube videos in real time. Videos can be filtered via highest number of views or shares, as well as by gender and age of viewers.

Apple's mobile OS continues to outpace Android in generating Web traffic in the U.S., says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.

The ouster of the free version means users will have to buy a $15.99 edition of TiVo's PC desktop software.

By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 69 to 27 to back the measure, which pits brick-and-mortar stores like Wal-Mart Stores Inc and cash-hungry state governments against such Web retailers as eBay Inc and Republicans wary of new tax measures. ...

China's military on Tuesday denied renewed U.S. accusations that it sponsored cyberattacks and said the two sides should cooperate against the global threat of computer crime. The accusations in the latest ...

A new report says China is stealing industrial and military secrets as part of a government cyber-espionage program

Plus it keeps hiking prices - how will it hang onto these big spenders?

Analysis Comcast numbers were largely deemed good by its management team on their results call, with a few noticeable holes. Firstly, despite an increase in video revenues, Comcast in fact lost 60,000 video customers in the quarter, a number which appears to be rising. Secondly, there was a major revenue fall in NBC broadcasting.…

Have a cold? Try mixing tequila blanco with agave nectar and lime juice for a germ-fighting boost

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings is unlikely to charge any fees for the use of its popular mobile chatting application, its president was quoted as saying, after a cabinet minister caused an uproar by saying users might have to pay fees in future. Tencent's Weixin, or WeChat, app is currently free and has attracted more than 300 million users. State-owned China National Radio on Sunday quoted Tencent's President Liu Chiping as saying at a forum in south China that his company was unlikely to charge users any fees because they already pay for Internet access. ...

Marc Maron's comedy career flamed out, and he revived it by being himself: Doing what he knew how to do, which was to record himself talking with his friends, many of whom happened to be much more successful comedians, and then posting it to the web. For about 385 episodes, he's held forth on neuroses and resentments — his, that of his guests (often fellow comics), and on feuds, and feelings, and therapy. It's now one of the most listened-to podcasts in existence, and Maron has a new book and a TV show to show for his hard work.

The Retina iPad Mini's display should go into production in the coming months and it will pack in the pixels.

President Obama has single-handedly kept thousands of American workers in their jobs by spawning dozens of best-selling books about how awful he is.  He can ignore almost all of them, and so can you, if your goal is to learn something new about the Obama presidency. But every once in a while, a book comes along that it would be foolish for Obama, or anyone else, to disregard. Vali Nasr's The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy In Retreat, is the most trenchant criticism of the Obama administration I've yet read. ...

Cuts enterprise sales projections by one-third

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has revised its enterprise sales projections downward after admitting that it has given up on plans to expand into the US market.…

Telly-watching tweeters targeted by dosh-generating deal

Twitter is well on its way to becoming an advertising giant after signing one of its biggest deals so far with media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG).…

'Internet TV' biz counts House of Cards gamble winnings

Netflix added 2 million US subscribers and made a profit of $2.69m (£1.77m) in the first quarter of 2013, buoyed by its critically acclaimed exclusive drama House of Cards.…

Shed the layers

We have all come across the traditional corporate network with three distinct layers: the core layer dealing with heavy-duty switching and routing, which runs on socking big switches and routers; the distribution layer dealing with lighter (but still intelligent) tasks such as packet filtering and some routing; and the access layer, which does little more than provide a bunch of ports for your servers and other endpoint devices to connect to.…

Cory Moll leaves after 2 years battling Cupertino

The founder of a union for Apple retail workers has quit his job after two years spent battling for better pay and job prospects.…

Mountain View rival says it now complies with Brit trading rules

Google temporarily pulled every single one of the pay-per-click ads of a major UK-based online price comparison firm from its search results over the weekend. According to Mountain View, the 24-hour ad-yank - which included the removal of ads comparing home and car insurance products - was a reaction to MoneySupermarket.com's apparent failure to stick to Mountain View's policies about payday loan ads.…

Shovel UK taxpayer cash this way please, say publishers

The UK government will consider paying writers each time their ebooks and audio books are borrowed from public libraries - just like scribes are recompensed when their dead-tree tomes are loaned.…

GUIs waste so much time

Riverbed Technologies has announced its intention to open up its APIs and make its kit more consistently scriptable across all devices.…

Homegrown OS is the secret to network acceleration

Another software-defined networking startup has been scarfed up before it got rolling very far on its own. In this case, network-acceleration and load-balancing juggernaut F5 Networks has acquired LineRate Systems, whose founders have spent the better part of the last decade figuring out how to shape traffic way up in the stack to improve application performance.…