by Vera H-C Chan The boy wizard's almost a man nowâ?"but he's no vampire slayer. " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince " will shape actor Daniel Radcliffe into a romantic lead. Even as love comes to Harry in the form of his best pal's little sis, Ginny Weasley , is it too late for fickle fans pining for a toothier antihero? Ever since " Twilight " slipped into the winter void that Potter left behind (when Warner Brothers opted for a summer release date ),

by Mike Krumboltz The first day of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings held few surprises, but several moments did stand out. Below, a summary of the tense moments, endorsements, and unscripted remarks from senators, audience members, and, of course, the nominee herself. Praise for the Nominee Ms. Sotomayor's supporters didn't go light on the praise. Fellow female leaders Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, both Democrats, paid tribute. Republican Sen.

Over at the Bing Search Blog, they're sharing a few nuggets of success that Microsoft's new search product has seen in the first month since launch. Bing Shopping has seen amost 3x increase in site visits Bing Cashback has experienced a 5.42% increase in transactions Bing Travel traffic has increased by 90% month over month since launch. (Remember, it was formerly Live Search Farecast.

by Sage Lewis It's been announced that Google is coming out with a new operating system: Google Chrome OS . This is great news for the consumer. The more competition the better. But will it truly be a major competitor to Microsoft? Check out our small business news site.

Posted by randfish In the last 10 months, we've taken a number of dramatic steps to improve the link information available to webmasters & SEOs. Today, I'm pleased to announce even more progress in that direction, as well and cover the impressive store of data now accessible.

TechCrunch published an anonymous attack piece on search engines...both the organic and paid side. Lets deconstruct some of it, shall we? techcrunch.com/2009/07/13/the-time-has-come-to-regulate-search-engine-marketing-and-seo/ "It's now conventional wisdom that search engine optimization, representing the organic result sets on any search query, is more voodoo than science.

PayPal Radio host Jason Miner here with a sneak preview of our Tuesday, July 14th show. If you're reading this after the 14th, you can listen via our archives (www.paypal.com/paypalradio) or through a free iTunes podcast subscription too! My first guest is a new addition to the PayPal Radio family, PayPal Education .

Welcome to Pay Per Click Journal, a one stop shop for all your pay per click advertising questions. With the explosion of the internet pay per click has allowed businesses of all sizes to quickly thrust themselves in front of their targeted audience and compete in an arena or space they might have not had that chance to prior. Pay per click marketing however takes practice, patience and knowledge.

We who follow SAAS suites have been waiting several months for Office Web, which Microsoft first introduced at its Professional Developer's Conference last October. We've wanted to know how it will stack up against Google Apps, Zoho, Adobe and other comparable collaboration suites in the cloud. We're still awaiting because although Microsoft released Office 2010 to technical preview today the company won't release Office Web to technical preview until August.

by Mike Krumboltz Supreme Court contender Sonia Sotomayor's hearings got upstaged today by an unlikely source: her nominator and champion Barack Obama. The president's major announcement of Regina Benjamin 's nomination for U.S. Surgeon General inspired a tremendous surge of interest in the doctor, whose life story is both inspiring and tragic. The AP reports that Dr. Benjamin called the position of Surgeon General "a physician's dream.