by Mike Krumboltz You've seen 'em during NBC's coverage of the Olympics. Whenever anybody waves to the camera, they're impossible to miss. Unfortunately, they're also impossible to find. They're the bright red Olympic mittens, and it seems like everybody wants them. Since the games began last week, online lookups on " olympic mittens " have been soaring. Related searches on " red olympic mittens ," " canadian olympic mittens ,

Verizon FiOS customers who subscribe to HBO will be able to watch the cable television's programming online for free, starting tomorrow. Customers must subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet to gain free access to the online video site HBO Go. HBO Go will support Verizon subaccounts and allow up to three users in the same house access content.

"Simple is better" seems to be the way of thinking with much of the new technology that is approaching us all so quickly. At CES 2010 , WebProNews took a look at the all-in-one device that Cideko is offering. Combining the keyboard, mouse and remote control the new Air Keyboard has an 80 key mini keyboard that includes function keys along with many other cool features. The battery life of this new gadget is 50 hours for constant usage,

So, what is a New York Yankees fan doing at SES London 2010? Well, if you are a marketing speaker like Bryan Eisenberg, you're sharing "21 Secrets of Top Converting Websites" during your opening keynote. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google Buzz is the new kid on the social media block, but like networks that have been around for a while (your Facebooks, your Twitters, etc.), it is critical to reputation management. WebProNews discussed monitoring using Google Buzz with Google's Rick Klau, who used to run the publihser team at Feedburner, and is currently the Business Product Manager for Google's Blogger.

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Curling rules (Searches increased by +2,833%). You think knowing the rules of curling will help? It won't . Marfan syndrome (+2,470%). DNA tests revealed another affliction suffered by King Tut . Christina Hendricks (+1,367%). The "Mad Men" actress complains that she receives more attention for her looks than her talent. Bristol Palin (+609%).

Name a Web company that can have its employees leave, create new products, and then the company buys them out when they realize those employees were on to something. Google, that's who! Just look at Google's last two acquisitions of Aardvark and AppJet, which have more in common than starting with the letter 'A'. Aardvark, which Google grabbed last week , is a social search engine startup whose founders include CEO Max Ventilla,

Last year I tried to limit my travel but still ended up making about ten (!) trips in 2009. This year I've resolved to travel less for work. Right now, here's my current speaking/travel plans for 2010: March 2-4 , 2010: SMX West , Santa Clara, CA. I'm doing a " Ask the Search Engines " panel. May 19-20 , 2010: Google I/O conference in San Francisco. I'm doing a site review session . June 8-9 , 2010: SMX Advanced in Seattle November 8-11 ,

Experimental news platform opens to wider audience while Google tests ethical boundaries with Wikimedia donation. Click to read the rest of this post.

Job search aggregator now reaches 6 continents and 10 languages. Click to read the rest of this post.