by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Helena Bonham Carter (Searches increased by +14,134%). The 43-year-old "Alice in Wonderland" actress says she's glad to be at the age where she no longer plays the "corset sex symbol." McTwist (+5,488%). Snowboarder Shaun White's signature move got him halfpipe gold . J.K. Rowling (+4,955%). The "Harry Potter" author calls a plagiarism case against her "absurd." Abbey Road Studios (+818%).

Without a doubt, one of the most popular shiny new objects of many social media marketing programs is Twitter. There are Twitter books, Twitter conferences, Twitter blogs and numerous articles devoted to Twitter marketing .  Unfortunately, there's not enough time left over after reading all the promises of marketing nirvana from using Twitter to actually implement recommendations. Fortunately, social media masterminds at companies like Seesmic,

When I was a kid in high school, I used to go to the public library and do initial research in the Encyclopedia Britannica (yes, the bound book editions. I also remember black & white television with vacuum tubes and rotary telephones! Sheesh, I'm getting old!). I would pick up the index volume that contained the keyword I wanted to look up to identify which of the main volumes had the content I sought.

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The move encourages federal websites to utilize cloud-based apps. Click to read the rest of this post.

Want to know if Apolo Ohno has a girlfriend? There's a search for that. Click to read the rest of this post.

In a recent video uploaded to Google's Webmaster Central YouTube channel, Matt Cutts talks about creating tags and categories on blogs for SEO purposes. Rather, he discusses how there's not much point in creating them for this reason. On average, how many tags do you include with your articles/blog posts? Let us know . "Google is pretty good at saying, 'You know what? The first time you say a phrase, it's interesting, and the second time you say a phrase,

The Federal Reserve has launched a new website aimed at helping consumers better understand the new credit card protections that will go into effect on February 22. These rules ban a number of harmful practices and require more transparency in the disclosure of the terms and conditions of credit card accounts. The site summarizes the main points of the rules and explains how they will affect credit card users.

Use the phone's camera to get product information. Click to read the rest of this post.

David sent in this giant painting ... click on a person to find out more about them at Wikipedia. [Thanks David!