Whew, what a busy couple of weeks it's been. We launched our new home page back at the end of July with the goal of using a new picture each week. Then we decided to get a little crazy for the Olympics and rotate the images twice a day. About three days into the Olympics, we realized we just could not go back to one picture a week! So a few days ago we shifted gears again. We're now giving you a new image every day, with hotspots to help spur your imagination.

On the sunset of the Democratic National Convention and the sunrise of the Republican National Convention , AOL has eagerly been preparing to make sure we have the best 2008 Presidential Election coverage available for our users. We know that you want the latest breaking news, quotes, videos and photos all within the click of a button. So, check out our 2008 Election Coverage One Click and our other AOL features for the most up-to-date election news.

by Claudine Zap Is there some kind of rule that calls for dads of young celebs to act even less mature than their starlet daughters? While the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are hardly role models, they seem to take their bad-behavior cues from their worst-acting dads. But this new level of bad parenting, making its way up Buzz today, seems to merit a higher level of recognition. Let's call it the Baddies. Party Baddie . That would go to Hilary Duff 's dad ,

by Jennifer Laycock I scan hundreds of feeds and read dozens of articles each day so you don't have to. From hyperlocal blogging to Google AdWords "Automatic Match" to new ways to use Twitter and LinkedIn, find out the six articles I dubbed as must-read for the small business crowd today. If you enjoyed Matt McGee's post on Hyperlocal Blogging earlier this week, you'll be pleased to hear he's back with more. Part Two focuses on choosing a domain and setting up your blog.

by Mike Krumboltz Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen Sarah Palin , the governor of Alaska, to be his running mate. The moment the selection was made official, bloggers, searchers, and buzzers went wild. Naturally, lookups on the little-known Palin surged, as did other queries like " alaska governor ," " sarah palin bio ," and " sarah palin voting record ." But that was to be expected. The interesting stuff came when folks picked up on the fact that Gov.

Google's Android team today unveiled Android Market, a content distribution system through which users can purchase applications for smart phones based on the Android mobile operating system. Eric Chu, a programmer for the Android Mobile Platform, wrote in a blog post that Android Market will let programmers make their apps and other content available on a Google hosted service that uses a YouTube-like feedback and rating system.

Few deals currently give open-source advocates unrest like Google's deal with Mozilla, which Mozilla Chairperson Mitchell Baker said in a blog post has been renewed for three years, through November 2011. In the deal, Google pays Mozilla a lot of cash to be the default search engine on Firefox, which commands about 15 percent of the browser market behind perennial market leader Microsoft Internet Explorer. Google paid Mozilla $57 million in 2006 ,

Welcome to Facebook they say when you get to their website, more like welcome to jail. I have been building a Facebook account for a good year now, actively engaging in discussions, networking with individuals local to me, joining groups that pertain to my interests and Facebook has decided to shut my account down.

by Molly McCall This is not a joke. Really, it's not. A movie about the creation of Facebook is in the works??"and it's got some mega-wattage names behind it. Hot-shot producer Scott Rudin and even hotter-shot writer/series creator Aaron Sorkin have both signed on for the project. Columbia has flashed the green light . Apparently, Hollywood loves the idea. But they might be the only ones. AppScout has pronounced the social-networking story idea a " yawn .

by Claudine Zap ' A spider beside her . It's bug season, and lots of alarmed spider-phobes sent " hobo spider " to the top of Search.?Word has it?that the arachnid, a rare poisonous creepy crawler with a flesh-eating chomp, was the prime suspect "for a gaping wound in a woman's leg," according to the Globe and Mail . The horror! ' Viva Venice . George Clooney and Brad Pitt added their star power to the venice Film Festival this week.