London-based startup Openads has changed its name to OpenX and former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller has joined as chairman. OpenX is an increasingly popular open-source ad server (we use it here at TechCrunch). Since his departure from AOL, Miller has become quite active in the startup world as an investor and board member. [...]

Ever since Yahoo rejected Microsoft’s $31 a share offer to buy the company, the two sides have been gearing up for a prolonged fight over Yahoo’s fate. Microsoft is preparing to try to unseat Yahoo’s board members in a proxy battle that could cost as much as $30 million (which is still cheaper than [...]

A single-celled creature is exciting scientists all over the world.

Man crashes into seven cars at Rocks, police say.

John McCain accused Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama of engaging in Washington doublespeak over accepting public financing for the general election as the likely GOP nominee tried to turn a money issue into a character test.

The forecast is for clouds but stargazers will be keeping their eyes on the sky tonight in hopes of seeing a relatively rare lunar eclipse as two area observatories make their telescopes available to the public.

The contract for March delivery of light sweet crude, which was expiring later today, fell 18 cents to $99.83 on the New York Mercantile Exchange after earlier rising as high as $100.40, a new trading record.

During opening statements before State District Judge Sharolyn Wood, attorney Dean Blumrosen also told jurors that on the day Harris' fate was decided on Feb. 14, 2003, Parnham spent time calling his own attorneys to draw up a promissory note and security agreement for Harris to sign.

First shots were exchanged in what is likely to be one of the more intriguing aspects of the presidential race: the battle of the potential first ladies

Barack Obama's campaign today urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat

Sony's latest additions to its E series range of MP3 players come with interchangeable jackets, and have a USB plug for direct connection to your computer. The player itself comes in black or white, and there are twenty different designs of the outer "Style-Up" panels available. In 1GB, 2GB and 4GB versions, the NW-E023F, -025F and -026F play ATRAC, MP3, WMA and AAC and have a 3-line LCD display and FM radio function. Measuring 3.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 i
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Sony has just released its first Bluetooth (A2DP) enabled PMPs; the NW-A829 (16GB) and NW-A828 (8GB). With support for MP3, WMA, ATRAC, Sony PCM and AAC/High Efficiency AAC, as well as MPEG-4/H.264, these players come with enough playback potential to make them contenders for a space in your pocket, as well as your heart. More info beneath the gallery.galleryPost('nwasergi', 3, ''); The 2.4-inch (320 x 240) LCD display may be on the small side fo
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newVideoPlayer("riaaclip_giz.flv", 475, 376,""); This is a leaked official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S. prosecutors why they should bust music pirates: Because it'll lead them to "everything from handguns to large quantities of cocaine [and] marijuana," not to mention terrorists and murderers! The whole video is over 60 minutes long—these are just two of the more outrageous min
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Is that a 10-megapixel camera you've got there? Oh, that's nice. How much did you pay for it? Right. Well, not to rub it in your face or anything, but I've got myself a 5.5-terapixel camera. Tera. Yes, that's bigger than mega, and bigger than giga. Correct, about 1,000,000 times better than your camera. It even has a cute little duck on it. Does yours? No. I thought not. Well, stand still and pose. I'm going take a picture of your soul. [Paradoxo
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I was pretty excited when I saw it was a "Robo" desk vacuum, 'cause I thought this was like a Roomba for your desk—it'd clean up granola bits while I fragged suckers and not commit suicide with a running leap off the edge. Sadly, I don't think it's that smart, just zooming forward sucking all your nastiness in a straight line. Still, it might be useful if you have a really loooong desk or a line of powder you want to neatly pack away withou
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Phil from Make found these fantastic looking Timberkits over at the NYC Toy Fair this week. They're actually available now in various shapes, but the gist of the kit is that you build a dragon, pig, drummer or piano player from pre-shaped blocks of wood. It gives you the satisfaction of doing something yourself without the tediousness and finger-loss of actually carving wood. Sounds great to us. [MAKE]

The bill to make the Do-Not-Call registry everlasting—so you never have to remind the government that you hate telemarketers—has been made into a real live law by President Bush. [Consumerist]

Ho! Finally an app that makes the Notes software on your iPhone about 100% more useful. MegaPhone, which was iPhoneDrive, lets you view and edit your iPhone-created notes directly on your Mac. You can even switch fonts from the default Marker Felt to another of the built-in iPhone fonts (Helvetica, Arial) on a note by note basis. What this means to you is that shopping lists, to-do lists, and other text-heavy apps can move easily to and from your
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