Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., which was founded in 1995, has decided to step down as CEO Monday, after months of trouble in Yahoo! during his 17-month tenure, which saw an acquisition bid from Microsoft and a failed partnership talk on advertising with Google.

Meanwhile, Jerry Yang will continue with his role as CEO until a new person is named and he will remain as a Board member after. He will also resume his role as “Chief Yahoo!” whatever this post is.

The stock market seems pretty receptive of this sudden news and stock price of Yahoo! Inc. rose slightly but it could also be due to market sentiment on other factors. With Jerry Yang out of the way, Microsoft may just continue with their talks with Yahoo! Inc. I wonder what is in store for Yahoo! in the near future.

I feel kind of sad that Yahoo! Inc. is in such a position. I practically grew up online with Yahoo!

I guess all of us, who have been readers of Malaysia Today, would sorely miss him as he was sent to Kamunting Prison yesterday to serve his two year detention under the ISA.

Whether we believe him or not, whether we agree with him or not, is another matter all together. There is no denying that Raja Petra, though known as the Editor of Malaysia Today, is also first and foremost a blogger and it is really sad that a blogger is incarcerated for writing and publishing online what HE believes in.

It’s been said over and over again that the ISA has to go because it has been abused but there are still so many “yes men” riding on the issue by calling for just a REVIEW. There’s a vast difference in REPEAL and REVIEW and I am sure these learned men and women know this but do they dare to call for what actually needs done? I don’t think so.

So while Raja Petra is in Kamunting to serve his two year term, which could be extended and once again without trial, I guess there will be a void in the Blogosphere. Gone are the days when we excitedly waited for his instalments of political scandals on Malaysia Today.

Let’s pray that Raja Petra will be released as soon as possible without condition! Down with ISA!

It has been shocking to Malaysians that three people have been arrested under the ISA, a British law that should have been abolished a long time ago. These three detainees are prominent blogger and editor of Malaysia Today, Raja Petra (RPK), Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng and lawmaker from the coalition front, Teresa Kok.

To read about the Internal Security Act and what it actually is or what purpose it serves, go check up on Google. This is not the first time that ISA has been applied to individual Malaysians to “silence” them. Somehow, living in modern day Malaysia in 2008, it feels as if we are watching a remake of a bad movie with the same old script but with new actors.

Nobody deserves to be detained under the ISA where the detainee will have no contact whatsoever with lawyers, family members or friends for up to sixty days. Do you think this threat is not enough to fear someone into silence? As a blogger with multiple blogs, I am very well aware from my stats that the Government employs people to surf the web, read blogs and websites of alternative media looking for targets.

Did you already watch the new Microsoft advertisement? I think that it’s fantastic that Microsoft would want to splash USD$300 million on an advertising campaign. One would think that they should make better use of the money by coming out with better, improved products that are CHEAPER!

In any case, the ads have been made to counter Apple. I think it’s just a waste of money. People will always continue to have differences on which Operating System to go with. The best will be the open source free software, of course! LOL

However, people are talking about the ad, just like the advertising agency intended it to be. Mind you, they are talking about Bill Gates but not Microsoft. Hah! Maybe, now that he has out-acted Jerry Seinfeld, he may even be offered a cameo role in a Hollywood movie now that he has retired. How about a movie about Microsoft? Does anyone want to watch Bill Gates act?