Yesterday was like Christmas for securities lawyers and activist Yahoo shareholders. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his $40-plus billion offer on Saturday; shares plunged on Monday; and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was widely criticized for acting out of self interest — and not on the behalf of shareholders.

Jackson, 35, isn't a longtime Yahoo shareholder, though. Nor has he ever managed a publicly traded company. During the last dot-com bubble, he was in school. In fact, it's hard to see what practical experience he has that could be…

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On April 5, Microsoft informed Yahoo’s board that it would take its bid hostile if a deal was not sealed in three weeks’ time. So here we are, three weeks later, and there’s still no agreement. Microsoft hasn’t gone hostile — yet.

Well they are about to learn exactly who they have been fooling around with! I gave them three weeks to negotiate the sale of Yahoo and they have totally humiliated me by ignoring my threats! The anallyst all say this is a bad idea, but it's…

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Perez Hilton now has the 158th biggest site on the web. And since he just made data available through Quantcast - lots of interesting analysis can be made.

Top Sites Reach Reach% gizmodo.com 8,705,071 28.8% lifehacker.com 5,701,369 18.8% kotaku.com 4,498,218 14.9% gawker.com 3,247,225 10.7% fleshbot.com 2,137,780 7.1% consumerist.com 1,966,213 6.5% jalopnik.com 1,758,997…

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