Carl Icahn has quit from Yahoo!'s board of directors, and may have lost more than $US100 million on the company's shares. He became involved as a result of Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo in 2008.

Arthur Levinson has resigned from Google's board of directors. Although no reason was given in the company's announcement, it seems likely that a purported conflict of interest may be the cause.

Web pioneer Marc Andreessen has been elected to HP's board of directors.

James Cash has announced that he will not stand for re-election to the Microsoft board at the company's 2009 shareholder meeting. His retirement will leave Microsoft with a nine-person board.

Steve Vamos, a former senior executive at several big-name IT companies is one of two new members of the Telstra board. The other is Russell Higgins.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has expressed an intention to keep his seat on Apple's board of directors despite a competition enquiry by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly investigating whether the presence of two people on the boards of both Apple and Google constitutes a breach of antitrust laws. The individuals in question are Eric Schmidt and Arthur Levinson.

Apple shareholders are putting four motions to the company's annual meeting on February 25, but the board of directors is opposing each and every one of them.

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