The world of media distribution is a bad place to be right now. What with major labels all wanting everything from everybody, people like Apple and Microsoft vying for exclusive content, and a ton of different laws governing all this international trade stuff, I’m surprised anybody gets anything done at all. But Microsoft has put in the work and they’re rolling out their Zune music and video services to a bunch of Europe.

Hewlett-Packard has just settled its dispute with former CEO Mark Hurd over his recent move to Oracle for undisclosed terms. By making the move to competitor Oracle, Hurd gave up options on 346K shares of HP stock which at today’s closing price of $39.39 means $13.6M in losses. HP is currently selling at $39.39 which marks a steep dip from the day Hurd was fired; On August 6th, 2010 HP’s stock price closed at $46.30, a $6.91 difference

We’ve just learned that Jay Penske, the man behind Mail.com has sold off the email portal side of the business (Mail.com) to Germany’s United Internet Group, in order to focus on the company’s more content driven sites such as Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, Movieline.com and OnCars.com. This sale will also marks a transition from also mark a transition from the clunky Mail.com moniker to the more streamline MMC. Sources say the deal just went through for between $50-$100 million

Consumer watchdog group Progressive Change Campaign Committee , the people behind last month’s Net Neutrality protests in Mountain View and the amazing and as of yet unverified statistic that 600 Google employees signed an anti-Google/Verizon petition, have now one-upped themselves by buying ads through Google’s own content network and on competitor Facebook in conjunction with OneWebDay. The ads, which are not subtle or artful, redirect to an open letter to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

eBay has steadily been ramping up its fashion offerings, releasing an iPhone app for the vertical, and launching eBay Fashion, a one-stop-shop for all things fashion on eBay’s marketplace. Plus, eBay got into the the flash sales business with the launch of FashionVault, a site that sells designer clothes at discounted prices. Today, eBay is launching a site that showcases street style of eBay shoppers, called LookBook .

The HotList is a location-based social event discovery app for the web and iPhone which allows users to find every public Facebook event happening nearby or anywhere in the world.

TechCrunch Disrupt starts a week from today. In May nearly 2,000 people flocked to New York to see 25 companies launch and an amazing lineup of speakers

At 20-years-old, Jessica Mah is already something of a budding serial entrepreneur. She launched her first startup at 13, graduated from high school at 15, debuted InternshipIN in 2008 and most recently founded inDinero , a financial management site that promises to be the Mint for small businesses. With that kind of resume, it’s no wonder that Mah has been seen as a teen to watch for quite some time, but with her latest venture, inDinero, she’s finally making a legitimate play for the big leagues

The Paris Motor show is going on now. The usual car unveilings are a given, but also the shows are becoming a place for automakers to showcase and release exciting new tech

The Sunday Times reported yesterday that Samsung’s much-hyped Galaxy Tab would be able to have its Android 2.2 OS “replaced with Chrome, when that arrives, though owners who aren’t tech savvy should have this upgrade carried out by a professional.” This information was supposedly confirmed by Samsung, which has since said that they have no plans to replace the OS on the Galaxy Tab.