http://techcrunch.com – I love the Internet so much. America’s netizens have demanded that President Obama consider building the legendary Star Wars Death Star and the White House has responded. Not surprising, they have thoughtfully rejected the request, claiming it would cost an estimated $850,000,000,000,000,000 and that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets”. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – Happy Friday, and welcome to this week’s Distribution Watch, our weekly peek at goings on in the disty world. This week we’ve got news from Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) and Carolina Wholesale, so grab your binoculars and focus, please. Ingram Micro: The distribution giant has expanded its U.S. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Samsung has disclosed that Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fined it NT$300,000 (or about US$10,389) for an advertisement that featured “misleading” information about the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos GT-S6102, reported Taiwanese news agency CNA (link via Google Translate). (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Paymill, the Rocket-Internet incubated online payments company that works like developer-friendly Stripe by offering users an API to quickly integrate card transactions, is today announcing that it has picked up €10 million ($13.2 million) in funding. Rocket regular Holtzbrinck Ventures participated, along with new investor Sunstone Capital, a backer of companies like Prezi and Trunk. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Samsung has shipped its millionth Galaxy Note II “phablet” in South Korea just over 90 days after its launch, according to MK News (via Sammy Hub, h/t to TNW). The South Korean multinational conglomerate announced last month that it has sold over 5 million Galaxy Note II units globally and, if its current momentum continues, the device might hit 10 million sales by next month. This la (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Yahoo completed its exit from South Korea service today after operating for 15 years in that country, reports Yonhap News Agency. This move also marks the first Asian market Yahoo is leaving. The company announced earlier this month that it planned to close down its South Korea Web portal at the end of December. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – I am expecting pico projectors to grow in popularity over the next year. Samsung tried it with the Galaxy Beam with minimal success, but it might make a lot of sense as a standalone unit. QP Optoelectronics will be showcasing such a device at CES called the CloudView, but what’s cool about it is that it’s a short throw pico projector. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Famed inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil announced this afternoon that he has been hired by search engine giant Google as a director of engineering focused on machine learning and language processing. He starts this upcoming Monday, according to a report issued on his website. It’s certainly very interesting news, but it does not come as a huge shock. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Adobe announced today that it has closed its Taiwan sales office. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://blog.linuxmint.com – The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 KDE RC. Linux Mint 14 KDE KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. (Distributions)
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