Sony to Sell New York Headquarters for $1.1B

From DailyTech: Sony has announced that it will be selling off its 37-story New York headquarters to a group of investors led by the Chetrit Group. The deal will see the building sold for $1.1 billion and Sony says that it will generate net cash proceeds of about $770 million after...

Intel Starts Production of Next-Generation Haswell Microprocessors

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Thursday said it began production of its future-generation code-named Haswell microprocessors in the fourth quarter of 2012, as planned. The new chips that are made using 22nm process technology promise to revolutionize notebooks and ultrabooks as...

Asustek Computer Shows Interest in Windows Phone 8 Platform

From X-bit Labs: Asustek Computer, a company mostly known for its notebooks and advanced computer components, plans to enter the U.S. smartphone market within a year from now. Moreover, currently the company is in talks with Microsoft Corp. over Windows Phone 8 platform licensing...

Nokia to slash over 1,100 IT jobs

From CNET News.com: Nokia today announced that it was cutting over 1,100 IT jobs from its workforce.

The company says that it will lay off 300 employees currently working in an IT function. Nokia will also transfer up to 820 employees to IT services firms, HCL Technologies and Tata...

Lenovo Unveils Rugged ThinkPad Chromebook for Schools

From DailyTech: Today Lenovo announced a new ruggedized ThinkPad notebook aimed at education use. The new product is called the ThinkPad X131e Chromebook. Lenovo says that the machine is a fast booting and highly customizable ThinkPad built with rugged features designed specifically...

Sharp in Talks to Sell Chinese TV Plant to Lenovo Group

From X-bit Labs: Sharp Corp. has reportedly entered talks with Lenovo Group over selling its TV assembly plant in China. Sharp dramatically needs money to survive, whereas Lenovo is expected to accelerate push into the consumer market with its smartphones, tablets and TV-sets. So far...

Nintendo to combine handheld, console gaming divisions - report

From CNET News.com: Nintendo's current corporate structure separating consoles and handhelds will be replaced, according to a new report.

Japan-based news outlet Nikkei is reporting today that Japan plans to combine its handheld and console divisions by February 16. The combined...

Facebook Releases Beta of Graph Search

From DailyTech: Facebook revealed a new social search feature called "Graph Search" today, which will provide any public information users ask of regarding others on the social network.

Graph Search, which is still in beta, is a search engine that grabs information off of Facebook...

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