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Sharp posts $1.4 billion loss for the year, refocuses on mobile displays

Sharp has announced that it made a loss of 117.1 billion yen ($1.4 billion) for the financial year ending March 2012. It comes after the company sold part of its LCD manufacturing business to Hon Hai, Sony withdrew from a joint venture and refused to deal with Sharp in the future, plus an 86 percent collapse in profits. The company has cited restructuring costs and inventory losses as the causes for the drop, but projected that its TV business would lose a further 18.7 percent of its projected sales in the current year. The company has decided to convert some of its big-screen LCD production lines into mobile LCDs as it tries to reassert its dwindling display business.

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Google Wallet up and running on T-Mobile Galaxy Nexus

Hear that? It's the sound of Google Wallet pennies clinking inside a Galaxy Nexus, despite the fact that we have a T-Mo SIM inserted. It previously only worked with AT&T. Although we downloaded the app from Google Play and got it up and running fine, we haven't actually paid for anything yet -- so let us know if you have any successful transactions!

[Thanks, @mobilehavoc]

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Beyonce Is 'People' Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman!

The new mom is People's 2012 pick for World's Most Beautiful Woman! Look back at the diva's steady rise to the top

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Kanye West, Kid Cudi Working On Video Project In Middle East?

Sources say Kanye is filming 'top-secret' project in Qatar.
By Jocelyn Vena

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Kanye West and Kid Cudi seem to be up to something. The two are rumored to be shooting a video project in the Middle East, in Qatar.

Kanye and a film crew were spotted in the nation late last week, outside the capital of Doha in Education City. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the country's Doha Film Institute is helping back the project. And according to student sightings, Kanye, along with desert animals like camels, was spotted on set. Other sources say that locals were used as extras and that they were dressed in a "culturally sensitive" manner.

A source said that the project will be similar to Yeezy's 2010 short film, "Runaway," which was released in the lead-up to his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

"It's going to be approximately 30 minutes long, in between a long-form music video and short film," the source said. "Kanye conceived the story, which is set in the Gulf. It's supposed to showcase the beauty of the region, a piece that's culturally sensitive and embraces the customs and traditions of the region."

Further information about Cudi's role in the flick wasn't given, which seems to be the way the rapper wants it. An eyewitness told the Doha News that "the whole thing was pretty top-secret."

The video shoot comes as fans are eagerly anticipating the release of Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music compilation, which may coincide with the release of this super-secret short film. And with Kid Cudi appearing on the album, it would make sense for the two to be doing something together.

While there is still no release date for the G.O.O.D. album, Mannie Fresh shared that it's all "pretty close" to finished. "The cool thing about G.O.O.D. Music is it's a bunch of great ideas and I'm one of those ideas," he explained. "[Kanye's] trying to find the most talented producers, most talented artists, put 'em all in a room and say, 'Go for it. Y'all energy, like whatever is creative to y'all.' "

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Behind the Scenes of a Colossal Car Crash Test [Video]

You've seen slow-mo footage of crash tests before. For some weird reason, auto makers love to show its cars being demolished. This awesome short shows all of the preparation that goes into recreating the chaos and carnage at moment of impact. More »

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Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran: Kissing in HOT Twitter Pic!

Rihanna who? Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran shared a passionate, sunset embrace on Monday ... and she made sure everyone saw it on Twitter, too.

The singer and aspiring model, who have been together about five months, appear to be going strong. "Head over heels," she wrote beneath the pic.

In this intimate, romantic shot, Karrueche Tran and Chris Brown are seen kissing lovingly, with idyllic backdrop of the beach at sunset behind them:

No response to this social media territory-marking from Rihanna, who may or may not have been with Tran earlier this year via Facebook and Twitter.

In a March 3 TwitPic, Rihanna took what some people interpreted as a racist shot at Tran, who is half-Vietnamese, writing "Ima make u my bitch."

The pic was a bag of rice cakes dressed up in gold earrings and black shades.

This followed rumors that Rihanna and Chris Brown, who recently collaborated on two remixes together, had been secretly hooking up for over a year.

Tran's response? A Tweet directed to no one in particular, but clearly in reference to Rih, saying, "I'm Angeline [sic], you're Jen. C'mon you see where Brad is at."

It's completely unclear how much Rihanna cares, but Karrueche's latest Twitter salvo leaves little doubt that Chris Brown is hers ... for now. Congrats?

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