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The 2011 Masters [PHOTOS]

Apr 6th 2011 – 3:06PM
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The first major championship on the PGA Tour arrives every April with The Masters, held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. 2011 marks the 75th edition of the tournament; Phil Mickelson, the 2010 champion, presented the traditional green jacket to this year's winner, Charl Schwartzel....

Top 10 Most Annoying Songs, According to Science

By J. RichardOct 21st 2010 – 5:51PM

(Oct. 21) -- "Of all the earworms in all the world to have, why must it be Bad Romance for two days straight? I love you Lady Gaga but I am going mad," lamented Twitter user Sharon about the troublesome little tunes, or earworms, that play over and over in people's heads. It may cheer the frustrated Gaga fan to know she...

Mighty Morphing Power Actors? Software Gives Anyone a Star's Physique

By Steven HofferOct 8th 2010 – 6:39PM

(Oct. 8) -- The days of method actors piling on the pounds for a role may be numbered. MovieReshape is a new image-manipulation software that developers say can alter an actor's appearance by editing a film to achieve the desired bodily appearance. To create the tool, researchers took three-dimensional scans of 120 men...

Kin of Heiress Lose Court Battle Over Guardian

By David LohrSep 10th 2010 – 6:59PM
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AP

(Sept. 10) -- A judge in Manhattan, N.Y., has denied an independent guardian request filed by relatives of 104-year-old heiress Huguette Clark, saying that their petition is based on hearsay. The ruling handed down in New York County Supreme Court by Judge Laura Visitacion-Lewis on Thursday means that Clark's affairs will...

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Engadget Podcast 296 - 06.01.2012

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:21AM

The Engadget Podcasters are doubling down on tech talk this week, filling the empty shelves of your patent office with news you can use about the hottest cloud- and hard drive-based operating systems released this week.

ENGADGET

New smaller SIM format gets standardized, shrinks 40 percent (update: Nokia gives bitter OK)

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:18AM

ETSI has given the nod to a new SIM format standard, which will be 40 percent smaller than the existing micro-SIM design.

ENGADGET

Netflix for iOS updated with a new player UI, support for alternate language audio

May 30th 2012 - 09:12PM

There's still no word available on HD video streaming, but Netflix has just released version 2.2 of its app for iPhones and iPads.

ENGADGET HD

Engadget HD Podcast 300 - 05.22.2012

May 22nd 2012 - 08:09PM

This week the Engadget HD podcast crew rolls the odometer over 300 episodes, but it's no big deal.

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Music Mondays: Bands Playing Locally This Week Playlist

May 21st 2012 - 01:04PM

Welcome to the third installment of "Music Mondays," a weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond.

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Background on computer file formats

A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file, as files need a way to be represented as bits when stored on a disc drive or other digital storage medium.

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