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The 2011 Masters [PHOTOS]

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

(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

(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

(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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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Engadget HD Podcast 300 - 05.22.2012

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

THE HUFFINGTON POST - MUSIC

Music Mondays: Bands Playing Locally This Week Playlist

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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06/02/12 fCoder Group Inc. Announces New Policy Updates and... Source: PRWeb Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) June 02, 2012 fCoder Group, Inc. announces new update policy for ImageConverter Plus, its popular image converter.
06/02/12 Learn HTML 5 & CSS Video Lessons Source: Cult of Mac It's what makes all the greatâand coolâwebsites, not to mention powerful mobile apps (like LinkedIn's new app for iOS ).
06/01/12 Easily Transform Your Handwriting Into A Font Source: Lifehacker Australia Perhaps you're putting together an invitation or poster and want to give the typography a more personal touch.
06/01/12 Cutting Edge: Mobile Site Development: Markup Source: Microsoft MSDN Magazine (CMP) As more and more devices are used to browse the Web, having a mobile-optimized Web site is becoming a critical factor for companies.
06/01/12 Building HTML5 Applications: CSS3 Effects, Transitions... Source: Microsoft MSDN Magazine (CMP) In the past, seemingly simple effects like text shadows or gradients sent you off to separate image editors instead of using CSS and HTML.

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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