Daily Tech: Songs on iTunes Are Now DRM Free

GeekSugar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:32 PST

At Macworld this morning, Apple announced that iTunes songs are now DRM free. Song pricing will also be offered in three tiers instead of just one, $0.99 cents, $0.69 cents, and $1.29. - Gizmodo
Keep the free classified provider Craigslist, right at your fingertips with a new iPhone application called Craigsphone. - Unplggd
It's rumored that Samsung is planning on debuting a 12-inch netbook. - CrunchGear
Best Buy is now selling refurbished Apple 3G iPhones at 350 of its retail stores and will offer them at all Best Buy stores by the end of January. - USA Today
A new Firefox add-on called Flickr Gallery Plus can take your picture sets and transform them into slideshows that fade between pics. - Lifehacker

How to Easily Transfer Epub Books to Your Kindle Fire

Kristy Korcz — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:41:08 PST

So far, my experience with the Kindle Fire has been positive, but one downside is that it does not read the popular (DRM-free) epub format. If you have amassed a collection of epub books over the years (whether you've downloaded them for free in the Google Library, or elsewhere) and want to take them on the go with your new Kindle Fire, fret not - there is a simple way to convert and upload these books to your device.

Called Calibre, this free software download helps you manage your ebook library, collect information on your books (meta data, titles, descriptions, ratings, and more), and most importantly, convert your books to a Kindle Fire-readable format. Getting started is simple - download Calibre, select your device, upload your books to the program, and drag and drop them into your ereader for proper conversion. Calibre supports a number of devices (from Kindles, Nooks, Sony Readers, smartphones, and others) and can get your ebook library organized fast. I don't want to say it's the iTunes of ebooks, but it kind of is. The software is free, so there's no reason not to try it.