How do you “Unlike” a Page on Facebook? (SHOCKING Hidden Message virus)

August 14, 2010 by · 4 Comments
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Summary: Help, I accidentally used Facebook “Like” button. It was a virus. How do I unlike the page and warn my friends?

Help, I accidentally  used Facebook “Like” button.  It was a virus.  How do I unlike the page and warn my friends?

If you don’t know what you’re joining, don’t click on the “Like” button – because your friends will see it in your News Feed, and they’ll join it too.   In the table below, see the steps how to “Unlike” a Facebook page after you “Like” it.

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Quickly Convert Audiobook CDs to MP3 files (Audio book Mp3)

August 13, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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Summary: How to rip an audio book on CD to an MP3 file for your iPod, iPhone, or MP3 player. Use Freeware CD rip program to convert audiobook CDs to MP3 in 3 minutes. How to rip non-DRM MP3 files from audiobook CD (Compact Discs).

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Audible.com sells audiobooks that can be played on Audible compatible Mp3 players (only). What if you want to listen to your audiobook CD on your non-Audible MP3 player, or your  iPhone,  or personal entertainment device?  Ripping regular retail Audiobook CD’s to MP3 files is an alternative to downloading audiobooks from Audible.com.   Many more audiobooks are available in CD format than are available for download or in MP3 format.  It’s easier than you think to make audio book MP3 files using free CDex software and your computer’s CD or DVD drive.  The free CDex software has been downloaded more than 38-million times since 1998.   In this quick tutorial, I’ll cut through the clutter to give you just a few easy steps so you can quickly convert your audiobook CD’s to MP3 files.

Dear ChuckEgg, Can you tell me how to rip an audiobook CD to MP3 files for my iPhone or MP3 player?

“Ripping” is the process of copying audio or video from one media form to another, such as copying a compact disc (CD) or Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) to a digital file on your hard drive. “Ripping” a CD to an MP3 file is easy after you’ve installed the popular free CDex software.

In the steps below, I’ll describe how you can quickly create great sounding, small MP3 files from your audiobook CDs.

When you rip CD’s, you can choose if you want the best sound quality possible, or if you want to sacrifice a bit of sound quality for smaller MP3 files – so that you can fit more songs on your MP3 player. If you’re ripping Audiobook CD’s, you can select options that will still make good sounding files, but they’ll be a fraction of the size of your music MP3 files.

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Convert Audio CD’s to MP3 with free CD Ripper

August 12, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Summary: How to rip an audio CD to an MP3 file for your iPod, iPhone, or MP3 player.  Use Freeware CD rip program to convert audio CD to MP3 in 3 minutes   How to rip non-DRM MP3 files from audio CD (Compact Discs).

Do you have a stack of audio CD’s that you want to convert to MP3 files so that you can listen to them on your MP3 player or iPhone or personal entertainment device?   It’s easier than you think to rip audio CD’s to MP3 files using free Cdex software and your computer’s CD or DVD drive.   Freeware Cdex software has been downloaded more than 38-million times since 1998.   CDex uses the MusicBrainz online database to automatically name the MP3 song files when you rip an audio CD.  In this quick tutorial, I’ll cut through the clutter to give you just a few easy steps so you can quickly convert your CD’s to MP3 files.

Dear ChuckEgg, Can you tell me how to rip an audio CD to MP3 files for my iPhone?

“Ripping” is the process of copying audio or video from one media form to another, such as copying a compact disc (CD) or Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) to a digital file on your hard drive.   “Ripping” a CD to an MP3 file is easy after you’ve installed the free software.

In the steps below, I’ll describe how you can  make the best sounding MP3 files possible.   In two different articles, I’ll describe why you may want to use different MP3 settings for audiobooks than the MP3 settings you use when ripping music CD’s.

When you rip CD’s, you can choose if you want the best sound quality possible, or if you want to sacrifice a bit of sound quality for smaller MP3 files – so that you can fit more songs on your MP3 player.   If you’re ripping Audiobook CD’s, you can select options that will still make good sounding files, but they’ll be a fraction of the size of your music MP3 files.

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Mobile Check In App United Delta: Your Smart Phone becomes your Paperless Boarding Pass

August 8, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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Summary: A Mobile Boarding Pass is a paperless boarding pass you display on your wireless phone. Mobile Check-In allows you to check-in to your flight by wireless phone or from any Internet browser on your computer.   You don’t need an iPhone or a Blackberry or even a smart phone to use a Mobile Boarding pass, but your wireless phone must be able to display a mobile web page (or an stored image of the barcode).

Do you hate standing in the airport check-in line?  Me too.

Mobile boarding passes have been around for a while, but I’ve just started using them.   I don’t mind printing my boarding passes at home where I have a computer and printer, but when I’m at my destination, it’s often inconvenient to find a printer; so, I used to stand in line and use the boarding pass kiosks at the airport.   I’ve found mobile boarding passes for wireless phones to be much faster and more convenient.

Most major airlines offer both mobile check-in and paperless boarding passes.  Within 24 hours of your flight, you can log into your airline’s website with your computer browser or your cell phone to check in.   After checking in at the website,  you’ll see a choice to print a paper boarding pass, and in some cases, also send a mobile boarding pass to your wireless phone.   I choose both when I have a printer available.   A few moments after requesting a mobile boarding pass, the airline will send an email or SMS message to your wireless phone that includes a URL link to a mobile boarding pass you can display on your iPhone, BlackBerry, PDA, or any web-enabled mobile device.  So, you don’t really need to print a boarding pass.  Instead; at the security checkpoint and boarding gate, you simply allow the  boarding pass barcode on your wireless phone’s display to be scanned by airport  security agent and the airline boarding agent, instead of a paper boarding pass.

Air travelers like paperless mobile check-in because they can avoid check-in counters, ticket kiosks, and printouts altogether. The TSA Transportation Security Administration prefers the square “dotted” 2-dimensional barcodes on mobile boarding passes because they contain security and authenticity characteristics that don’t exist in the old-style, straight-line barcodes printed on old-fashioned paper boarding passes.

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Your Phone Battery Extended with AA Battery Charger and mobile power supply

August 6, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Summary: AA battery charger and emergency power for your iPhone, cellphones, mp3 players, or almost any device that can be charged from a USB port or cable.   AA batteries to provide emergency power to your  MiFi, iPhone, Bluetooth headsets, popular mobile phones, and virtually any small portable device.   Reusable emergency power source you can use  to charge and power many popular USB portable devices – anywhere, anytime – without an electrical outlet.

When I travel,  I take the TekCharge because it is small and it can provide power for my cell phone, my MiFi, my Pico projector and my digital camera.    When I’m not using the TekCharge,  I use it to recharge rechargable AA batteries.   The TekCharge MP1550 allows you to carry emergency power for your iPhone, cellphones, mp3 players, or almost any device that can be charged from a USB port or cable.

Foremost, the TekCharge is a rechargeable emergency mobile power supply.  You can power your phone (or any USB device) from the rechargeable AA batteries you place inside the TekCharge.   You can also remove the rechargable AA batteries from the TekCharge and use them in your digital camera or CD player or any AA battery compatible device.

Besides powering your mobile device from rechargeable AA batteries,  the TekCharge will power your USB device from store-bought Alkaline AA batteries.  So, if you travel with a small sack of  AA batteries, or have access to a convenience store,  the TekCharge mobile power essentially can provide unlimited emergency power to your USB device even if you have no electrical power outlets nearby.

The TekCharge mobile power supply connects to your cell phone or electronic device in two ways:  you can use one of the included adapter to connect to your cell phone or device, or you can use standard USB cable that came with your device.

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