Listen free online radio through Gtalk or your favorite messenger. You can use this online radio service either via the browser interface (inside gmail) or the Gtalk application itself.This online chat radio is made possible by the guys from gtalk2voip. Google Talk, MSN/Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger users now can connect to a number of Internet Radio Broadcasting stations and start listening radio streams.
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Steps to listen to free online radio :

1. Subscribe to gtalk2voip by adding service@gtalk2voip.com to your buddy list.
2. Send RADIO command to service@gtalk2voip.com to get list of available radio stations along with their ID’s.
3. To listen a particular radio station, simply send a command RADIO (number/id).

Here is the complete list of online radio stations available through them.



LIST OF AVAILABLE RADIO STATIONS:


100 - 181.fm - Kickin Country (Todays Best Country!), http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1075

101 - 1.FM - Country, http://64.62.194.11:8020/

102 - Atlantic Sound Factory - ASF Radio, http://69.31.50.146:80/

103 - 100.7 Jack FM, San Diego, http://38.116.132.31:9024/

104 - 102.7 FM The Fringe, http://64.72.124.89:8134/

105 - 181.fm - The Buzz (Your Alternative Station!), http://scfire-nyk0l-1.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1022

106 - 181.fm - The Mix Channel (70s, 80s, 90s and Todays Best Music), http://208.53.158.167:8032/

107 - 181.fm - The Eagle (Your Home For REAL Classic Rock!), http://208.53.158.126:8030/

108 - .977 The 80s Channel, http://scfire-ntc0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1040

109 - 1.FM - Channel X, http://209.51.161.54:8072/

111 - Radio Helsinki - 92.6 MHz, http://88.198.49.11:8000/live56.ogg

201 - KCRW World News, http://scfire-ntc0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1047

202 - Sporting News Radio, http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1057

203 - KPFK - Southern Californias 90.7 FM News, Talk n Music, http://64.27.31.66:80/

204 - WBUR 90.9 FM, Bostons NPR News Station, http://205.234.188.21:80/

205 - TalkRadioX -- http://talkradiox.com, http://tv.stream-music.net:8332/

206 - Arabian HIT 96.7 FM, Dubai, http://wm-live.abacast.com/arabian_radio-hitfm-24

now to connect, type RADIO number where number is a station numerical ID from the list above.

Note : make sure that you have a good broadband speed of atleast 256Kps to use such service , else its of no use because it will buffer and keeps irritating . . so its highly recommended for high speed broadband users only

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They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world.Well u can download gtalk from here or use it online using gmail . . .


With some tricks you can use it more efficiently, Here are some Cool tricks :

General :


Change the font size - While holding the control key, move the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down. This trick works while being focused in either the read or write area.

Insert line breaks - If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter. You can add as many new lines as you want to create.

Bold Text - To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word, like *this* .

Italic Text - To use italics, use an underscore before an after the word, like _this_ .

Switch windows - Hitting tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM's and don't care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one.

Invitation Tips - You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this in the options).

Show Hyperlinks - You can show your homepage or blog URL simply by entering the it in your away message (at the top of the main window). It will automatically turn to a link visible to others.

Listen FM - You can also listen Fm on it (Click here for details ).

Translate and Talk-Google has list of bots that let you translate and talk in any language.

Keyboard Shortcuts :

Ctrl + E - It centralizes the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + R - It justifies to the right the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + L - It justifies to the left the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + I - The same thing does that Tab.
Tab - It is giving the area to each of the windows opened by Google Talk.
Ctrl + Tab - The same thing does that Shift + Tab .
Shift + Tab - The same thing does that Tab but in reverse.
Ctrl + Shift + L -Switch between points, numbers, letters, capital letters, roman numbers and capital roman numbers .
Ctrl + 1 (KeyPad) - It does a simple space between the lines.
Ctrl + 2 (KeyPad) - It does a double space between the lines.
Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - A space does 1.5 between the lines.
Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It goes at the end of the last line.
Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It goes at the begin of the last line.
Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + Esc - It Minimize all the windows.
Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray)
F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact.
F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend.
F12 - It cancels a telephonic call.
Esc - It closes the current window.

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