Soumen Halder

Soumen is the founder/author for Ampercent, a tech blog that writes on computer tricks, free online tools & software guides. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

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Nexus Radio: A Desktop Tool For Online Radio Streaming

nexus radio desktop toolBe it a good friend’s party or just easing up your everyday work stress, music is a great way to set the mood right and be more productive at work.

I am always plugged into new songs on my portable iPod or desktop computer, regardless of whatever I am doing. However, I also enjoy finding new songs that are still missing from my iPod playlists. In such situations, Internet Radio saves the day.

Radio channels streamed from the internet is a great way to listen to latest tunes as well as old classics. Things are pretty random with radio streaming, so if you are looking for a tool that will let you enjoy online radio stations from all over the world, try Nexus radio.

With a collection of over 15 million tracks and 11000+ radio stations listed, you will never get bored with music streamed with this free application.
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Use Your Webcam With Multiple Programs Simultaneously

manycam-webcamDo you love to video chat with friends? Do you spend a good amount of time chatting with random strangers at omegle.com, Skype or other free internet chat rooms that support video chatting ?

If yes, then ManyCam is a brilliant webcam application which you will love using.

ManyCam lets you use your webcam with multiple applications simultaneously. After you have installed ManyCam, you can stream the video capture to multiple applications or devices.
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6 Websites To Find Creative And Unique Domain Names

domain-namesIt all begins with that domain name.

Whether you are planning to launch a new website, write a blog, develop a web service or establish a start up company – the domain name is one of the important factors which decides the success or failure of your online venture. Choosing the right domain name for your business or organization is necessary because there is no undo button, when you have registered one.

Almost all the domain registrars have their own domain name suggestion tools, but there are basically two problems with them. First, the domain name suggestion tools are self promoting, which means that you are shown only those domains who comes at the cost of high price. The tools will randomly match common terms with your keyword and provide alternate domain name suggestions which might not relate to your business plan at all.
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How To Relocate Application Folders Without Changing Their Installation Path

junctionmaster-mainWhen you install more and more software applications or computer games on your operating system, the primary partition is gradually filled up with lots of files and folders.  When the disk space on C drive crosses the critical limit, the user is shown an infamous warning message “You are running low disk space on the C drive. Click here to fix this warning“.

The Problem With Disk Clean Up Techniques

There are different ways to free up some hard drive space on the primary Windows partition. This includes:

  • Cleaning up the temporary files, browsing data, thumbnails of websites and emptying the temporary internet files folder
  • Deleting Windows hibernation files / shadow copies
  • Compressing files and folders to save disk space
  • Removing Log files and system generated temporary files during installation of a specific program.

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Dropico: Upload, Share And Manage Photos Across Multiple Social Networks

dropico logo Uploading and sharing photos across multiple social networking websites is a very lengthy and time consuming process. You might have a dozen accounts on various social networks and when you want to share a whole bunch of photos in all of them, you have to devote a good amount of time.

Ever wished you could upload photos to multiple social sites from a central location? Ever wanted to cross post photos from your MySpace account to your Facebook account, without having to find an app, download some extension or sign up for yet another service ? Meet Dropico
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Use BridgeURL To Shorten Multiple Links In One Shot

bridgeurl-urlWith the emergence of micro blogging websites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace etc – an entire army of URL shortening services have evolved. You have used some of the popular URL shortening services e.g Bit.lyTinyurl.com, Goo.gl and so on.

All of these services allow you to shorten a long link, so that you can use the shortened form of the longer URL and share it on social websites like Facebook, Twitter, IM, Email and so on. Some of these URL shortening services also allow tracking features so that you may know how many users clicked a link, which is great !
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Everything You Want to Know About Chrome OS, Chrome Netbook And Chrome Web Store

google-chrome-osGoogle released a much awaited update on Chrome OS since 2009, introducing Chrome OS, Chrome Web store and the Google Chrome Cr-48 netbook. Google’s very own operating system, better known as Chrome OS is expected to change the way we use computers in our day to day lives. The basic concept of Chrome OS is cloud computing, which overrides the use of local computer for file management, images, documents, messaging, communication and everything else.

If you are the type of person who uses the computer just for browsing the web, sending emails, connecting with social friends and other works related to the web – you don’t need an operating system installed locally in your computer.

This is the basic idea behind Chrome OS, which attempts to remove the hassles of managing the local operating system, tweaking the OS settings again and again. Forget the files and program installations – it’s all up there, in the cloud.

If you haven’t heard about Chrome OS yet, this article is a good start. We will discuss some of the very basic things regarding Google’s new operating system which includes Chrome OS, the Cr-48 netbook, the chrome web store and more.
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How to Check the Download and Upload Speed Of Your Internet Connection

Measure your Internet Upload Download Speed Do you download a lot of movies, software programs, mp3′s and other stuff from the internet? Do you feel very frustrated when the download speed of your internet connection goes down? Do you doubt whether or not your ISP is providing you the optimum download or upload speed for the money you are paying every month ?

In such situations, it would be wise to perform an internet speed check on your computer and see whether you are getting the correct upload and download speeds from your Internet service provider. You can also compare your internet speed with other users across the globe and see whether your current ISP is at par with other ISP’s across the world.
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Join.Me: Start A Remote Desktop Sharing Session With Anyone

joinme-logoA remote desktop sharing session allows users to share their computer screen with any other user, both having an active internet connection. The general way to start a remote session is to install a remote desktop software at both host and client end. Next, the host sends his identity to the client (in most cases it’s a unique ID, password or a URL).

When the client enters the same username, password or URL in his browser, the remote connection is established. Now the host and the client are connected via the remote desktop connecting software and both users can share their computer screen with each other. Not only screen sharing, but they can exchange instant messages, send files, share control and do a lot of other tasks.

There are lots of remote desktop sharing applications available for Windows, Linux or MAC. Some of the very popular programs are Teamviewer, Logmein, Yuugu and so on.

But one of the very simplest and easy to use web based remote sharing applications is Join.me
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How to Setup Automatic Email Reminders Using FollowUpThen

Email remindersDo you get a dozen of email every single day and forget following up on earlier emails? Do you need a simple way to set up email reminders so that there is no need to use a task management or to do list application, just because you want to remember important schedules, meetings etc?

Followupthen is a simple web service with a brilliant concept. The site lets you set up scheduled email reminders on any of your email account’s e.g Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo, Hotmail and so on. You can define a future date or hour in any email message and your reminder will hit the inbox on the scheduled day or time. No registrations or sign ups are required in order to use the Followupthen service.

What’s impressive about Followupthen is that you can not only send the reminders to your email, but you can also auto forward them to any other recipient of your choice. Hence, you can automatically ping a particular email address at a future date, which is great!
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