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The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

In this month’s issue you can find out how to get a free business desk in Wales, discover the next generation of young entrepreneur dragons, read an Internet guide for watchful parents, and learn how to avoid Google getting too personal and check the basic search results instead.

You can also learn about  four ways to find real-time search and why it’s wasted elsewhere, who should be radical, competitive, accountable, innovative and green, and say goodbye at last to IE 6.0.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

This Month’s Podcast

The Internet Monthly – April 2010:

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This Month’s Articles

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

1. FAREWELL TO IE6 – Goggle dropping support for Internet Explorer 6
   • www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/default.aspx
   • www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html
   • www.google.com/chrome
   • www.apple.com/safari
   • www.opera.com/browser
2. CATCHING YOUNG DRAGONS – Test developed to spot entrepreneurs
   • www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=66326&CultureCode=en
3. CROESO I GYMRU – Get a free desk in Wales for 12 months
   • www.ibwales.com/business-support/access-wales
4. MANAGEMENT OPENINGS – Modern business management website
   • www.open2.net/moneyandmanagement/management_organisation
5. FRINGE POLITICS – Facebook politics minimal
   • www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/earticle/8190
6. GROWING LAND – Government promote cultivation of un-used land
   • www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1492679
7. STEALTH WIND POWER – Generate electricity from your chimney top
   • www.secretenergyturbine.com
8. FUEL CELL IN A BOX – Commercial fuel cell electricity generation
   • www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2009/gb2009127_746740.htm
   • www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=api
9. ENDANGERED SPECIES – Twitter accounts being hijacked
   • www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/26/twitter-hack-spread-phishing
   • twitter.com/safety
10. SCOOP – Online sources for journalists
    • www.thedailybeast.com
    • insight.cision.com/content/GWU-request
11. ONLINE PRESS TRUSTED BEST – Newspaper websites prospering
    • www.naa.org/PressCenter/SearchPressReleases/2010/NEWSPAPER-WEB-SITES-CONTINUE-TO-BE-THE-MOST-VALUED-LOCAL-NEWS-AN-INFORMATION-SITES-ONLINE.aspx
12. A READER WRITES – Are your kids surfing safely?
    • parents.vodafone.com
13. BRITISH LIBRARY OF WEB SITES – Archiving websites going slowly
    • www.bl.uk/news/2010/pressrelease20100225.html
14. LAPTOP STOPS – Find free Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide
    • www.laptopfriendlycafes.com
15. BRITAIN’S BEST BROADBAND – Zen wins best broadband award again
    • www.zen.co.uk/about.aspx?page=11100
16. HOMER RUN – Microsoft’s Bing sponsors the Simpsons
    • www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/microsofts-bing-to-sponsor-the-simpsons-on-channel-4/3011081.article
17. GOOGLE TV – Google trials TV search service
    • www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7404850/Google-testing-TV-search-service.html
18. BUZZZY – Search engine for Google Buzz
    • www.buzzzy.com
19. REAL-TIME SEARCH – The new breed of search engines
    • collecta.com
    • www.crowdeye.com
    • www.oneriot.com
    • topsy.com
20. THE EYES ARE NOT HAVING IT – Eye tracking Google search results
    • www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/09/google-eye-tracking-twitter-real-time-search
21. NEW PPC FEATURES WELCOMED – Yahoo improves PPC programme
    • www.ppchero.com/new-excluded-keywordsblocked-domains-limit-plus-new-yahoo-search-network-reporting-features
22. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH– Search Google without filtering
    • www.sortfix.com

This podcast is sponsored and reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet Limited. The music on the podcast was provided courtesy of Will Tang.