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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 find out how to sell your energy, sell your skills, cut printing costs, earn money with your car and save money with free messages and free software every day.

You can also learn about a transistor downsized to a single atom and a desktop 3D modelling machine that’s as easy to use as your printer. Discover how to enhance your Web site and boost its links with a shapely word cloud and promote it with online articles at the top twenty Web directories.

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 – February 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. SELL YOUR ENERGY – Sell your surplus energy to the energy companies
   • www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your-own-energy/Sell-your-own-energy
2. SELL YOUR SKILLS – Sell your skills and time by the hour
   • www.peopleperhour.com
3. CUT PRINTING COSTS – Get paid to recycle your inkjet cartridges
   • www.cashforcartridges.co.uk
   • www.bootsrecycle.com/consumer/recyclecartridges.asp
4. TRAVEL MONEY – Get paid to deliver parcels on your daily journeys
   • www.stuff2send.com
5. MESSAGES TO WARMER PLACES – Free text messages to selected countries  
   • 160by2.com
6. POKETALK – Free 10 minute phone calls abroad 
   • www.poketalk.com
7. FREE EVERY DAY – Free software given away every day
   • www.giveawayoftheday.com
8. CHINESE LINUX – Chinese make Linux look like Windows XP
   • www.ylmf.org/en/index.html
   • www.linuxinsider.com/story/Chinas-Latest-Knockoff-Ubuntu-in-XP-Clothing-68990.html
9. QUANTUM DOWNSIZE – Single atom sized transistor 
   • www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=63617&CultureCode=en
10. DESKTOP 3D – 3D printing becomes affordable technology
    • www.3dimensionprint.co.uk/printers/printing-uprint.shtml
11. BACHTRACK – Search for classical concerts near you
    • www.bachtrack.com
    • www.bachtrack.com/find-events?searchdef=city=18
12. JUKE BOX JURY – Illegal file sharer escapes jail
    • www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20100107_oink.shtml
    • www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4834703
    • oink.cd
13. WORLD’S RISKIEST DOMAINS – Cameroon voted worst domain
    • news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10407530-83.html
14. SOCIAL SAFETY – Be careful what you post online
    • news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10420861-245.html
15. HOSTING SECURITY – Choice of web hosting has security implications 
    • www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/07/239522/hosting-security-how-to-mitigate-hosting-security-risks.htm
16. PRIZE WORDS – New social media words enter the dictionary
    • www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial
    • www.languagemonitor.com
    • www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/30/twitter-declared-top-word-of-2009
17. SHAPING YOUR WORDS – New tool to generate tag clouds
    • tagul.com
18. A-LIST ARTICLE DIRECTORIES – Submit your articles online  
    • www.bestonlineadvertisingstuff.com/2009/11/best-article-directories-for-your-online-marketing
19. ONLINE MARKETING 2010 – Where businesses are advertising online 
    • www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118122
20. GOOGLE COMPLICIT WITH COUNTERFEITERS – Fake sites target Google 
    • www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/consumer_affairs/article6980806.ece
21. GONE FROM GOOGLE – Search engine optimisers hidden by Google 
    • www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/01/04/google-ditches-local-listings-for-seos-and-designers
22. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – Search for links posted via twitter
    • www.pulseni.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.