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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.

This month’s podcast looks at the page every Web site needs to stay legal, buying Windows 7 in the UK for much less than American users, how to support Britain’s most surprising land speed record attempt and a review of The Geek Atlas.

You can also find out about the future of ‘cloud computing’ and nine office suites you can try in the sky today, where to test drive tomorrow’s version of Google and top time-saving tools for Twitter.

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 – September 2009:

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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. BLUE RIBBON BROADBAND – Zen Internet ranked best ISP
• www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6069711/Zen-Internet-ranked-best-broadband-provider-by-Which-survey.html
2. ETHERNET MEETS LOCAL DEMAND – Local council speeds up 
   • www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/1/business-news/28498/council-signs-deal-for-ethernet-solution
   • www.zen.co.uk/LeasedLines/Products/ethernet-summer-promotion-2009.aspx 
3. COMPUTING A-LEVELS DOWN – Poor academic results in computing
   • www.itpro.co.uk/614179/ict-and-computing-a-levels-continue-to-slide
4. WHAT EVERY SITE NEEDS – Get yourself a privacy policy 
   • www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/19/your-privacy-policy-policy
5. SKYPE GETS IN TOUCH – Skype answers ID theft criticisms 
   • www.expertreviews.co.uk/news/266806/skype-answers-id-theft-criticisms.html
6. WINDOWS FOR LESS IN BRITAIN – Windows 7 cheaper in the UK 
   • www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Windows%207&tag=britishmediao-21&index=blended&link_code=qs
   • www.itpro.co.uk/614119/brits-to-get-windows-7-for-65 
7. A MONTH AT MICROSOFT – A month of excitement at Microsoft 
   • www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/12/microsoft-xml-patent-case
   • www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/what-does-microsoft-nokia-deal-mean-windows-mobile/2009-08-17 
8. YOUR WEB BASED OFFICE – Cloud computing taking off
• www.cio.com/article/500275/9_Web_Based_Office_Productivity_Suites
9. SIX AND STONES – Internet Explorer 6 refuses to die 
   • www.ie6offenders.com
   • www.ie6nomore.com
   • www.ie6update.com
   • www.bringdownie6.com
10. SON OF NAVIGATOR – New browser spawned from Netscape Navigator 
    • www.rockmelt.com
11. BOOK REVIEW – THE GEEK ATLAS – Geeky places to visit  
    • www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/mL8PX07IBDSI2
    • www.amazon.co.uk/Geek-Atlas-Places-Science-Technology/dp/0596523203/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250612631&sr=1-1 
12. BRITS IN OLDEST LAND SPEED CHALLENGE – Steam power returns
    • www.britishsteamcarappeal.co.uk
    • www.racingcampbells.com/content/campbell.archives/stanley.steamer.asp 
13. STAMPING OUT SPAM – Pay as you go e-mails
    • www.newscientist.com/article/dn17577-payperemail-plan-to-beat-spam-and-help-charity.html
    • centmail.net
14. READERS WRITE – Top file view utilities 
    • users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html
    • www.download3000.com/download_48391.html 
    • www.macosxapps.com/article.php?story=20040527214142180
    • echoone.com/filejuicer
    • www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/35417
15. CONVERTING ONLINE – Convert your document formats online
    • www.zamzar.com
16. TWITTER TOOLS – Tools to make twittering easy
    • blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/08/04/seven-time-management-tips-for-twitter
    • business.twitter.com/twitter101
17. CUT TO THE SEARCH – Is Twitter the latest search engine?
    • twitter.com
    • www.sequoiacap.com
18. CHANGES BREWING AT GOOGLE – Google updating its search engine
• www.comparegoogle.com
19. WAKE’S PROGRESS – Yahoo’s not dead yet
• uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090825/tbs-yahoo-vows-to-fight-microsoft-on-new-8cc5291.html
20. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – A social search engine 
    • www.lavva.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.