Daily Dispatch: Recycle small electronics at the PO; Holiday savings with Google Checkout

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The Daily Dispatch is a collection of interesting news about computing,
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Recycle small electronics for free through the USPS (unclutterer)
The unclutterer reminds us that the USPS allows you to recycle small consumer electronics (inkjet cartridges, cell phones, digital cameras etc.) for free via postage-paid mailers. Look for them at your local Post Office.

What Does a Black Friday Look Like on eBay (Digital Inspiration)

…Now if you ever wondered what a Black Friday looks like on eBay (1 million transactions in less than 24 hours or around 12 transactions per second), check this interesting heat map on Facebook that captures all the buying-selling activity on eBay across the US on Black Friday.

Holiday Savings with (Google) Checkout (Official Google Blog

This holiday season, Google Checkout can help you save time and money. You can shop quickly and easily with one secure login for thousands of stores across the web. And through December 17, save with exclusive discounts of $5, $10 or $20 at hundreds of participating stores, including TigerDirect.com, BlueNile.com and Petco.com.

Dying career: traffic helicopter pilot (Scobleizer)
Robert Scoble drives around Palo Alto in this video getting a demo of Waze, a crowdsourced traffic application that innovates in its display and collection of traffic data.

Simply Split the Bill (Geeky Gadgets)
This design study offers a way to simplify bill splitting when you share a meal with friends or co-workers.

Nissan's Scratch Shield paint coming to cellphones, invisibleSHIELD feels threatened (engadget)

…In theory, at least, the flexible clearcoat will enable certain light scratches to actually heal themselves over time, and the paint itself is tougher to scratch to begin with.

Zappos Launches interactive product videos
A visit to the Zappos Nike page brings up the clickable, interactive videos that Zappos is testing.

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Lighter Side: Check out this video advertisement for the UK's Sun, which claims to be the UK's best handheld for the past 40 years.

…No waiting for pages to load, no contract, no losing reception.

GSA Auto Website Submitter 3.66 (Windows)

The GSA Auto Website Submitter is a program designed to submit your website to hundreds of search engines and directories. It will save you a lot of time and money since its fully automated.

Go here to download:
GSA Auto Website Submitter 3.66 (Windows)

Pamela for Skype – Basic Version 4.6.0.39 (Windows)

Pamela Basic allows you to record Skype calls for free. In addition Pamela can play audio files during a call, take notes during or after a call, transfer a call to a contact or group and many more cool features. Pamela looks and works like Skype

Download it:
Pamela for Skype – Basic Version 4.6.0.39 (Windows)

GSA Auto SoftSubmit 6.50 (Windows)

The GSA Auto SoftSubmit is a program designed to submit your software to hundreds of Web sites. It will save you a lot of time and money since its fully automated

Download here:
GSA Auto SoftSubmit 6.50 (Windows)

Wandering IPs 1.4.2 (Windows)

You think you're safe with all these firewalls, antiviruses, antispyware, antiwhatever things installed?

Download here:
Wandering IPs 1.4.2 (Windows)

gPhotoShow Pro 4.6.0 (Windows)

gPhotoShow Pro is an easy to use make-your-own photo slide show or screen saver.

Download:
gPhotoShow Pro 4.6.0 (Windows)

Pamela for Skype – Business Version 4.6.0.39 (Windows)

Pamela Business allows you to record Skype calls. Outlook integration, play audio files during a call, take notes during or after a call, transfer a call to a contact or group and many more cool features. Pamela looks and works like Skype

Download: 
Pamela for Skype – Business Version 4.6.0.39 (Windows)

Nsauditor 1.9.8 (Windows)

Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a network security software and vulnerability scanner that allows auditing and monitoring network computers for possible vulnerabilities, checking network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it and create a report of potential problems that were found. Nsauditor is a complete networking utilities package that includes more than 45 network tools and utilities for network auditing, scanning, and network connections monitoring

Here is the download: 
Nsauditor 1.9.8 (Windows)

Spiffy 0.4 (Windows)

Spiffy is a Gmail notifier which supports 2 accounts and tray alerts on new mail.

Download it:
Spiffy 0.4 (Windows)

Koma-Mail 3.79 (Windows)

For your safety save download via SSL and APOP, scripts, Active x- and html-Blocker, encrypting of the database and contacts, multi-user support, every user can define several eMail-accounts Easy communication: multilingual (German, English, Greek, Dutch). Support of IMAP/POP3/SMTP and WebDav (Hotmail), html eMails, inline-eMails Spam-Filter and own filters, RSS Feeds. For your comfort: no installation required, runs from an USB-stick.

Download here:
Koma-Mail 3.79 (Windows)