Need a new reason to leave your wallet at home? eWallet, the software that serves as a password manager and digital wallet, has a version coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Word on the street is that the software is finished and ready to launch, awaiting the final word from Apple.

With the iPhone 3G within our grasps, the more software released for it, the better. When you already have an iPhone leaving a bulge in your pockets, you’ll do anything to avoid leaving imprints in your denim.

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get nerdier, a DIY project like this comes along. Pass Key is the  password generator that is conveniently shaped like a candy bar making it the only portable gadget of its kind that I’ve seen.  It generates a 16-digit alphanumeric code as quick as you can press a button.

The project takes about two hours to complete and is moderately difficult. For $43 bucks in parts, you won’t find a cheaper hardware-based, portable password generator anywhere. Hell, you won’t find one period; do it yourself.
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Panasonic Japan has announced today the release of 2 professional IC voice recorders that support for the first time a password security system that prevents unauthorized access to your recordings. Even when transferred to a computer, others will not be able to listen to it unless they have the program, the password or they’re using your computer at first place. Users will be locking the audio file by tying in a password using the jogdial at the side of the voice recorder. The more advaned modle US470 will also support Panasonic’s Zoom Microphone technology that diverts the voice reception towards the direction of the speaker, this works the best when you are sittng at the corner of a lecture all the way at the back, or when you are jumping behind all those tall camera men trying to record the celebrity interview done in the middle of the crowd. The battery can last up to 167hours and 40 minutes on AAA batteries. Price is between $100 and $130 depending on which model you get. — Sam Chan

Press release [Panasonic Japan]