Would you use a webOS-powered printer?

On the eve of the announcement concerning future HP printers, scanners, and other office equipment implementing freshly acquired Palm and webOS, we have to ask: Would you use a webOS office product?

I think webOS is a great mobile OS that was sadly underdeveloped and mishandled by Palm. The fact that they were literally hemorrhaging cash also didn’t bode well. But a fresh partner of whom has vastly deeper pockets is giving webOS another chance at life.

Mophie jumping into mobile transaction arena with “me too” iPhone credit card scanner.

Think Jack Dorsey’s “Square” was as good as it got? Mophie, a popular iPhone hardware manufacturer would like you to think otherwise. While I and apparently several other bloggers in the tech sphere don’t see this exactly one upping or even in the same league as Square, there’s no doubt the mobile transaction market is quickly heating up.

If we were going based on software alone, it would be hard to say much of anything about Mophie currently as their description of the “private label” software simply states:

Marking its first combination hardware and private label iPhone application device, mophie is launching its innovative new credit card reader, empowering users to complete financial transactions on the go.

So, are they (Mophie) making it or is someone else? Beats me. But we’ll find out such things in less than a week anyway so there’s no sense in losing sleep over it.

Software aside, the actual hardware pictured above is actually pretty nifty if it materializes into anything remotely close to the picture. Then again, being mobile means just that — mobile and compact. Dorsey’s Square dongle has Mophie’s rendering beat hands down for size. And if Mophie isn’t doing the whole software/hardware combo in house as Square is doing, consider this a novelty service.

That’s the word for now. Have anything to add?

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Lockface USB drive opens/closes at the sight of your face.

I’m not even going to try and hide it — I have a goldfish memory. I can’t remember anything no matter how hard I try. To top it off, my mind wonders so fa…

Often times notes are useless as I merely misplace them or forget to look at them. It kind of sucks really. But somehow I’ve managed to get this far so obviously I’ve figured out some working formula. As soon as I remember what it is I’ll let you know…

With so many passwords, passcodes, and passphrases being required by our increasingly digital lifestyles, remembering all of them is nothing short of monumental. And it’s bad security policy to use the same password/phrase/code for multiple accounts, yet most of us still do it. Why not forget pass-crap altogether?

The Lockface flash drive does just that by eschewing passwords/codes/phrases and instead relying solely on facial recognition software. Potential data thieves who swipe (no pun intended) your drive with hopes of retrieving digital bounty will be frustrated when their ugly mug is prevented from viewing the contents stored within.

98% accuracy and a password failsafe (you know, in case you have some freak accident or something) keep worries of a facial recognition failure at bay. Then again, remembering a backup password to a device that is supposed to do away with passwords puts you right back at square one…

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