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- CueCat
PAM Module for Linux
The pam_cuecat module reads decoded bar codes
from /dev/scanners/cuecat, looks up the username:barcode_type:barcode
line in /etc/cuecatpasswd, and returns whether
or not this user has been authenticated.
- Killing
your CueCat
A humorous protest of Digital Convergence's
CueCat product featuring satirical parodies
of ads and their license agreement plus alternate
uses/gratuitous destruction of the controversial
barcode scanner.
- Perl and
:CueCat Help You Roll Your Own Data Capture
By Brent Michalski. (January 1,
2001)
- Cat
and Mouse Games
A little of this convergence stuff goes
a long way. Face it, when media outlets as
dissimilar as Parade (that magazine supplement
in your Sunday newspaper) and Slashdot.org
("News for nerds. Stuff that matters.") start
covering the same stories, maybe it's time
to head out for Idaho. [Dr. Dobb's Journal]
(November, 2000)
- The
Clause of the CueCat/Legal Language Could
Shut Down Hardware Tinkerers
This unimpressive little gadget has recently
become the heart of a controversy involving
independent software developers. The outcome
could potentially set a new precedent in how
consumers control and use the products they
bring home. [SF Gate] (October 11,
2000)
- Why
the world needs reverse engineers
People engaged in reverse engineering
are a check on the ability of companies to
invade our privacy without our knowledge.
[ZDNet] (October 9, 2000)
- Turning
CueCat Into a Cool Cat
If you build it, someone will inevitably hack
it. In the computer business, most manufacturers
object when hordes of spotty teenagers tinker
with their products. [Wired] (October
3, 2000)
- CueCat
Rollout Proceeds Amid Debate
Bar codes for Internet scanners called CueCats
made their latest debut in print Sunday in
The Dallas Morning News, even as the creators
of this new technology grapple with concerns
about privacy and ease of use. [Washington
Post] (October 2, 2000)
- CueCat
Goes After Online Barcode Database
Just noted that CueCat is going for this
year's Useless Legal Action Beanie by going
after www.upcdatabase.com, a site that is
storing UPC codes and allows people to look
them up. [Slashdot] (September 28,
2000)
- CueCat
At It Again
. Michael Rothwell (the author of Foocat)
wrote in to tell us that our friends at Digital
Convergence are not giving up on their quest
to defend their 3rd grader calibre "encryption"
of their "intellectual property". [Slashdot]
(September 26, 2000)
- Will privacy
kill the CueCat?
Concerns about its data-collection practices
threaten Digital:Convergence's plans to roll
out 50 million of the bar-code scanners by
2002. [ZDNet] (September 22, 2000)
- Here's
a Digit for You
[Dallas Observer] (September 21, 2000)
- Privacy
Concerns and The CueCat
About the serial number and how to remove
it. [Slashdot] (September 21, 2000)
- The
Cat Is Out Of The Bag
Finally, I want to add my voice to the
cacophony (cat-ophony?) of complaints, grouses,
and amazement at the proliferation of the
:CueCat from Digital Convergence. [Byte] (September
20, 2000)
- Digital
Convergence Changes EULA, and Gets Cracked
CueCat reader in an attempt to shutdown those
tinkering with their cats. [Slashdot] (September
18, 2000)
- A scanner
darkly
Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into
a nation of bar-code-reading clerks? [Salon.com]
(September 15, 2000)
- More
on the :CueCat
The :CueCat is a classic example of a broken
business model. One can no longer (if, indeed,
one ever could) put out a piece of hardware
with the expectation that people will not
seek to improve its operation with new software.
[Linux Weekly News] (September 14,
2000)
- :CluelessCat?
Thanks to a (previously) little-known company
called "Digital Convergence," we now have
our latest attack on the right to program.
[Linux Weekly News] (September 7, 2000)
- Barcode
Maker Responds After Forcing Drivers Offline
Digital Convergence responds to the flak
that they've taken after demanding that several
developers take drivers offline that work
with their "CueCat" barcode reader. [Slashdot]
(September 5, 2000)
- Linux
Drivers For Free Barcode Scanner Cease-And-D...
On Aug. 30 several folks who have written
Linux drivers and apps relating to the free
barcode scanner mentioned here a few days
ago were sent cease and desist orders demanding
that they stop distributing the code. [Slashdot]
(September 1, 2000)
- Surfing
Off the Page
Forbes magazine last week shipped its 810,000
subscribers a new computer gadget it hopes
will turn its pages into a new form of hyperlink
to the Internet, as part of an experiment
aimed at bridging the divide between old and
new media. [Washington Post] (July
31, 2000)
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