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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.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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]
- 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]
- A scanner darkly - Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into a nation of bar-code-reading clerks? [Salon.com]
- 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]
- Privacy Concerns and The CueCat - About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot]
- 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]
- 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]
Wikipedia Articles
- CueCat - The CueCat (trademarked :CueCat) is a cat-shaped handheld barcode reader developed in the late 1990s by the now-defunct Digital Convergence Corporation, which connected to computers using the PS/2 keyboard port and later USB. The CueCat enabled users to link to an Internet URL by scanning a barcode appearing ...
- Alexandria (software) - Alexandria is a GNOME application that keeps a database of books. Users can search by title, author, keywords, or ISBN number, or with a barcode reader, like a CueCat.
- Delicious Library - ... for Mac OS X, developed by Delicious Monster. The software allows users to manage their collections of books, movies, CDs and video games by either entering them manually or by using a Bluetooth scanner, an iSight camera, or a USB-keyboard-type barcode scanner (such as a modified CueCat).