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CueCat At It Again
Report and discussion on EULA change and legal conflict. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/26/1257236.shtml
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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]
http://lwn.net/2000/0914/
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Digital Convergence Changes EULA, and Gets Cracked
Apparently Digital Convergence has changed their EULA. This EULA has been modified to include the CueCat reader in an attempt to shutdown those tinkering with their cats. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/18/1129226.shtml
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: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]
http://lwn.net/2000/0907/
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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.
http://pam-cuecat.sourceforge.net/
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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]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20001002/aponline001832_000.htm
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Killing your Cat -- Your Guide to Catricide
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.
http://metathink.com/killcat/
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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]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-524098.html
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A scanner darkly
Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into a nation of bar-code-reading clerks? By Scott Rosenberg [Salon.com]
http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/09/15/cuecat/
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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]
http://slashdot.org/yro/00/09/05/0548211.shtml
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