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The CueCat is a cheap (actually given away in several places) barcode reader. The bundled software (for Mac and Windows) makes it possible to read a barcode printed in a catalog or a magazine and be forwarded to a relevant URL (at the same time giving them your serial number). This category covers both this and the efforts to write new software for the CueCat that performs other tasks as well as the controversies regarding this.

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CueCat At It Again - Report and discussion on EULA change and legal conflict. [Slashdot] 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] 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] :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] 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] 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] 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] Here's a Digit for You - [Dallas Observer] Privacy Concerns and The CueCat - About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot]

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