| Directory > Computers > Software > Bar Code > CueCat 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.
http://metathink.com/killcat/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Perl and :CueCat Help You Roll Your Own Data Capture
By Brent Michalski.
http://www.ddj.com/columns/perl/2001/0101pl001.htm?topic=perl
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0011/0011r/0011r.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51440-2000Aug30.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
A scanner darkly
Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into a nation of bar-code-reading clerks? [Salon.com]
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/09/15/cuecat/index.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
: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/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Here's a Digit for You
[Dallas Observer]
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-09-21/buzz.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Privacy Concerns and The CueCat
About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/21/131208.shtml
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2631166,00.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/28/1351255.shtml
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/26/1257236.shtml
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000920S0010
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2636304,00.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/technology/archive/2000/10/11/cuecat.dtl
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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/articles/00/09/05/0548211.shtml
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
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]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39139,00.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
|
