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 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.
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
