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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/

» 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/

» 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

» CueCat At It Again
   Report and discussion on EULA change and legal conflict. [Slashdot]
   http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/26/1257236.shtml

» 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/yro/00/09/28/1351255.shtml

» 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/

» 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

» 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

» Here's a Digit for You
   [Dallas Observer]
   http://www.dallasobserver.com/2000-09-21/news/here-s-a-digit-for-you/

» Killing Your CueCat -- 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://www.killcat.net/

» 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/

» Privacy Concerns and The CueCat
   About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot]
   http://slashdot.org/yro/00/09/21/131208.shtml