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- http://slashdot.org/yro/00/09/05/0548211.shtml 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 PAM Module for Linux - http://pam-cuecat.sourceforge.net/ 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. Killing your Cat -- Your Guide to Catricide - http://metathink.com/killcat/ 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. CueCat Goes After Online Barcode Database - http://slashdot.org/yro/00/09/28/1351255.shtml 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] CueCat At It Again - http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/26/1257236.shtml Report and discussion on EULA change and legal conflict. [Slashdot] Digital Convergence Changes EULA, and Gets Cracked - http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/18/1129226.shtml 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? - http://lwn.net/2000/0907/ 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 Rollout Proceeds Amid Debate - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20001002/aponline001832_000.htm 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] Will privacy kill the CueCat? - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-524098.html Concerns about its data-collection practices threaten Digital:Convergence's plans to roll out 50 million of the bar-code scanners by 2002. [ZDNet] Here's a Digit for You - http://www.dallasobserver.com/2000-09-21/news/here-s-a-digit-for-you/ [Dallas Observer] Privacy Concerns and The CueCat - http://slashdot.org/yro/00/09/21/131208.shtml About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor Modified by Google - ©2009 Google Advertise with Us - Jobs, Press, Cool Stuff...