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