Computers

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.

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] (September 28, 2000)

Report and discussion on EULA change and legal conflict. [Slashdot] (September 26, 2000)

About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot] (September 21, 2000)

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] (September 18, 2000)

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] (September 14, 2000)

"Thanks to a (previously) little-known company called ""Digital Convergence

"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] (September 05