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CNET Says CueCat Restrictions Are Bogus

Posted by Hemos on from the dc-is-going-down dept.

Barondude writes: "Steve Fox at CNET Insider wrote The CueCat: When Free Isn't Worth the Price. Besides mentioning Slashdot, he brings to the general public many of the points that have been made here."

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  1. Good enough for me! by Xerithane · · Score: 5

    Cheap enough for free?
    Bah, look at all the cool stuff you get..
    A barcode scanner
    A marital aid
    A good time harassing the Radio Shack employee
    Thousands of minutes spent thinking, "What can I waste my time doing with this thing?"
    Hours of Slashdot stories updating the idiocy of DC and their marketing strategy
    Being embraced by DC's approach of loving the linux hackers
    heh.. I found that it just looked to ridiculous to use it myself.. but it has provided me with a lot of laughter.

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  2. More info by 1010011010 · · Score: 4

    It's doubtful, but someone may have missed the previous 6,000 cuecat stories.

    If you're seeking more information, I have a lot of links to news stories, info on the hardware (including disabling and reprogramming the serial number), and software for Linux, Windows and the Mac at http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/foocat/



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  3. You Know You've Been Reading alt.tasteless too... by Tackhead · · Score: 4
    You Know You've Been Reading alt.tasteless too long when you read...

    > a handheld scanner fetchingly shaped like a cat

    ...and, remembering what the CueCat's shaped like, you wonder how a word like "felchingly" got past CNet's censors...

  4. He called you slashdot.com by e_n_d_o · · Score: 5

    And you STILL posted the article?