Blue Sky On Mars - Kevin Dangoor's Weblog - Blog Archive Return of the CueCat
http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/08/24/return-of-the-cuecat
"It looks like some of the remaining supply of CueCats has ended up at Surplus Computers. For just $7, you can get your very own bar code reader that was formerly free"
CueCat Resources
http://www.beau.lib.la.us/~jmorris/linux/cuecat
"...once you strip away the unique serial number and the lame attempt to obfuscate the output it is a fairly good general purpose barcode scanner."