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Originally Posted by MistressStevie
I will see that list of flopped software and raise it by a muted meow from the widely panned CueCat!
The Wikipedia article is kind compared to the comments I remember in the day:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
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I remember these! We had one. Think it came to my Dad in the mail. Probably because he subscribed to Forbes.
The "nose" scanned the code. Never used it. We have it somewhere... probably in a box in the garage.
"QR" codes and smartphones have made this obsolete. Besides it used a wire. Even in 2000 it was clear the next thing was to eliminate that. Never knew they invested $185 million in it.