The SJ Mercury News published a not very revelatory article on how the CueCat has not been catching on. It points out the obvious (well, they were to me anyway) faults of the wired device: “users are obliged to be physically sitting at their computer at the time they do the scanning”. They mention the Cross pen scanner I wrote about a while back, but it’s still a $90 item. They’ve got to create a wireless giveaway to get this concept out of the ICU. I don’t think their idea of hiring the Simpsons characters to promote the CueCat will do much except deplete their marketing coffers even further.