Plus Liverpool-based ScraperWiki raises new funding, and an urgent call to inaction from the W3C A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Google at Work on an ‘Entertainment Device’ – NYTimes.com More: The device, which exists as a prototype and will eventually be sold as a branded item to consumers, is the company’s most significant venture into hardware. While the initial purpose of the device will be for streaming music, the eventual use could be much wider. Google’s Foray Into Hardware Will Be A Total Disaster — Here’s Why Matt Rosoff writes: Google has never shown that it has any of the characteristics necessary to build, market, and sell consumer goods.

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