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The Trojan Room Coffee Machine - The official site. Includes the final image of the machine being switched off, a non-technical biography, and an audio copy of a 1994 radio report.

ABCNEWS.com: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot - Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.

Ananova - Famous Coffee Pot Sold Online - Article about the selling of the coffee pot so that its owners can buy a new espresso machine.

Ananova - Internet Coffee Pot Sells for £3,350 - Short article on the sale of the coffee pot, and what the owners plan to do with the money.

CBC Radio - Pulling the Plug on World's First Webcam - Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.

CNN.com - Web Coffee Pot Goes off the Boil - Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.

Creators to Pull Plug on Original Webcam - Article from the Washington Post, by Peter S. Goodman, looking at the camera's history, reason for invention, and demise.

Demise of Early Online Star (a Coffee Machine) Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective - History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.

Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam (Wired) - Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.

Guardian Unlimited - Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffee Pot - Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.

Philip Watson's Home Page - Includes an MPEG of the coffee pot, assembled by taking a snapshot of the machine every five minutes, for a day.

The Register: Do you Want to Own the Trojan Room Coffee Pot? - Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.

The Register: World's First Webcam Coffee Pot to be Scrapped - Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.

Trailing Edge: Coffee Cam - Article outlining the machine's history.

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