'World's First' All-in-One Coffee Machine Roasts, Grinds and Brews

Serious coffee drinkers can spend a lot of time roasting, grinding and brewing a morning cup of joe, but a new gadget takes all of those processes and rolls it into one machine.
Bonaverde, which claims to be the world's first all-in-one coffee machine that roasts, grinds and brews, turns raw green coffee beans into fresh black coffee with a push of a button. One cycle can make as many as 12 cups of coffee, and can be customized based on roast intensities and personal preferences. From start to finish, it takes about about 12 to 14 minutes to turn raw, unroasted beans into a cup of coffee.
The company has 135 working prototypes now, but is looking for pre-orders to help finance it on crowdsourcing site Kickstarter. The campaign, which ends Sunday, has received more than $640,000 in backing so far. Each machine costs $300.
If the concept takes off, it could usher in a whole new market for farmers who would sell raw coffee beans directly to consumers. Bonaverde says the brewer system bypasses the huge commercial and bureaucratic delays that come with the coffee trade, which can take months.
Although coffee purists might take issue with the beans being ground so quickly after roasting, or dislike the fact that you can’t adjust temperature settings or brew time, Bonaverde promises that its coffee is more delicious than what you would get from a drip brewer.

 

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Google: We're Winning Against Phishing and Spam Emails

Google can't say "mission accomplished" just yet, but the search giant made it clear that the Internet is winning its decade-old war against phishing and spam emails.
In a blog post published Friday, Google said the Internet-wide efforts against unauthenticated emails, which can be used by spammers and phishers to fake email addresses and deceive users, are working. In fact, the vast majority of non-spam email that Gmail users receive is authenticated with standards designed to fight phishing.

"91.4% of non-spam emails sent to Gmail users come from authenticated senders, which helps Gmail filter billions of impersonating email messages a year from entering our users’ inboxes," Google security researchers Elie Bursztein and Vijay Eranti said in the post.
Since 2004, Internet industry groups and authorities have been pushing for authentication standards, called DomainKey Identified Email and Sender Policy Framework, to be widely enforced. Google said that as much as 74.7% of incoming email on Gmail use both DKIM and SPF, while 14.4% use SPF only and 2.25% use DKIM only. That leaves just 8.6% of emails as non-authenticated.
 But the war isn't over yet. As Google points out in the post, phishers can still target unprotected domains, and even protected ones, if they use weak encryption. That's why Bursztein and and Eranti suggested using at least 1024 bit keys, as "the use of weak cryptographic keys — ones that are 512 bits or less — is one of the major sources of DKIM configuration errors (21%)."

Grammy nominations 2014: David Bowie among Robin Thicke and Jay-Z

In what looks set to be a surprising Grammy Awards in 2014, just a handful of British stars have received nominations

Veteran rapper Jay-Z topped nominees for the 2014 Grammys announced Friday with nine nods, while Taylor Swift and Daft Punk were also among those in the running in major categories.
But other major stars including Justin Timberlake failed to score any nominations in the major categories, which saw a mixture of rap and pop in the running for the top honors at music's equivalent of the Oscars next month.
In second place with seven nods apiece were California hip hop star Kendrick Lamar and rapper Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, as well as Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams, while rapper Drake scored five.
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The nominees in key categories were announced during an hour-long concert at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, including video-link performances by Swift from Australia and Katy Perry live from Canada.
"This year's nominations reflect the talented community of music makers who represent some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry of the year in their respective fields," said Neil Portnow head of Grammys organisers The Recording Academy.
In the coveted Record of the Year category songstress Swift's Red will compete with French electro duo Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's The Heist, Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City and Sara Bareilles' The Blessed Unrest.
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Record Of The Year candidates are Daft Punk & Williams' ubiquitous Get Lucky, New Zealand teenager Lorde's Royals, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, Hawaiian crooner Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, made infamous by Miley Cyrus' twerking at the MTV Video Music Awards show.
Shortlisted for Song of the Year - for songwriters, as opposed to performers - were Just Give Me A Reason sung by Pink Featuring Nate Ruess; Locked Out Of Heaven sung by Bruno Mars; Roar sung by Katy Perry; Royals sung by Lorde, and Same Love sung by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis was also nominated for Best New Artist, up against Blake, Kendrick Lamar, Kacey Musgraves and Sheeran.
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While big-hitters Jay-Z and Timberlake scored lots of nods, they were mostly in rap and pop/R &B categories respectively. Neither the rapper's heavily marketed Magna Carta...Holy Grail, nor Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience made it onto the Best Album shortlist.
The 56th annual Grammys show - music's version of the Oscars - will be held on January 26 at the Staples Center.
Industry journal Variety said Friday's nominations made "for a wide-open race with no clear favorite and few megastars in the running for top honors at the music biz's January kudofest.

 

Lady Gaga Performs For Adele And Emma Watson At Star Studded London Gig

• Lady Gaga has been taking London by storm since jetting in earlier this week and last night saw the hitmaker perform to a star studded crowd including the likes of Emma Watson and Adele.

While Channel 4 viewers were watching Gaga get arty with Alan Carr on Chatty Man last night, which she recorded on Wednesday, the star took to the stage at plush private members club Annabell's in London for her gig.
The Born This Way star performed a 50 minute set for the starry crowd, and she pulled out all the stops with her costume. The 27-year-old looked amazing in a sparkly basque and matching knee high boots, with featured her trademark sky high heel.
The event was hoste by Belvedere Vodka to celebrate RED, a limited edition vodka bottle in collaboration with Bono's charity RED with 50% of profits going to The Global Fun fighting AIDS and HIV.
Gaga added a floaty bustle and headpiece to her look and rocked a dark blonde curly wig as she headed inside the packed venue for her set. It looks like the singer was in the mood to party and mingle with her A-list fans afterwards though as she wasn't spotted leaving until 2am.
Harry Potter star Emma was also seen leaving in the early hours, looking super chic in a black coat and strappy heels.
The actress slicked back her dark locks into an up do and added a slick of deep red lippie for her night out, where she no doubt caught up with the likes of Adele who was also spotted at the gig

Amy And Joey Are The Latest Camp-Mates To Leave In Shock Double Elimination

• Following the departure of both Alfonso and Rebecca last night there was only five campmates left in the Jungle, and tonight it was time to boot another two out in another double elimination, and we were not expecting the outcome!

Before that though, it was time for the return of our favourite bush tucker trial: Celebrity Cyclone: you know the one that looks like a home-made slip and slide with lots of wind, water and plastic balls being thrown at them?! Once they’d been dressed appropriately, in lyrca capes and pants it was time to battle against the elements in the attempt of winning five stars, for their last night before they become a threesome.
The bush tucker didn’t disappoint and just like previous years the celebrities had a great time completing the challenge and thankfully walking away with five stars and big smiles on their faces. Kian acted like a superstar and really helped everyone out, especially the girls which made us love him even more!

Amy and Joey Essex are the latest celebrities to be voted out of the jungle. (ITV)

Once again they lost the dingo dollar challenge after answering the question wrong! They had to guess how much weight the celebrities who had left the camp had lost. They guessed it was 7 stones 1lb, however it was actually 10 stones 3lbs, which seems like an awful lot. However Alfonso, Rebecca and Matthew all lost two stone each, Steve lost over one and a half stone, Laila just under a stone and a half and Vincent and Annabel both lost under a stone too. Sounds like the perfect pre-Christmas diet before putting it all back on over the festive period!
Contraband gate wasn’t over with a third notice being sent into camp saying that there is still contraband within the camp. All eyes looked at Amy who quickly traipsed over to the hut and handed in numerous bikinis and make-up, which the other camp-mates weren’t overly impressed with, although to be fair nor would we, seeing as she’s said over and over again that she has nothing left. Naughty Amy!
In the evening the camp were told that there were 10 different telephone numbers hidden around camp and five of them would call through to their family members. Joey got to speak to his dad, David to his sister, Amy to her mum and Lucy to her husband, albeit very briefly after they found the right numbers. However time run out before Kian got a chance to speak to his wife. We would have been more upset for him, if he hadn’t have already seen her earlier on!
And finally it was time for Ant and Dec to go into camp and announce who would be next to leave the jungle. We couldn’t quite believe it when they announced it was Amy and Joey. Joey Essex? Surely not! We thought he’d be King, obviously not! Whilst being interviewed Joey said: “It’s been the most amazing experience ever. But I didn’t expect it to be so hard, it’s like a proper ,proper jungle down there, ain’t it?!” Err, yeah Joey it is, what were you expecting: a set?! Amy also referred to herself as the “Queen of contraband!” (which we agree with) and explained her cheeky actions by saying: “I thought I’d try it and if I get away with it then fab!” which is fair enough, we’d probably be smuggling things in if we went in too, to be fair.
So there we have it, Joey and Amy are out leaving Lucy, David and Kian left. Who do you think will be crowned King or Queen of the jungle? We’re just two days away from finding out!

Victoria Beckham And Harper To Have Play-Date With Adele And Her Son?

 They will be living close together in London

 
Victoria Beckham wants her daughter to hang out with Adele's son now that they live so close to each other in London, insiders report.

Victoria and David will be moving their four children into a new mansion, which will be very close to Adele's and a source claims that Victoria wants their children to become friends by holding playdates.
“Victoria would love to become friends with Adele because she really admires her,” a source told Closer. “She joked it would be great to arrange a play-date between Adele’s one-year-old son, Angelo, and Harper. She’s a massive fan."
Victoria's daughter is two so they would be the perfect age to become friends!
Adele has kept a very low profile since given birth to Angelo last October with her charity entrepeneur boyfriend, Simon Konecki. She even warned Kelly Clarkson against having babies so soon after getting married.
According to Kelly, Adele warned her, "'Girl, don't have a baby 'cause everything else will go on the back burner. I'm so happy living in babyland'," she told Us Weekly.
The Beckhams have reportedly spent $71 million (£43 million) renovating their new mansion and they will be living in a very nice area, judging by their high-flying neighbours.
"They’ll be living near [American businessman] Bill Gates and the king of Saudi Arabia – there are so many wealthy people, the Beckhams will be right at home!," the source told Closer.
Victoria is reportedly planning to combine her 40th birthday in April with the housewarming for a massive party to put them back on the London social circuit.
“Victoria wants her 40th birthday in April to mark their moving in, which she’ll combine with a housewarming. She’s so excited to have her dream house,” a pal added. "The house has kick-started her 2014 goal of making her and David part of London’s social royalty.”

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Cliff Richard breaks a thousand hearts and calls time on 35 year calendar career

He says 2014 will be his last as there are only so many shapes you can pull with his body - but was quick to point out that he’s not giving up singing

Their cries of anguish were heard from living rooms all around the land.
Cliff Richard’s army of loyal fans have been buying his annual calendar for 35 years now.
So he shocked them to the core by revealing that the 2014 edition will be his last. Well, those of them still up to watch the Graham Norton Show, that is.
“I am not going to do any more,” said the 73-year-old star.
“How many shapes can I pull with this body? It’s a pressure.”
He was quick to point out that he’s not giving up singing and when told that his calendar was only beaten by One Direction in this year’s sales charts he mused: “I wonder what they think that a 73-year-old is at No 2?”
Since 1979, the Cliff calendar has been a faithful record of Cliff’s changing hairstyles and fashions through the decades.
The man with 14 No?1s and 100 albums has stayed near the top of the calendar charts while less enduring stars came and went – it’s just a pity there were no such celebrity keepsakes when he had his very first hit in 1958.
Today we pay tribute to the best of Cliff’s calendars including the final 2014 edition.

Microsoft and FBI Claim to Stamp Out Malware That Steals Ad Dollars

Microsoft is working with the FBI to stop malware responsible for infecting more than 2 million computers as a part of an effort to steal dollars from online advertising companies.
The company's digital crime unit said on Friday it has "successfully disrupted" rampant malware called the Sirefef botnet — also known as ZeroAccess — which recently targeted search results on sites such as Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines.