BBC Adds More Streaming Channels

Starting November 27, 2008 the Beeb will begin broadcasting live streams of its two flagship television channels, BBC1 and BBC2. With the upcoming move, BBC1 and BBC2 will join Cbeebies, BBC News 24, BBC3 and BBC4 which are already available online. [THR.com]

Gmail adds Voice and Video Chat + A Gmail Security Tip

This week, Google added voice and video chat to its web based mail service. I haven’t tested these features out yet, but I know that the Google Talk client has a lot of fans. Also, Google recently added an option to force an https connection each time you access Gmail (look at your settings in…

Simplifires @ Pianos | Free Tickets and a Free Haircut

Simplifires Simplifires are a four piece band comprised of three Mexicans and an Irishman, so right off the bat, they piqued my interest. According to their MySpace page, they are from “Mexirish, Mexico”, but they’re currently in NYC for the month of November doing a residency over at Piano’s. And while they are only 1/4…

Heidi Klum’s Guitar Hero Ad

Sure it’s no Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps, but it’ll do. Guitar Hero World Tour (Risky Business: Heidi Klum) In other Christmas gaming news, Gears of War 2 comes out today (November 7) from Epic Games. You can read the New Yorker profile on Epic’s design director, Cliff Bleszinski over here. Note: I…

Hotspot Shield, For My Canadian Amis

So, this little app (it’s a VPN actually) let’s you surf the web as if you were the US, that means unfettered access to Hulu.com, NBC.com, ABC.com and whatever other streaming goodness you can only get in the “States”. (Note: I haven’t tried it myself, but I’m told it works in the UAE.)