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Red Bull Bikers Free Event in Nottingham

For all you Evel Knievel fans, it’s a chance to relive the thrill of the wind-up toy motorbike and see the real thing in action at the Red Bull X-Fighters Jam in Nottingham’s Old Market Square. Shows run on 2nd July at 5pm and 8pm and is free and open to spectators.

For more info visit the This Is Nottingham website.

TES/Jigsaw Interview with Gooii Creative Director

This week’s Times Education Supplement will feature an interview with Gooii’s creative director. The interview will appear in the Jigsaw Education pullout and will be going out to all TES subscribers this Friday.

Click here to download the interview.

Gooii Website Shortlisted for TfL ‘Smarter Travel Award’

The Walk to Work Week website, designed and programmed by Gooii, has been shortlisted for ‘Marketing and Communications Campaign of the Year’ by the Transport for London Smarter Travel Awards. The site has been praised for being both “innovative and unique” and “inspiring thousands of people to walk more”.

To find our more about the award visit the Smarter Travel Awards website

E3 – Day 2 Summary

Day 2 at E3 featured the gaming big guns Nintendo and Sony.

Sony announced their Move motion controller will be be released in Europe on September 19th, costing $49.99 for the main controller and $29.99 for the additional controller (UK prices have yet to be announced). You’ll also need a Playstation Eye camera, which currently retails for £25-35. Other big news from Sony included Grand Tourismo 5 finally getting a 2nd November release date and a big surprise from Valveworks’ announcing Steam will connect with the PS3. For a full Sony roundup visit MCV UK’s website.

Nintendo’s biggest weapon was the launch of the 3DS handheld gaming console. I’m quite excited about this as it houses a 3D screen that works without the need for special glasses. The system, that also includes a motion controller, can even take 3D pictures and I can’t wait to see it in action. Other notable mentions include a new Zelda game for Wii, the return of Donkey Kong Country and a Mario Sports game. Jump over to MCV UK for the full roundup.

E3 – Day 1 Summary

If you’re a bit of a geek and into your gaming, then the E3 Expo is an exciting time year and yes I admit it, I’m a bit excited. All the rumours and speculation are finally put to rest, as the game companies announce the products due to be released for their systems. Day 1 belonged to Microsoft, so here’s a quick rundown of their event:

  1. Project Natal motion controller renamed Kinect
  2. Various Kinect game demos are shown inc spots, racing and Star Wars!
  3. Announcement of the Xbox 360 Slim games console, inc built in wifi and whisper quiet fans
  4. ‘Halo: Reach’ campaign Trailer
  5. ‘Call of Duty Black Ops’ gameplay video
  6. ‘Gears of War 3’ gameplay video
  7. ‘Metal Gear Solid: Rising’ debut trailer
  8. ‘Fable III’ shipping date announced (October 26th)
  9. Exclusive demo from Crytek, codenamed ‘Kingdom’

For more info visit the official E3 website

Xbox Project Natal Renamed Kinect

The revolutionary Xbox 360 controller, previously known as Project Natal, has been renamed ‘Kinect for Xbox 360’ in time for its launch at this year’s E3 gaming event. I personally really liked the name Natal but it’ll be exciting to see what this new gaming controller can offer.

For more info and launch title previews hop on over to IGN UK

Nottingham Bidding to Become UK’s Greenest City

Nottingham City Council is driving plans forward to double the city’s district heating system and includes plans for solar panals to go on thousands of roofs. Graham Chapman, Deputy City Council Leader stated “We are already the most energy self sufficient city in the UK and we want to maintain that lead and increase it and compete with European cities.”

For more info visit the This Is Nottingham website

Car Giant Moves to Nottingham

No not a Transformer, silly, but Chinese car manufacturer Changan Automobiles, who are setting up a new research and development centre at Nottingham’s Science Park. This is great news for the city as the move will potentially create over 200 jobs and, according to EMDA Chairman Bryan Jackson, will “further establish the region’s reputation as a location for innovative, high technology companies.”

For more information visit the BBC’s website

iPhone 4 and iOS Revealed

Above image is of the Apple Newton Message Pad handheld computer released in 1993.

Forget the phones left in bars and internet predictions, Apple have revealed the iPhone 4 and the iOS 4 operating system (formerly known as iPhone OS). Some of the more notable new features include mulitasking (iOS4 compatible apps only, so don’t expect to play Angry Birds while listening to Spotify just yet), a greatly improved screen, improved camera with Flash and front camera for video calling.

For the full rundown of features visit the Apple Site.

Apple Wireless Keyboard – No Power Tip

When I got into work today I booted up my trusted Mac and found my Apple Wireless keyboard had bitten the dust. Fresh batteries did nothing for it and a replacement seemed the only way to go. After quite a bit of Googling on my iPhone, I read that if you roll up a small pellet of metal sponge or tin foil and drop this in before the batteries it can resucue your keyboard. I said I’d be amazed if that worked. It did work and amazed I was. So if your keyboard has given up the ghost, try this handy tip before investing in a new keyboard.