Becta Report Microsoft to OFT
October 24, 2007
Becta, the government’s education technology agency, has today made a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft in the schools software marketplace and in relation to Microsoft’s approach to document interoperability.
An interim report published by Becta in January 2007 into Microsoft’s Academic Licensing arrangements highlighted a number of [...]
Ipod Touch E-Learning
October 23, 2007
Mobile e-learning promises to get easier as dominKnow Inc. announces the beta version of its iPod touch and iPhone-optimized Touch Learning Center portal for the dominKnow Learning Content Management System (LCMS).
With access to the dominKnow Learning Center through the iPod touch-optimized portal, learners can log in and take full online courses, access reference objects and [...]
Future Shorts Halloween
October 23, 2007
Belfast’s Future Shorts is hosting a Halloween special at the Speakeasy Bar in Queen’s Students Union on Wednesday 31st October, screening dark & horror short films from 4-6pm. Entry is free and drinks promos at the bar.
Check out the Future Shorts MySpace site for more information (See below).
Insanely New !
October 23, 2007
Our friends over at Insanely Great Tees have released news of possible upcoming designs to their range. Visitors to their site have the opportunity to vote on which designs make their way to production.
Have you seen the new Apple keyboards? They might be thin, but they still don’t have an any key.
Me:TV
October 18, 2007
Nickelodeon, the UK’s number one commercial kids’ TV channel, has hired digital advertising agency Ralph to create a new digital campaign for the interactive Me:TV @ the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, which will allows kids to record and upload clips for a chance to appear in a live programme and compete against each other in [...]
HP Photo Competition
October 18, 2007
HP Digital Imagination 2007 is a fun and creative competition open to all primary and post-primary schools in Ireland. There are loads of fantastic prizes to be won and with a choice of themes to kick start your imagination, entering couldn’t be easier – so why not do it now!
iStopmotion 2 Released
October 16, 2007
After over 2 years of development and a lengthy public test phase, iStopMotion 2 is ready for prime time and of course, Mac OS X Leopard. Features such as virtual stages, which allow an animator to place the objects into a prerecorded background, rotoscoping, where the animator loads in a video that guides him in [...]
