Date	News Article
17/12/2009	New Abertay Avatar research to 'bridge real and virtual world interactivity' This week sees the general release of James Cameron's latest blockbuster 'Avatar' hailed by critics and special effects enthusiasts as groundbreaking. However, multi award-winning director Cameron first had the vision for the '3D space opera' several years ago but had to wait for technology to catch up. With two sequels already planned, Cameron and his team will now be looking for ways to make the next films an even bigger and better experience for the movie-goer.. could the next inspiration come from Dundee's own Abertay University?...
11/12/2009	Free Soft Skills Management Training Opportunity for U FREE The Skills for Scotland initiative focuses on personal development through practical interactive activities and reflective practice. This will involve individuals in gaining a greater understanding of themselves and their team with a view to enhancing performance...
11/12/2009	Employing migrant workers? The Scottish Government's Relocation Advisory Service (RAS) can help. We advise international students and migrant workers who want to live and work in Scotland, as well as giving visa advice to Scottish businesses seeking to employ them...
02/12/2009	Launch of the Innovation Voucher Scheme to Scotland's Colleges The Scottish Funding Council has recently increased the funds available through its Innovation Voucher Scheme to increase innovation in Scottish SMEs through increased collaboration between colleges and the business community. The funds can be used to offset the costs of a broad range of activities to support SMEs in the development of new products and services, new processes, improving production processes and experimental testing and measuring...
02/12/2009	Factory Skatepark now offering Rooms and Conference Facilities The Factory Skatepark in Dundee are now offering meeting rooms and conference facilities from 5 to 75 delegates....
01/12/2009	Free IT Training Opportunity at Dundee College Through a European Social Funded (ESF) project called Skills for Scotland, Dundee College is offering private businesses in Tayside the opportunity to develop their staff* and their business FREE OF CHARGE...
26/10/2009	Skillset Screen Academy Collaboration first Premiers Dundonian Creative Arts Practioner, Shehzad Afzal, and Mark Sloss are having their joint collaboration film venture, (the first ever Skillset Screen Academy Network collaboration of it's kind in the UK), Vanille, premiered and screened as part of the UK French Film Festival this November and December 2009, screening throughout the UK...
22/10/2009	Dare 09 video games now available online The video games produced for this year's Dare to be Digital, the UK's premier computer games design competition hosted by the University of Abertay Dundee, are now available to download free online...
22/10/2009	Dave Jones Confirmed to Speak at NEoN Digital Arts Festival Dave Jones, one of the most influential people in the history of gaming, has today been confirmed to speak at the inaugural NEoN Digital Arts Festival, which will take place across the city of Dundee Friday 13th to Sunday 15th of November...
22/10/2009	Realtime Worlds named as UK technology's hottest prospect In a bid to find the technology stars of the future, the Tech Media Invest 2009 with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP awarding the Hottest Prospect award to Dundee's Realtime Worlds...
22/10/2009	MEDIA Funding call for Project Funding The following MEDIA Calls for Proposals have opened: Development of Single Projects or Slates of Projects. Development of Interactive Projects...
20/10/2009	The Designers Republic's Ian Anderson to Speak at NEoN 09 Ian Anderson, founder of the Designers Republic, one of Britain's most influential design studios, has today confirmed that he will be addressing the NEoN Digital Arts Festival. Established in 1986, The Designer's Republic created iconic designs and campaigns for the world's biggest brands, including Orange, Coca-Cola, Sony, Nokia, MTV and Nike...
20/10/2009	Digital Media Recruitment Fair, Dundee As part of the NEoN festival, we will be holding a recruitment fair on Sunday 15th November....
02/10/2009	Special Discount for Interactive Tayside Companies and Employees for NEoN Digital Arts Festival As Interactive Tayside alongside local industry are organising NEoN to showcase the area, we are delighted to offer the 2 day ticket for £99 & VAT for all Interactive Tayside companies and their employees...
02/10/2009	TIGA Releases Latest Business Opinion Survey Results TIGA, the trade body representing the UK games industry, today released the results of its bi-annual Business Opinion Survey. The TIGA Business Opinion Survey, supported by the accountancy firm and TIGA member French Duncan, compiles feedback from TIGA members and is designed to provide TIGA and the development community with a clear understanding of how games businesses are operating in the current economic climate and their likely prospects over the next six months....
02/10/2009	Police join forces with Abertay to fight crime in Tayside The University of Abertay Dundee has today signed an agreement with Tayside Police which will see the two work together to contribute to the prevention and detection of crime throughout Tayside.Examples of current policing research projects at Abertay include the 'Shoot, No Shoot' firearms training simulator...
29/09/2009	What Would You Ask Bud Luckey? The mammoth line up for NEoN Digital Arts Festival 2009 continues to get bigger with the addition of a rare Q&A session with iconic cartoonist, animator and character designer for Pixar Bud Luckey. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pose a burning question directly to the creator of characters from such classic films as Toy Story, Boundin', Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, The Incredibles and Ratatouille...
28/09/2009	Calling All Ruby on Rails developers! A local Dundee company is looking for experienced Ruby on Rails developers to assist with a web project....
28/09/2009	Microsoft's Andy Sithers Confirmed for NEoN Digital Arts Festival '09 NEoN Digital Arts Festival, the newest calendar event for the digital media industry continues to expand and secure top talent for its coveted speaker slots. The latest addition to the event, which runs across the city of Dundee from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th of November, is a rare seminar with Microsoft's Academic Manager in the UK, Andrew Sithers...
14/09/2009	NESTA Creative Enterprise Toolkit Launch NESTA has created an enterprise resource toolkit which encapsulates tried and tested approaches to teaching enterprise skills for creative individuals thinking about setting up in business. Specifically tailored for creative businesses, the toolkit is available both online and in print free of charge to Universities, enterprise organisations and creative entrepreneurs...
10/09/2009	Have a Beastly Good Time with Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble Developed by Dundee-based Cohort Studio. Get your fingers on the buzzers and prepare to cause chaos in Monster Rumble, the third addition to the riotously fun Buzz! Junior collection, now available on PlayStation 3. Launching on Playstation Store at £3.99 parents and their little terrors can run riot in the weird and wonderful Monster Mansion to find out which of the colourful and crazy creatures is number one through a series of 5 fiendish mini-games for up to four players.
01/09/2009	First Thurstday, Dundee The next First Thurstday event will be meeting up in the Sensation cience centre on Thursday the 3rd September from 8.30 - 10am for a relaxed coffee, excellent muffins and chat.
21/08/2009	Denki Documentary DCA The first Denki documentary will take place on Tuesday 25th August at DCA. The first film is The King of Kong...
12/08/2009	NEoN Digital Arts Festival Unveil New Website, More Speakers Announced Following yesterday's unveiling of NEoN, the UK's newest calendar event for the UK digital arts industry, organisers Interactive Tayside have today announced two new speakers and launched the new official listing and booking website...
12/08/2009	Abertay adds weight to China links The University of Abertay Dundee has announced a new collaborative agreement with the Southwestern University of Science and Technology (SWUST), Mianyang, China, the leading university in Sichuan Province. The agreement will see the two universities expand existing research and educational collaborations, with exchange opportunities available to both academic staff and students...
11/08/2009	HoundDog Technology, a Remote Monitoring & Management company, joins GFI Software family Dundee's HoundDog Technology Ltd, a successful best-of-breed remote monitoring and management company in the UK, now forms part of the GFI family, GFI Software announced today. For GFI, a leading Infrastructure solution provider for small and medium-sized businesses, the HoundDog technology - that provides Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Value Added Resellers (VARs) and IT support organizations with an easier, more affordable way to monitor and manage their client networks - perfectly complements GFI's plans to provide the channel with the best applications and solutions available to help them manage and grow their business...
10/08/2009	Next Level Dundee calls for new participants Have you got what it takes to leave a lasting impression on the big players in Scottish digital media? Next Level Dundee, Scotland's newest digital media event has today opened its doors to a new round of participants for its highly anticipated mixed media project. The event, running from Monday 7th to Friday the 11th of September will see several teams consisting of members of the public and students operating outside the digital media sector, coming together to collaborate on innovative new projects that meet a pre-determined brief...
07/08/2009	NCR stays ahead of criminals through ethical hacking curriculum NCR, the global leader in ATMs, is staying ahead of criminal hacking threats to ATMs by having academia help uncover potential threats first. Working with the University of Abertay Dundee in Scotland, NCR has developed the world's leading corporate-academic alliance devoted to uncovering and addressing criminal hacking threats posed to ATMs...
07/08/2009	Internet smash Tumblebugs announced for iPhone & iPod Touch Clocking well over 35 million online plays and downloads since its initial launch in 2005, the puzzle phenomenon Tumblebugs is making its way to iPhone and iPod Touch consoles, courtesy of Dundee-based developer Tag Games and Manchester-based publisher Connect2Media. The collaboration will see a revamped version of Wildifre Studios original title, developed exclusively for Apple devices and launching on iTunes in August...
06/08/2009	brightsolid acquires Friends Reunited Dundee's brightsolid today announced it is to acquire Friends Reunited Group from ITV plc for £25 million...
15/07/2009	Digital Media IP Fund Goes Live Social networking sites, interactive learning and imagined/alternative life networks could all be supported by a new £3m fund to develop and produce non-broadcast interactive content in Scotland. The Digital Media IP Fund, managed by Scottish Screen, is jointly financed with £1.5m from Scottish Enterprise and £1.5m from the Creative Scotland Innovation Fund, a £5m fund from the Scottish Government. The Digital Media IP Fund will leverage an additional £3m from other investors including Channel 4's 4iP fund...
14/07/2009	Simply Cracking! Wallace and Gromit Arrive in Dundee This summer, Sensation Science Centre in Dundee will be home to an all new 'Animated Adventures' exhibition featuring Wallace and Gromit, one of the most iconic duos in cartoon history. To celebrate the launch of this superb new exhibition, Sensation has teamed up with Dundee-based web development company MTC Media to launch a new online game that ties into the exhibition, 'Animated Adventures featuring Wallace & Gromit'...
14/07/2009	Gaming Awards The Roses Design Awards have launched new and exciting gaming categories to spice the Roses up. The categories have been designed to promote and reward the thriving gaming community here in the UK...
10/07/2009	Speakeasy Acquires Rival Production Company Speakeasy, one of the UK's leading corporate production companies is bucking the global recession by announcing the purchase of Orchard Communications, for an undisclosed six figure sum...
10/07/2009	Realtime Worlds Bolsters Management Team Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that Joshua Howard has joined the company as Program Manager. Joshua was most recently an executive at Hidden City Games, a virtual world/games portal company based in Seattle. Prior to that he was studio head of Carbonated Games, Microsoft's casual games studio, having been at Microsoft for 15 years...
08/06/2009	EA Joins Forces with Realtime Worlds for All Points Bulletin Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Realtime Worlds, Inc. announced today that they have entered an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for North America and Europe that will bring the highly-anticipated All Points Bulletin (APB) to PC in early 2010...
08/06/2009	A crack team of hackers from the University of Abertay Dundee are on their way to France to take part in an international hacking competition The five-strong team will compete at the Maubeuge Information Technology Trade Fair in Maubeuge in the 'Ethical Hacking Challenge' against students from French universities. Reminiscent of a script from a Hollywood drama, the would-be hackers will be working non-stop through the night, from 8pm to 8am, on an urgent complex computer security challenge...
27/05/2009	Dundee Filmmaker named as British Cinema Trailblazer 2009 On the 19th of May in Cannes 09, Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hannah McGill, in association with Skillset, announced their "25 Trailblazers of 2009", to the world's media press. Dundee born filmmaker, Shehzad Afzal, was named as one of the 25 Trailblazers...
20/05/2009	First Thurstday Coffee Morning, Dundee The next First Thurstday event will be meeting up in the Sensation cience centre on Thursday the 4th June from 8.30 - 10am for a relaxed coffee, excellent muffins and chat...
19/05/2009	Cobra Mobile Signs Distribution Agreement for it's iPhone Apps with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution Award-winning Dundee developer Cobra Mobile has announced a distribution agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) for their popular iPhone apps. WBDD will release two highly original titles that will provide hours of entertainment - the brain melting strategy game "Stuck Genie" and the imaginative painting app "Color Now"...
12/05/2009	Cohort Studios re-launches official website and reveals UEFA football tactics app Independent video game developer Cohort Studios has today re-launched its official website and announced an exclusive new project which will launch on the official UEFA website later in coming months. The 40-strong studio, which has produced top titles for Sony consoles, including Go! Puzzle, Buzz! Junior: Dino Den and Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers, now has a string of exclusive and as-yet unnamed titles in development for release on Playstation 3 throughout the year...
07/05/2009	Tag Games Unleashes Car Jack Streets iPhone Car Jack Streets iPhone, one of the most anticipated iPhone releases to date explodes onto App Store, courtesy of Dundee developer Tag Games.
29/04/2009	Innovative iPhone puzzler Modulo hits Apple App Store today, threatens your free time. Prepare to become inseparable from your iPhone and iPod Touch. The Gentleman Coders of Electric TopHat, the newest addition to the roster of innovative independent game studios in Scotland, launch unique and horribly addictive puzzler Modulo on App Store today. (Priced £1.19, $1.99 and 2.39 Euros)...
29/04/2009	NEoN Digital Arts Festival 2009 - Call for Digital Artists 2009 will see the first NEoN Digital Arts Festival, the core festival will take place over the 2 days of 13th and 14th November and will include speakers and masterclasses from world renowned digital artists and creatives. We also want to showcase some of Tayside's creative talent throughout the city during the festival, so we are putting out a call for submissions from digital artists, either companies or individuals...
28/04/2009	Industry lines up to support Dare 09 An elite group of UK games developers and BBC Scotland are offering mentors to support Dare to be Digital, the ground breaking international computer game design competition developed by the University of Abertay Dundee...
28/04/2009	Learning through play, world's computer education experts meet at Abertay World experts in the field of Human Computer Interaction are gathered in Dundee last week for an educators conference hosted by the University of Abertay Dundee...
28/04/2009	Students aim to stay AHEAD of competition Now in its eleventh year, AHEAD equips adults who have few formal qualifications with the skills they need to get into university and improve their employment prospects. The course comprises six months of evening classes held twice a week, teaching a variety of modules covering everything from successful study skills to information technology...
23/04/2009	Budget fails to back industry of the future, says Tiga Tiga said today that the Government's Budget had once again failed to back one of the principal creative industries of the future - games development...
23/04/2009	Edinburgh Interactive Festival Delegate Passes Now On Sale The Edinburgh Interactive Festival has today announced that early-bird rates are now available for delegate passes for this year's Festival. Rates will be available for anyone wishing to book tickets between now and Friday 29th May...
23/04/2009	Fitba Slide Tackles Its Way Onto Xbox Live Community Games Relive the passion and competition of the greatest sport on earth in true retro style with Fitba the superb debut release from Dundee-based independent video game developer Triple B games. Available for the low price of 400 Microsoft points (approx. £3.40) via the Xbox Live community games store, the game is easy to get into, incredibly addictive and boasts a superb multiplayer mode for you and your mates to duke it out for glory on the pitch...
23/04/2009	Digital Goldfish Revamp Flash Classic Bloons For iPhone and iPod Touch Award-winning game studio Digital Goldfish has unveiled its latest iPhone title, a revamped version of the flash classic Bloons. Originally developed by New Zealand studio Ninja Kiwi, the iPhone and iPod Touch versions retain the addictive appeal and long-lasting replay value that made the flash version an internet sensation...
14/04/2009	Realtime Worlds Pays Overtime! Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that is now offering paid overtime to its developers. This is on top of one of the most generous benefits packages in the industry...
14/04/2009	Peking University to become international partner of Abertay University's centre of computer games excellence Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has presided over the signing of an international memorandum of understanding between Abertay University in Dundee and Peking University, in the People's Republic of China...
03/04/2009	Interactive Tayside Welcomes New Media Partner Interactive Tayside has today announced its new media partner, Edinburgh-based media relations consultancy, Ink Media. Owned by award-winning games columnist Dave Cook, the 'next-gen public relations consultancy' caters exclusively for the UK video game and digital media industries...
03/04/2009	Realtime Worlds expands Operations Team Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that it has boosted its Operations Team in Boulder, CO. with the high profile appointments of Will Leverett as Director of Customer Service, and of Patrick Bays as Manager of Game Operations...
26/03/2009	Looking for Autodesk DFX Developers We are looking for developers who have an understanding of autodesk DFX format...
20/03/2009	Realtime Worlds Offers Lifeline in Credit Crunch Realtime Worlds, the leading independent video game developer, announced today that it is attending next weeks Game Developer Conference in San Francisco to look for more than 40 additional staff to fill current vacancies...
17/03/2009	Denki Scores Two More In Recruitment Blitzkrieg Two new employees have today joined digital toy company Denki, thanks to achieving perfect - and in one case, suspiciously perfect - scores on www.denkiornot.com...
12/03/2009	Comic Relief and Cobra Mobile announce Red Nose Day 2009 iphone game Comic Relief and Dundee's award winning games developer Cobra Mobile have announced the release on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch the official Red Nose Day 2009 game, Nose About...
04/03/2009	Bloons Bursting out on Iphone Dundee based games gurus, Digital Goldfish, are delighted to announce that they have partnered up with online flash developers Ninja Kiwi to bring their much loved casual game Bloons over to the Iphone and Ipod touch....
17/02/2009	TSB 'digital content call' for £5m funding The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has announced the Accessing and Commercialising Content in a Digitally Networked World competition for funding...
17/02/2009	Denki Doubles Desk Density Denki, the Dundee-based digital toy company, has today, in its own inimitable fashion, cocked a snook at the global economic downturn and more than doubled its office space for ongoing expansion...
13/02/2009	First Thursday Coffee Morning, Dundee After the successful launch of First Thurstday the next event will be meeting up in the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre on Thursday the 5th March from 8.30 - 10am for a relaxed coffee and chat...
13/02/2009	UK Developers - Upgrade Your Skills Free of Charge Microsoft is offering 400 free training spaces to developers based in the UK who are looking to upgrade their skills without incurring the costs...
11/02/2009	The University of Abertay Dundee is to become the UK's first ever university centre of excellence for computer games education thanks to a £3 million investment from the Scottish Government The majority of the welcome investment will be spent on the development of two new industry designed postgraduate courses and teaching and learning space to accommodate them. The studio-based masters programmes will be based on Abertay's BAFTA -endorsed "Dare to be Digital" model with 40 graduates housed in a purpose-designed, professional environment during each 12-month course...
06/02/2009	Dare to be Digital calls for emerging game developers Dare to be Digital, the leading international computer game design competition, is calling for teams of talented programmers and artists from UK universities to apply for this year's competition...
30/01/2009	Major International Intellectual Assets Congress Hundreds of delegates from across Europe will attend the 3rd International Congress, combined with IFKAD (International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics) 2009, organised by the Intellectual Assets Centre, at the University of Glasgow on 17th -18th February 2009...
30/01/2009	First Thurstday Launch Event, Dundee, FREE The First Thurstday event is go in Dundee, we will be meeting up in the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre's cafe on Thursday the 5th February from 8.30 - 10am for a relaxed coffee and chat....
30/01/2009	Registration for Game in Scotland 2009 Now Open Following the previous 3 successful events, Game in Scotland: The Scottish Games Industry Recruitment Fair will be held on Saturday 14th March. Registration is now open...
21/01/2009	He Is - But Are YOU Denki? Denki's awesome online web challenge, has borne its first fruit. David Thomson IS definitely Denki - and he has the certificate to prove it. DenkiOrNot.com was launched in December 2008. The online game allows visitors to discover exactly how 'Denki' they are. High scorers are encouraged to apply for one of the coveted positions within the company....
14/01/2009	1911 Census goes Online Dundee company brightsolid, previously Scotland Online, a leading internet service provider based in Scotland has digitalised and launched the 1911 census to the public, on behalf of The National Archives...
12/01/2009	Abertay becomes first Scottish University to join leading computer games body Abertay University has become the first Scottish University to join leading UK computer games trade association TIGA. The move will open the doors for new collaborative research opportunities and further cements Dundee as one of the UK's centres for computer games development.
06/01/2009	PowerUP with Final Cut Studio: Pro Techniques presented by Larry Jordan, Glasgow This eight-hour seminar is designed for the experienced editor looking to expand their understanding of other applications within the Final Cut Suite. This all-day session covers audio, Photoshop integration with Final Cut Pro, and colour correction, all for £29.99....

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