Entries from December 2007

But Does it Work When You Do it on Purpose?

December 10th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 1 Comment
In Stories

Here at RMM (replete with shiny new website: come for the layout, stay for the quality etc.) we love ourselves some Last.fm. We also - and I feel I can speak on behalf of the entire team here - hate X Factor with the heat of a thousand red-hot suns. So you’d think that we’d [...]

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Society Pages

December 10th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Stories

To misquote the legendary Mrs Merton,
So, Lucy Southworth, Ph.D student, what first attracted you to the billionaire Larry Page?”
What’s that you say? Well of course I’m single. Yes, and poor. What’s that got to do with it?

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Internet Radio Roundup 9/12/07

December 9th, 2007 by Matt Rebeiro · 1 Comment
In Stories

Welcome to this; the inaugural Internet Radio Roundup!
Whilst the BBC’s recent digital offerings have been, well, “sucky” (yes YOU mr BBC iPlayer) they’ve made the positively sensible decision that since the iphone/ipod touch can connect via wifi to the web it’d be worth having an interface that works with the Apple hardware, see the [...]

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Nintendo: Subtle like the fox…

December 8th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Gaming · Online PR · Stories

Legend has it that, “six months before the Balmoral building in Manhattan was to open in 1909, the owner announced that all but two of the apartments were already met. The announcement was pure invention, but it was believed, and therefore within three weeks it was so.”
And from the BBC now:
Nintendo is considering pulling [...]

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It’s only a game, till someone gets hurt.

December 5th, 2007 by Rob · 2 Comments
In Gaming · Stories

Hello, I’m Rob.
I have very slightly long hair, but it’s not vertical. I’m not a punk. I play an online multi-player computer game called Battlefield 2142, from which “punks” (cheats) get kicked every day. This sort of punk is not interested in swearing on TV though.
The software Electronic Arts use to detect cheaters is called [...]

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