A discarded oil canister leaves ducks needing to be rescued from a Norfolk village pond covered by an oil slick.
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Archive for July, 2008
Duck rescue bid in polluted pond
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Activision: PlayStation 3 Will Outsell Xbox 360
Thursday, July 31st, 2008During a conference call today, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith detailed the company’s expectations for console sales across 2008, revealing its belief that the PlayStation 3 will sell more systems than the Xbox 360 this year.
By the end of the current calendar year, Activision believes the consoles will sell:
- PlayStation 3: 8 million units
- Xbox 360: 6-7 million units
- Wii: 15 million units
- PlayStation 2: 4-5 million units
Griffith also noted the company’s expectation that handhelds will grow “in excess of 24 million,” but did not provide a specific breakdown between PSP and Nintendo DS.
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Yale Students’ Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls
Thursday, July 31st, 2008palegray.net writes “Two female Yale law school students have used the courts to ascertain the identities of otherwise anonymous posters to an Internet forum, with the intent of prosecuting them for hateful remarks left on the boards. At a minimum, the posters’ future legal careers are certainly jeopardized by these events. While I’m not certainly not supporting or encouraging hateful speech online, these controversial actions hold potentially far-reaching consequences for Internet privacy policy and free speech.” According to the linked Wired Law article, “The women themselves have gone silent, and their lawyers — two of whom are now themselves being sued — are not talking to the press.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Down boy – a handsome dog takes offence at Peter Purves
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Former Blue Peter star and Crufts presenter Peter Purves is bitten by an angry terrier while judging a dog show.
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Rescuers in fight to save whale
Thursday, July 31st, 2008An attempt to coax a 33ft (10.1m) whale into The Solent after it became stranded in shallow water is called off for the night.
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