Revue de Presse / Press Review (2010/08/27)

Personal update: I've been feeling unwell for the last two weeks (first some disgestion problems and then some sort of cold), so I have not done much lately besides slaving for the libraries. I always feel completely exhausted after work. I guess I am worrying too much about my next working schedule and moving out of the apartment. The bright side is that if I don't get much work this fall it will leave me time to rest and to shop for a new house. But now with the Montreal World Film Festival I should be again quite busy (and tired) for a couple of weeks. I can't wait to have some real time off... Anyway, the world is still turning and there's always news to talk about:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Ichiban: Japon en chinois
• 'Gamma World' Returns
• Award-Winning Anime Director Satoshi Kon Passes Away

Apple & iPad news

• Apple's iPhone 4 is all pros, no cons...
• Apple: des annonces le 7 septembre
• Apple expected to update iPod line at September event

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Ray Bradbury appelle les États-Unis à «la révolution»
• Un vaste «nuage» de polluants s'échappe de la marée noire
• Weather shifts behind disasters need 'urgent' probe: UN

Film Festival

• Pete Smalls is Dead will have its World Premiere at the MWFF [en Français]
• Le FFM champion incontestable de la Francophonie
• Zingaro Revisited will have its international Premiere at the MWWFF [en Français]
• Louis Bélanger ne veut pas se mêler des guerres de festivals
• MWFF List of Press Conference [en Français]
• FFM 2010: Dossier de “La Presse”
• FFM: aperçu de quelques films (La Presse)
• FFM: un film de samouraïs à l'eau de rose (La Presse)

Health, home & garden

• Forte augmentation de perte auditive chez les adolescents américains
• Housing's up, but not for much longer

Media, Culture & Society

• Watch This: F%&k Me, Ray Bradbury! [NSFW!!]
• L'Effet Twitter remis en cause par Hollywood
• Animal advocates fight against cats' negative image
• Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan

Montreal & Local/National Politics

• Strike looms in Quebec construction industry
• Can an electric car handle a Montreal winter?

Sciences & History

• La Lune rétrécit comme une vieille pomme
• Astronomers bag biggest ever find of exoplanets
• Archaeologists uncover 3,500-year-old Egypt city

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Le secteur de la vidéo sur internet en pleine ébullition
• Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble
• La télé de plus en plus regardée sur Internet
• Le web est mort, dit Wired
• Gmail s'attaque à Skype
• Google to allow phone calls from Gmail
• Le service de téléphonie par Internet de Google déjà populaire

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