Revue de Presse / Press Review (2010/12/08)

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Making The Sushi (Gazette)
• The beginning of the end? Diamond Closing L.A. Distribution Center in March (ICv2)

Apple & iPad news

• Un journal allemand fait le pari de l'iPad (Cyberpresse)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Max et Lili découvrent la vie (Cyberpresse)
• Google lance sa librairie en ligne avec 3 millions de titres (Cyberpresse)
• Paul s'en va au parc (Le Devoir)
• Bibliothèques et musées veulent numériser (Métro Montréal)
• Figment.com Aims for Young Readers and Writers (NYT) [Figment.com]
• Google Introduces E-Bookstore (NYT)
• Publishers say improving ad trends, cost cuts improve profit (USA Today)

Health, home & garden

• Aspirin with milk cuts risk of developing cancer (Gazette)
• Cancer claims Elizabeth Edwards (Gazette)

International Politics & the WikiLeaks saga

• Fuites de WikiLeaks (Cyberpresse)
• WikiLeaks exposes more U.S. spying, 'Axis of Mischief' (Gazette)
• WikiLeaks safeguards data as US pressure builds (Gazette)
• U.S. considers asking for extradition of WikiLeaks' Assange (Gazette)
• Fears of STDs sparked case against WikiLeaks boss (Gazette)
• The Reaction of Governments to Wikileaks Should Scare the Hell Out of You (Gizmodo)
• Cyberattackers Focus on Enemies of WikiLeaks’s Assange (NYT)

Media, Culture & Society

• Les émissions des Fêtes sur le web (Cyberpresse)
• Looking For Anne [Bloomberg] [Cinoche.com] [The Concordian] [Cyberpresse] [Gazette]

Montreal & Local/National Politics/News

• Équité salariale: la Ville de Montréal devant une impasse avec ses cols blancs (Le Devoir; abonnement requis) [PDF]
• Les régimes de retraite plombent les finances de Montréal (Cyberpresse)
• A decade after merger, Montreal is a city adrift (Gazette)
• Quebecers brace for era of big tax increases (Gazette)
• Première tempête de neige: dur retour à la maison (Cyberpresse)
• Montreal digging out from 25cm storm (Gazette)
• Total snowfall in Montreal could hit 40 centimetres (Gazette)
• Tempête: Environnement Canada ne l'a pas vu venir (Métro Montréal)

Sciences & History

• Discovery changes scientific definition of life (Gazette)
• NASA's study 'not well grounded' (Gazette)
• Victorian Literature, Statistically Analyzed With New Process (NYT)
• Crews dug into superhospital site's past (Gazette)
• Capsule Built by SpaceX Returns Safely From Orbit (NYT)
• SpaceX's Commercially Developed Capsule Launches From Florida (WSJ)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Tou.tv, une Boxee Box et le web font presque oublier la télé traditionnelle (Cyberpresse)
• Top court to rule on hyperlink libel case (Gazette)
• Internet: l'année Tou.tv (Le Devoir)
• Digital TV Antennas Find Frugal Young Fans (NYT)
• Online Seller Who Scared Customers Is Arrested (NYT)
• Has This Business Mastered Google AdWords? (NYT)
• Ford Starts Shipments of Electric Vans (NYT)

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