Press Review (2012-12-10)

Nothing changed much in the last couple of weeks. I am still suffering from spells of diziness (it's not severe enough to be a Labyrinthitis so I guess it should be something like BPPV ? Anyway, I should really try to find time to consult on this, because it's been several weeks and is quite annoying (and my wife worries). My iMac finally shipped from China and should be delivered imminently. I'll probably be busy for the next couple of weeks while I set it up properly. The Holidays are approaching quickly and now it really feels like it since we've finally got a real snow storm (although very small, just a few centimeters, and it quickly rained on it). As usual, here some links to the online news stories that I found interesting (after the jump):

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• A Look Ahead at VIZ Releases (ICv2)
• 10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series in 2012 (ANN)
• Giant remote-controlled robot is built in Japan (BBC)
• Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series in 2012 (ANN)
• Review of Thermae Romae Vol. 1 (ICv2)
• Review of Uglies: Cutters (ICv2)
• Diamond to Distribute Tezuka Merchandise (ICv2)
• Kafka’s Nightmare Tale, A Country Doctor, Told in Award-Winning Japanese Animation (Open Culture)
• Anne Frank, passion nippone (Le Monde, lien vers la BD documentaire interactive de ARTE “Anne Frank au pays du Manga”)
• Top 300 Graphic Novels for November 2012 (ICv2)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• New iMac and iPad mini Reported to be in Short Supply Until 2013 (MacTrast)
• Official Game of Thrones companion guide brings Westeros to iOS (TUAW)
• Apple's iTunes 11 could debut tomorrow, report says (CNET)
• iMac, iPad mini shipments may be limited until Q1 2013 (Electronista)
• "Should I Sleep?" keeps your Mac awake while in use (TUAW)
• Review roundup: New iMac display and redesigned chassis shine, audio a step back (Apple Insider)
• Securing Your Mac: A Guide for Reasonable People (TUAW)
• Film buffs will want the free Kubrick app for iOS (TUAW, Apps store)
• ToonCamera: another funny camera filter app (Apps store)
• iFixit pries open new 21.5-inch iMac, finds twin mics and a glued on display (Engadget)
• Review roundup: the new iMac is more than just fresh design (Electronista)
• Some new iMacs "Assembled in USA"? (TUAW)
• Some iMacs labeled 'Assembled in USA,' teardown shows (CNET)
• Apple iMac review (2012) (Engadget)
• Curious number of new iMacs born in the USA (iMore)
• Fortune calls new iMac 'best ever' (TUAW)
• Apple iMac 27-Inch (Late 2012): Review & Rating (PC Mag)
• Apple iMac 2012 Review: A Reason to Get a Desktop (ABC News)
• Apple money saving tips (USA Today)
• Apple to produce line of Macs in the U.S. next year (USA Today)
• Updated iMac from Apple is a knockout (USA Today)
• Les « Apple Haters », un mal nécessaire ? (MacQuébec)
• Gifts for iPhone photographers: 2012 holiday guide (iMore)
• Apple's U.S. Mac-making plan would create 200 jobs: report (CNET)
• Apple now shipping first 27-inch iMac orders (MacNN)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Le retour de la bd Alix (Journal Métro)
• NYT editor: Journalism pre-dates newspapers and will outlast newspapers (GigaOM)
• Amazon Kindle bookstore reaches Canada, cuts Americans (partly) out of the loop (Engadget)
• Alan Moore graphic novel banned from South Carolina library (LA Times)
• Asimov's Foundation novels grounded my economics (The Guardian)
• How to Make Magazine Apps That Don't Suck (Electric Literature)
• Best-Selling Books list (USA Today)
• Un Grand Prix pour L’enfance d’Alan (Le Devoir)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• Bread that lasts for 60 days could cut food waste (BBC)
• Le drone iranien qui n’existait que sous Photoshop (Le Monde)
• Unicorn lair 'discovery' blamed partly on mistranslation (The Guardian)
• NOAA sees sea level rise of up to 6.6 feet by 2100 (USA Today)

Health, home & garden

• Swedish town introduces light therapy to bus shelters (CNET)
• La myopie, une épidémie mondialisée (Le Monde)
• US begins testing brain implants with hopes of slowing Alzheimer’s (The Verge)
• Brain pacemakers show promise in Alzheimer's trials, might open new treatment possibilities (Engadget)

Humour

• Unshelved (2012/12/04)
• Unshelved (2012/12/05)
• Unshelved (2012/12/10)

Local News & National Politics

• Pas si intense, l’exposition aux ondes électromagnétiques (Journal Métro)
• Il faut être vigilant envers le bilinguisme au travail (Canoe) [Comment peut-on avoir trop de bilinguisme! Ridicule!]
• La première ministre du Québec annonce quatre mesures pour soutenir Montréal comme métropole culturelle (Communiqué)
• Registre des armes à feu: Heidi contre Goliath (Journal Métro)
• Première tempête au Québec: neige, pluie et verglas au menu (La Presse)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies at 91 (LA Times)
• Vocabulary Test Results Show Top U.S. Students Losing Ground, Others Stagnate (Huffington Post)

Sciences & History

• Undisclosed Finding by Mars Rover Fuels Intrigue (NYT)
• Is zero an even number? (BBC)
• Mercury's water ice at north pole finally proven (BBC)
• Sea-level rise from polar ice melt finally quantified (BBC)
• Voyager 1 reaches 'magnetic highway,' gets a taste of interstellar space (Engadget)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• That Facebook Copyright Notice Is Worthless (Gizmodo)
• XBMC 12 Beta 2 rolls out, brings first Android beta APK (Engadget)
• BMO offre le paiement mobile avec avec un simple étiquette autocollant: MasterCard PayPass (lien)
• Opus, un format audio meilleur que le MP3 (Le Monde)
• Lit Motors: Rekindle the Excitement (Lien)

Union stuff & Montreal's libraries

• Près de 100M$ aux bibliothèques de Montréal (Canoe)
• Arrondissement Le Sud-Ouest: Parlons bibliothèques (Lien)

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