Revue de Presse / Press Review (2011/02/15)

We've started visiting houses. So far, nothing too exciting (too far, too small, too timeworn), but many of my favourite candidates have sold even before I had time to visit. Quite frustrating. In the end it will certainly be a game of compromise and maybe the hardest decision of my life... And there's so many other things to do that I don't have much time left to watch TV or read. It leaves me exhausted. Here's some news that I've read or bookmarked for reading later:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Comic Sales Plummet in January (ICv2)
• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Light Novels? (Okazu)

Apple & iPad news

• Livres en ligne: Apple rejette l'application de Sony (Cyberpresse)
• Apple to Tighten Control of How Magazines, Content Are Sold for iPad (WSJ)
• IPad Makes Space in Japan's Tiny Homes by Removing Bookshelves (Bloomberg)
• MacQuébec: site local d'actualités techno Mac (MacQuébec)
• Apple aurait commencé à produire un nouveau iPad (Cyberpresse)
• Apple's New iPad in Production (WSJ)
• Quand les téléphones deviennent polyglottes (Cyberpresse)
• Apple working on smaller, cheaper iPhone (Gazette)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Beyond books: what it takes to be a 21st century librarian (The Guardian)
• Libray Books: un accès rapide à la bibliothèque du quartier (MacQuebec)
• E-Book Sales Rise in Children’s and Young Adult Categories (NYT)
• Library users 'become better readers' (BBC)
• Library Journal Publishes Library eBook Survey Results (No Shelf Required)
• Borders could file for bankruptcy early next week (Gazette)
• Haruki Murakami, écrivain universel (Le Monde)
• Ryu Murakami’s ‘Popular Hits of the Showa Era’ (NYT)

Health, home & garden, real-estate

• Back Injuries Take a Toll in Winter (NYT)
• Is Whispering Harmful to Your Voice? (NYT)
• Taux hypothécaires: la hausse se poursuit (Cyberpresse)
• Insonorisation: il n'est jamais trop tard (Cyberpresse)
• Spice drug fights stroke damage (BBC)
• McMansions out of vogue in new economic reality (USA Today)

Media, Culture & Society

• Pourquoi la littérature ne parle-t-elle pas d'Internet? (Le Monde) [article original dans le Guardian]
• Movie: ‘The Eagle,’ With Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell (NYT)

Montreal & Local/National Politics/News

• La Ville met sur pied un service automatique d'urgence par téléphone (Cyberpresse)
• Hausses salariales des cadres: «inacceptable», dit Bergeron (Cyberpresse)
• Le Québec a connu une immigration record en 2010 (Le Devoir)

Sciences & History

• Pyramide de Kheops: un architecte français fait part d'une nouvelle découverte (Le Monde)
• First Valentine: Lasting legacy of 500-year-old love (BBC)
• Egyptian Museum: Cairo's looted treasure (BBC)
• Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing (BBC)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• AOL to Buy The Huffington Post (NYT)
• AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million (NYT)

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side