Weekly Press Review (2012/02/02)

I had such a busy couple of weeks that I skipped a week again (too bad for the “weekly” part of the press review). The news that were dominating the press lately were mostly Apple iBooks textbooks announcement, Obama's State of the Union (Huffington Post, NYT), the Academy Awards nominations, and the U.S. elections & Republicans Primary (Cyberpresse, The Gazette). Finaly, don't forget that today is Groundhog Day (Cyberpresse, The Gazette). There were a few other interesting stories for which you will find links after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Furyo: Club manga des jeunes de la CSMB (Lien)
• North American Stream List: January 16-23 (ANN)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple unveils digital textbook service iBooks 2 (The Gazettte)
• Apple profit doubles in its first quarter (USA Today)
• Using iBooks Author to produce a comic (TUAW)
• iBooks Author owns your format, not your content (TUAW)
• iBooks Author: An ebook publisher looks at Apple's textbook creation app (TUAW)
• Apple posts video of education event (TUAW)
• What Wall Street is saying about Apple’s record quarter (GigaOM)
• Mac 101: Breathe new life into your Mac with a memory upgrade (GigaOM)
• Hands on with iBooks Author: The desktop publisher grows up (GigaOM)
• Comixology reigns over comics on the iPad (TUAW)
• iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010 (TUAW)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Onze jours de prison pour des livres non retournés (Cyberpresse)
• Compte-rendu du 3e Hackathon Montréal Ouvert (Montreal Ouvert)
• France: Les livres épuisés du XXe siècle pourront être numérisés (Le Devoir)
• Polar: Offensive massive (Le Devoir)
• U.S. Librarians Rank Wandering Son, Bride's Story in Teens' Top 10 (ANN)
• The New York Public Library Helps You Turn 100-Year-Old Photographs Into 3-D GIFs (Popular Science)
• Le piratage informatique n'épargne pas la bande dessinée (Le Devoir)
• Sex in the Comics (Le Monde)
• Le domaine public, c’est à nous, et il a besoin de nous – si nous aimons Hemingway, Tolkien, Gabriel Roy et cie – avant le 14 février 2012 (Bibliomancienne)
• Le monde meilleur de la technologie selon Jonathan Franzen (Bibliomancienne)
• Ishmael [ While watching the show “Booked for Japan” last week on NHK, I heard the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto saying Ishmael was his favourite book so I decided to put it on my “to read” list ] (links)
• Angoulême récompense le bédéiste québécois Guy Delisle (Cyberpresse)
• Library Day in the Life Project (link)

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• 'A total lack of winter everywhere' (The Gazette)
• Sondage: les patrons pessimistes pour 2012 (Metro Montreal)
• IMF warns of global recession if governments cut too deeply (USA Today)
• La NASA illustre le réchauffement climatique depuis 1880 (Le Monde)
• NASA Finds 2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record (Link)

Health, home & garden

• Des chercheurs français affûtent une nouvelle arme contre la maladie d'Alzheimer (Le Monde)

Humour

• Unshelved (2012/01/30)

Local News & National Politics

• Compteurs «intelligents»: des ondes émises 1500 fois par jour (Cyberpresse)
• Le salaire du nouveau DG est «indécent», dénonce Vision Montréal (Cyberpresse)
• L’ombudsman de Montréal sur les médias sociaux (Metro Montreal)
• Montréal et ses cols blancs en litige sur l’équité salariale (Metro Montreal)
• Financement des arrondissements: discorde à l'hôtel de ville (Cyberpresse)
• Autre rebondissement dans l’affaire Kim Jong-deux (Metro Montreal)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Remstar distribuera Paul à Québec et un film sur Martha Adams (Cyberpresse)
• Dossier: Oscar 2012 (Cyberpresse)
• The Academy Awards Nominees (link)
• Golden Globes: Consécration pour Homeland (Le Monde)
• A few surprises, snubs among Oscar nominees (USA Today)
• Nagging in Marriage Is More Common Than Adultery But Can Also Lead to Divorce (WSJ)
• L'acteur Nicol Williamson est mort (Cyberpresse)
• 'Chuck' Series Finale: Fans Share Their Favorite Moments (Huffington Post)
• Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer (ICv2)
• New Action-Packed Promo for The Walking Dead (ICv2)

Sciences & History

• Pointe-à-Callière ouvrira ses portes aux Étrusques (Metro Montreal)
• Solar storm's effects to lash Earth until Wednesday (BBC)
• Oldest dinosaur nest site found (BBC)
• Quelle science pour les restes humains ? (Le Monde)
• Canadian black history neglected: author (The Gazette)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA (NSFW) (link)
• Lois antipiratage: sous la pression, Washington recule (Cyberpresse)
• FBI Shuts Down Major 'Piracy' Site (ICv2)
• Vimeo unveils design revamp posing challenge to YouTube (BBC)
• Bcc Or Let Them See? The Etiquette Of The Blind Carbon Copy (Huffington Post)
• Le blogueur et le secret des sources (Le Monde)
• Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship (USA Today)
• Canada's Internet among best in world (The Gazette)