Press Review (2012-10-29)

After over seven years and a little more than five-hundred posts (as well as nearly forty-thousands pageviews), I am still blogging (or doing my best to). I also keep reading the news online as often as I can. In the last couple of weeks, the story that dominated the tech news (and was of a particular interest for me) was Apple announcing many new products (the new iPad mini, of course, but mostly the new iMac -- I'll finally be able to replace my dead desktop, sometime in November, and I just can't wait to pre-order it). In the local news, everyone is still talking mostly about corruption (The Gazette, La Presse) and in the U.S. all minds are on the beginning of the last stretch of the electoral campaign for the presidential election (The Gazette, La Presse). And, of course, everyone is anxiously looking at the incoming super-storm Sandy (The Gazette, La Presse). So, again, I am sharing nearly a hundred more links with you after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Décès accidentiel du réalisateur japonais Koji Wakamatsu (La Presse)
• Une blague de Laurent Ruquier indigne le Japon (Le Monde)
• Le cinéaste japonais Koji Wakamatsu est mort accidentellement (Le Monde)
• Kodansha USA Announces Sailor Moon Art Book (ICv2)
• Top 25 Manga Properties: Summer 2012 [ Top 10 Shojo, Top 10 Shonen ] (ICv2)
• 15,000 Manga on Kindle in Japan (ICv2)
• Exposition rétro-technologique au Japon (Le Monde)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple sending out invites for October 23 event (Electronista)
• Media invitations for October 23 Apple event are in the air (TUAW)
• Recall Is The Wish List You’ve Always Wanted On The iPhone (Cult of Mac)
• iPad Mini to Hit Retail Shelves on November 2? (MacTrast)
• Oh: New Glamour Shots of the Brydge iPad Keyboard Case (iPad Insight)
• Russian Orthodox Christian Priests Upset Because The Apple Logo Is A Symbol Of Sin (Cult of Mac)
• Rumor: iPad mini pre-orders to start on Oct 26th, public release: Nov 2 (Todays iPhone)
• Next-gen desktop Macs to have the same or similar pricing to current generation (Todays iPhone)
• Barrettes de 8 Go de mémoire vive pour l'iMac et le Mac mini (MacQuébec)
• Mise à jour de VLC (MacQuébec)
• Put Google Maps back on your iPhone with Maps+ (TUAW, iTunes App Store)
• Reports: iTunes 11, iBooks 3 to also get October release (MacNN)
• The next Macs: What we expect (CNET)
• Rumor Roundup: A little more to show you (TUAW)
• Steve Jobs hits the web with details of early days at NeXT (Todays iPhone)
• Gift a Photo Book for $20 With 'Mosaic', Right From the iPhone (Mac Rumors)
• 'iPad mini' event will be streamed live to Apple TV, Mac & iOS devices (Apple Insider)
• Apple's Oct. 23rd event roundup: iPad mini, 4th gen iPad, new iMac, 13-inch Retina MBP and more (Engadget)
• Roundup: Hands-on with Apple's new hardware (TUAW)
• Apple unveils iPad Mini, new Macs (USA Today)
• Apple introduces new line of iMacs (TUAW)
• 21.5" iMac Has No User-Upgradable RAM; 27" Has Four Accessible RAM Slots (Mac Rumors)
• Apple releases iBooks 3, iBooks Author 2 (TUAW)
• iPhone iOS 6: comment personnaliser le vibreur (MacQuébec)
• Skype 6.0 for Mac available with Facebook, Microsoft logins (TUAW)
• Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion update tailored to new Macs (Apple Insider)
• Apple’s Phil Schiller on the State of the Mac (Time)
• The 21.5-Inch iMac No Longer Allows For RAM Upgrades (Macgasm)
• Apple Says New Super-Thin iMacs Will Be In Short Supply Once They’re Released (Cult of Mac)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Le magazine "Newsweek" va arrêter son édition papier (Le Monde)
• Sentiment tracker: Newsweek stops the presses (WSJ)
• Joe Queenan: My 6,128 Favorite Books (WSJ)
• Zone d'écriture: Conseil d'écriture: Mario Tessier (Radio-Canada)
• You Don't Own the Books on Your Kindle (Gizmodo)
• Une première analyse du DALIAF (Culture des futurs)
• Young and old differ on ebook preferences, according to US study (The Gazette)
• Book Publisher Consolidation (ICv2)
• How Will New Tablets Impact Business? (ICv2)
• Random House, Penguin Books to merge (The Gazette)
• Décès de Jacques Goimard, écrivain et spécialiste de SFF (ActuaLitté)
• Penguin and Random House merge, promise a brave new e-book future (Engadget)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• A Châteauroux, le "pari risqué" de la gratuité des bus (Le Monde)
• Family of Wen Jiabao Holds a Hidden Fortune in China (NYT)
• China's Wen Jiabao family rejects New York Times claims (BBC)
• Vampire electronics cause higher electric bills (USA Today)

Local News & National Politics

• Montréal achète des «nez électroniques» (Canoe)
• Le métro entièrement branché d’ici 2016 (Métro)
• Une interruption temporaire de service a eu lieu (24h Montréal)
• Census: language in numbers (The Gazette)
• Montreal spared Hurricane Sandy’s devastation but expect 90-km winds, heavy rain (The Gazette)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Les jeux de la mémoire et de l’oubli: le Japon au FNCM 2012 (Shomingekiblog)
• Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies (BBC)
• Homeland angers minister over depiction of Beirut (BBC)
• David Mitchell on the Film Adaptation of Cloud Atlas (WSJ)
• Prometheus already available for rent & purchase on iTunes! (link)
• Dan Stevens Leaving Downton Abbey? (Huffington Post)
• Homeland Renewed: Showtime Orders Season 3 (Huffington Post)
• Actor Tom Weston-Jones Talks Love of Nat Geo, Copper Finale (Huffington Post)

Sciences & History

• Scientists Find An Earth-Sized Planet At Alpha Centauri (Forbes)
• An Earth-Sized Planet Has Been Discovered in Alpha Centauri, the Star System Closest to Us (Gizmodo)
• This Natural Phenomenon Time Lapse Is Completely Unreal (Gizmodo)
• La Lune est bel et bien née dans la tourmente (Radio-Canada)
• Moon formation: New spins put on old questions (BBC)
• Chalice of Abbot Suger: Opulence Fit for the King of Kings (WSJ)
• The next generation of the Genographic Participation Kit (Link)
• La condamnation des sismologues italiens suscite l’indignation (Le Devoir)
• Auto-tune this! Research team restores 134 year-old audio recording (Engadget)
• 'Oldest Maya tomb' found in Guatemala's Retalhule (BBC)
• These Fascinating Alien Embryos Are Actually Bat Fetuses (Gizmodo)
• L'Aquila ruling: Should scientists stop giving advice? (BBC)
• Les « pyramides » découvertes grâce à Google Earth… n’en sont pas (Le Monde)
• La sélection scientifique de la semaine (Le Monde)
• Celtic sacrifices confirmed at famed ancient site (USA Today)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Votre intimité profite à Facebook (Le Devoir)
• The Next Wave in Lighting and the Internet of Things (Forbes, link)
• Light up Greenwave Reality's smart bulbs with your iPhone (TUAW)
• This Is How Thieves Will Snatch Your Phone On the Train (Gizmodo)
• Les sites tombeaux de Chris Marker et Koji Wakamatsu (Le Monde)
• Philips Hue LED bulbs get wireless iOS control (iPodNN, Apple Insider, MacQuébec, Apple Store US, link) [ See more App-Enabled Accessories on the Apple Store US or Can ]

Union stuff & Montreal's libraries

• Labouring against union decline (The Gazette)
• Les cols bleus de Montréal entérinent l'accord (Métro)
• Les cols bleus de Montréal acceptent l'entente de principe à 95,4% (Radio-Canada)

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