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- Media Blasters Goes with a Distributor (ICv2)
- Seeing Akira in a whole new light (Japanator)
Apple & iPad news
- Apple: une machine à records (Cyberpresse)
- Apple Special Event October 2010: Back to the Mac (video) (Apple)
- Apple introduit son App Store sur ses ordinateurs (Cyberpresse)
- Un Apple Store ouvrira à la mi-novembre à Québec (Cyberpresse)
- iPads Gain Prominence in Hollywood (NYT)
- Apple TV 2 is back on the air (Gazette)
- Amazon Offers a New Way to Shop… on an iPad (NYT)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- E-books 9% of Trade in August (ICv2)
- E-book Sales Jump 172% in August (Publishers Weekly)
- Steve Saffel of Titan Books on E-book Sales (ICv2)
- Canadian Online Publishing Awards: Cyberpresse récolte les honneurs (Cyberpresse)
- Amazon laissera ses clients prêter leurs livres électroniques (Cyberpresse)
- New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians (WSJ)
- Amazon says e-book sales of best-sellers double print (Gazette)
- Tintin et le Québec (Métro Montréal)
- Barnes & Noble Updates Nook E-Reader (WSJ)
Economy, Environment & International Politics/News
- Hunt for survivors after twin disasters hit Indonesia (Gazette)
- 137 dead as Indonesia hit by tsunami, volcano (inform.com)
- Indonesia’s Death Toll Rises After Series of Disasters (NYT)
- UK’s ‘biggest stag’ Exmoor Emperor shot dead (BBC)
- France Enforces New Antipiracy Law (WSJ)
- 2010 ‘exceptional year’ for weather disasters (Gazette)
Health, home & garden
- Grippe A (H1N1): le vaccin plus rentable que prévu (Cyberpresse)
- Le marché immobilier québécois reprend de la vigueur (Cyberpresse)
- Des services à la carte lors de l’achat d’une maison (Cyberpresse)
- Sisters and Happiness: Understanding the Connection (NYT)
Humour
- Between Friends (2010/10/26) [ Chron.com / image ]
- Get Fuzzy (from “Say Cheesy”) [ book sample / image ]
- Stone Soup (2010/10/25) [ Go Comics / image ]
Media, Culture & Society
- Soupes halal de Campbell: des Américains bouillent de rage (Cyberpresse)
- Expozine: Montreal’s annual small press to be held November 13-14 (Expozine)
- New ‘Galactica’ Pilot Greenlit (ICv2)
- Le tirage des journaux américains a baissé de 5% (Cyberpresse)
- Un cellulaire dans un film de Charlie Chaplin? (Cyberpresse)
- Les Québécois adoptent de plus en plus Internet, sans délaisser la télévision (Le Devoir)
- Le tirage des journaux américains a baissé (Le Devoir)
- Les pubs de plus en plus courtes (Cyberpresse)
- ‘Caprica’ Canceled (ICv2)
- ‘Haitch’ or ‘aitch’? How do you pronounce ‘H’? (BBC)
Montreal & Local/National Politics/News
- Montreal métro saga finally a done deal (Gazette)
- Monster U.S. storm expected to slide past Montreal (Gazette)
- Winter forecast fit for a devil (Gazette)
Sciences & History
- Une galaxie identifiée à une distance record (Cyberpresse)
- Le sol lunaire, plus complexe qu’estimé, est riche d’éléments (Cyberpresse)
- La grande marche des premiers Amérindiens (Cyberpresse)
- Moon crash kicks up ice, silver, mercury: NASA (Gazette)
- Early date for Chinese human fossils (BBC)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- Tou.tv: tout pour les 18 à 35 ans (Cyberpresse)
- Data recovery’s go-to guy (Gazette)
- Videotron’s secret PVR giveaway (Gazette)
- Ditching Cable for the Web: How Much Can You Save Buying, Renting, or Streaming TV (LifeHacker)
- E-Mail Spam Falls After Russian Crackdown (NYT)
- PayPal Unveils Payment System Aimed at Digital Goods (WSJ)
- Good news/bad news for Quebec tablet (Gazette)
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