Notable news this last couples of weeks are the 2012 Canadian federal budget (The Gazette, document.write(“”); Canada.com, Yahoo, National Post), Videotron’s announcement of an illico TV new generation (press release, link), the one-hundred years anniversary of the Titanic (Ottawa Citizen) and the return to TV of the Game of Thrones and The Borgias series. For the rest you can simply check my collected links after the jump:
Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Le Japon, version sucrée (Cyberpresse)
- FUNimation Announces First Mobile App for Fans (ANN, iTunes)
- Vertical Adds Ai Yazawa’s Paradise Kiss Manga (ANN)
- Viz Media Receives Multiple Nominations For the 2012 Eisner Awards (ANN)
- Funimation to Simulcast New Lupin III TV Anime Series (ANN)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- Test complet de Printopia (MacQuébec, lien) [Intéressant mais plutôt cher à $19.95 !]
- iTunes 10.6.1 disponible (MacQuébec)
- Study: Newsstand a hit, iPad market thriving with 180K apps (MacNN)
- Interactive Game of Thrones content comes to HBO Go iPad app (Engadget)
- It’s Playing fills the gap left by VLC with a well-designed video player (TUAW)
- Rumor has new iMacs using anti-reflective glass from G-Tech (Electronista)
- How to find/remove the Flashback trojan (TUAW)
- Rumor: new iMacs, MacBook Pros now set for June launch (Electronista)
- Japanese case for iPad 2 turns it into full netbook (Electronista)
- Half a million Mac computers ‘infected with malware’ (BBC)
- Secure your Mac from Flashback infection (USA Today)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Reader’s Digest creative director offers tips for magazine iPad design (TUAW, link)
- Digital magazine sales double in 2011; print still dominates (Electronista)
- Landmark book about New France up for auction (The Gazette)
- Will Hachette Be The First Big-6 Publisher To Drop DRM On E-Books? (PaidContent.org)
- Digital ‘to double’ at Hachette UK in 2012 (The Bookseller)
- Les tablettes sont essentiellement dédiées à un usage ludique et domestique (Le Monde)
- Shocker: People who read e-books read more (Engadget)
Economy, Environment & International Politics
- New World Trade Center reaches 100 floors (USA Today)
- Tibetans set themselves on fire in protest (USA Today)
- Le pape craint que l’humanité ne soit plongée dans les ténèbres (Cyberpresse)
Health, home & garden
- Les États-Unis refusent d’interdire l’usage du bisphénol A (Cyberpresse)
- Bilingualism helps fight off dementia: Research (The Gazette)
- With autism on the rise, scientists step up the hunt for causes (USA Today)
- Popular ‘plexes’ retain appeal (The Gazette)
Humour
- Unshelved (classic from 2002/11/01)
- Unshelved (classic from 2002/11/04)
- Unshelved (classic from 2002/11/12)
Local News & National Politics
- Métro etiquette 101: follow the arrows! (The Gazette) [I totally concur and I am glad someone wrote on that subject. That’s so frustrating!]
- Budget Ottawa 2012 (Cyberpresse)
- Bye bye cenne noire! (Cyberpresse)
- Culture: Coupes de 191 millions à Patrimoine canadien d’ici 2014-2015 (Le Devoir)
- Un nouveau bac «sexy» fait son apparition (Cyberpresse)
- Cinq ans plus tard, voici le nouveau bac à recyclage (Métro)
- Open-Closed on Easter week-end (The Gazette)
- Serge Grenier est décédé (Cyberpresse)
Media, Culture, & Society
- Must See HDTV (March 26th – April 1st) (Engadget)
- Trailer for ‘Doctor Who’ Season 7 (ICv2)
- Dragon from ‘Game of Thrones’ In Short Clip (ICv2)
- ‘Lone Wolf’ Movie Back in Development (ICv2)
- Save Our Shows 2012 (USA Today) [Vote, status update]
- ‘Game of Thrones’ Opener Sets Series’ Record (ICv2)
- Le réalisateur français Claude Miller est décédé (Cyberpresse)
- L’ONF ferme la CinéRobothèque et supprime 73 emplois (Cyberpresse)
- Décès de Claude Miller 1942-2012:Un grand voyageur en eaux troubles (Le Devoir)
- Thomas Kinkade, landscape painter, dies at 54 (BBC, USA Today)
- Showtime’s ‘The Borgias’ back in town (USA Today)
- Willem Dafoe majeur et vacciné (Le Monde)
Sciences & History
- Titanic’s director describes ‘desolate’ ocean floor (The Gazette)
- US 1940 census release reveals post-depression country (BBC)
- Can computers have true artificial intelligence? (BBC)
- LHC is back with big energy boost (BBC)
- Some of Alaska’s polar bears are losing fur (USA Today)
- L’épave du « Titanic » désormais protégée par l’Unesco (Le Monde)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- Vidéotron lance illico nouvelle génération (Canoe.ca) [Communiqué, Lien] [Darn, je vais devoir changer de terminal, mon Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD+ n’est pas compatible avec le nouvel illico qui arrivera en septembre! Ce serait peut-être l’occasion d’ajouter un terminal sur une 2e tv en gardant l’ancien… À considérer sérieusement et voir les coûts…]
- Près de 76% des Québécois naviguent sur Internet (Le Devoir)
- Which photo sharing site is right for you? (USA Today)
- Dropbox doubles referral rewards, offers up to 32GB for those dripping in charisma (Engadget)
- Nest thermostats get 10-day history, Airwave (Electronista)
- Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewear (The Gazette, BBC, Le Monde)
White-collar union stuff (SFMM) & Montreal’s libraries
- Votre solde d’heures de maladie au fonds de solidarité FTQ: Un investissement rentable ! (SFMM)
- Assemblée générale statutaire du 27 mars 2012 (SFMM)
- Une convention à notre mesure (SFMM)
- Affichage pour l’inscription à la liste de disponibilité des bibliothèques du Plateau Mont-Royal [prend fin le 13 avril] (Simon)