I slowly succeed to catch up on my work around the house and in blogging. The three big news of the last couple of weeks are the rumors (again) of Apple updating its iMac line (possibly announced next week along the smaller iPad, document.write(“”); a 13 Inch Retina MacBook Pro an even a possible new Mac Mini — I hope I’ll finally be able to replace my broken iMac), the 4.5-magnitude earthquake that I felt very early last wednesday (it didn’t really shake but felt more like one big jolt), and Felix Baumgartner’s parachute jump from the edge of space (I watched him live on YouTube as he broke several records and no bones). As usual I’ve gathered the links to the most interesting news and I am sharing them with you after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Manga Back on Top (ICv2)
• Three New Manga from Seven Seas (ICv2)
• Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill Gets English Language Cast (Slash Film)
• Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual (September) (ICv2)
• Latest Fredrik Schodt’s book: Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe (SBP)
• L’art du rire à la Maison du Japon à Paris (Le Monde)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple updates iPhoto, runs customer survey on it (MacNN)
• Rumors of an Apple event in October (TUAW)
• iBook Lessons: Traditional publishers react to new trends (TUAW)
• Google to reveal Street View for iOS web app tomorrow (iPodNN)
• Street View comes to Google Maps web app on iOS, just like they said it would (Engadget)
• Apple extends extra iCloud storage for Mobile Me members (MacNN)
• Siri parle maintenant québécois (MacQuébec)
• Missing your iDisk? OpenDrive is an easy-to-use substitute (TUAW)
• Apple ‘likely’ to unveil ‘iPad mini’ at event on Oct. 23: report (Apple Insider)
• Leaked iMac parts suggest Apple set to release new model with thinner design (Apple Insider)
• New 21 Inch iMac And 13 Inch Retina MacBook Pro Will Share iPad Mini Spotlight Next Week (Forbes)
• New details on new Macs rumored for Oct. 23 Apple event (iMore)
• New Teardrop-Shaped iMacs Will Be Unveiled At iPad Mini Event This Month (Cult of Mac)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Les ventes de livres électroniques en pleine progression au Canada (La Presse)
• E-books gaining traction in Canada; print still tops (The Gazette)
• Une liseuse moins chère qu’un livre ! (Le Monde)
• Library contribution to Google scanning declared ‘fair use’ (Electronista)
• Ten ways to save the publishing industry (The Guardian)
• Amazon, Apple customers to get credits for price-fixed e-books (TUAW)
• Apple and Amazon notify customers of $69M State settlement with publishers, how to get credit (9 to 5 Mac)
• Washington Library Responds to Complaint About Child Borrowing Yaoi Manga (ANN)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row (BBC)
• Iran’s Fars agency sorry for running the Onion spoof story (BBC)
• A qui appartiennent les îles Senkaku-Diaoyu (Le Monde)
• A massive and illegal geoengineering project has been detected off Canada’s west coast (IO9)

Health, home & garden

• New drug helps to stave off Alzheimer’s memory loss (The Gazette)
• Épidémie de poux: un guide gouvernemental, “Tout savoir sur les poux de tête” (lien, PDF)

Local News & National Politics

• Montreal earthquake rattles city, western Quebec Wednesday morning (National Post)
• Quake felt across Montreal region (The Gazette)
• Un séisme qui réveille (Journal de Montréal)

Media, Culture, & Society

• BFI to digitize 10,000 British films as part of Film Forever investment plan (Engadget)
• “Il était une fois l’impressionnisme” au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (Lien)
• Article sur l’exposition “Gloires passagères“ de Louis Fortier à la Galerie d’Art d’Outremont (L’Express D’Outremont)

Sciences & History

• Leap of faith: Felix Baumgartner’s historic jump from the edge of space (Engadget)
• French beekeepers in Ribeauville abuzz over blue honey (BBC)
• En Alsace, une colonie d’abeilles produit un mystérieux miel bleu (Le Monde)
• Google met en ligne des archives de l’histoire du XXe siècle (Le Devoir)
• Une météorite martienne révèle ses secrets (Radio-Canada)
• Skydiver breaks speed of sound in historic jump from edge of space (CNN)
• Felix Baumgarter breaks YouTube record as 8 million viewers watch his space jump (Engadget)
• Les vents solaires, source d’eau sur la Lune (Radio-Canada)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Second-generation Nest brings slimmer design, more functionality (Apple Insider)
• Nest available at Amazon.ca (Link)
• New Nest Thermostat: Thinner, Sleeker, Better. Sound Familiar? (Cult of Mac)

White-collar union stuff (SFMM) & Montreal’s libraries

• 109 au 409, L’alternative syndicale pour les fonctionnaires municipaux de Montréal: une première conférence (Lien)
• Entente «historique» entre Montréal et ses cols bleus (Métro)
• Entente de principe intervenue entre la Ville de Montréal et le Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal, section locale 301 (Communiqué)