Revue de Presse / Press Review (2010/04/02)

I am trying to catch up on my sleep (luckily the Easter week-end is upon us). It was another slow news week. If the local news were all about the Quebec Budget [in French], the media in general were in a frenzy about the upcoming iPad from Apple. See the latest news from Apple Insider, Engadget, MacNN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and others:

iPad frenzy!

• Apple iPad Guide Tours
• U.S. media raves over Apple iPad
• Les médias américains s'emballent pour l'iPad
• Much hyped iPad hits the market
• Near-hysteria grips masses at Apple iPad launch
• Early iPad Reviews
• Pogue Review: Looking at the iPad From Two Angles
• USA Today: Verdict is in on Apple iPad; It's a winner
• Before you buy: 12 things to know about the iPad
• Gizmodo's Essential iPad Apps
• zinio for iPad
• Apps for iPad on AppShopper
• Apps for iPad From Some TV Networks, Not All
• Marvel Has iPad App From ComiXology
• Early iPad adopters not waiting for Canadian release
• Eager iPad shoppers not waiting
• Video: iPad release (Apr 3)
• ABC iPad review:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• 'Kekkaishi' on Adult Swim Beginning in May
• ANN: The Spring 2010 Anime Preview Guide

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Les modèles de plateformes du livre numérique
• Les sites du "Times" et du "Sunday Times" se convertissent au payant
• iPhone Comics for Kids From Toon Books
• Borders Gets a Reprieve
• Une incontestable vitalité littéraire

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• La France veut créer un réseau électrique sous la Méditerranée
• El Nino to influence climate patterns to midyear: WMO

Humour

• Dilbert: 2010/03/29
• Dilbert: 2010/03/30
• Unshelved: 2010/04/01

Media, Culture & Society

• Pope signals won’t be intimidated by abuse critics
• Can Animals Be Gay?

Montreal & Local/National Politics

• Fraudeuse recherchée: Une jeune femme usurpe l'identité des gens
• Montreal blue-collars try softer approach
• Montreal shop claims soap made from Holocaust victims!
• La STM veut plus de revenus pour augmenter sa fréquentation
• Montreal police boost métro security after Moscow suicide bombings
• Outlook improves for public-sector pact
• Easter weekend: what's open and closed
• 'We did what needed to be done,' Bachand says of budget
• Des températures records!
• Ralentissement du métro entre Beaudry et Berri-UQAM
• Montrealers chill in the record heat

Real-estate

• Frais connexes à l'achat d'une maison- les coûts à considérer
• Frais connexes à l'achat d'une maison: un prêt ne suffit pas
• Cyberpress' Montoit: Habitation
• Gazette's Homes: Tips

Sciences & History

• 'Unusual' lead coffin unearthed near Rome
• Atom smasher achieves 'Big Bang' collisions

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• LinkedIn to open office in Canada
• Internet connects deepest Nepal to 'telemedics'
• Australia reveals prototype 'bionic' eye

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side

Updated 2010/04/04