Weekly Press Review (2012/03/12)

My top three news of the week are: the death of Moebius, Apple announcing new devices and apps, as well as the one-year anniversary of Japan's tsunami. Of course, we must not forget the Republican primaries that keep polluting the news broadcast... As usual, you'll find the rest of my weekly scraplinking after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• French Comic Artist-Illustrator Moebius Passes Away (ANN)
• Arrietty Film Now 4th Highest-Grossing Anime Film in U.S. (ANN)
• Library War: The Wings of Revolution Film's Trailer Posted (ANN)
• New Lupin III TV Anime's Staff, Cast, Title Revealed (ANN)
• Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film's New Promo Video Posted (ANN)
• Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second Art Released on iPhone (ANN)
• Taniguchi's The Summit of the Gods is finally getting an English-language release from Fanfare/Ponent Mon on May 15th! (Graphic Novel Reporter)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Skype 5.6 available, full-screen support in Lion (TUAW)
• Apple posts new iPad event video (TUAW/Apple)
• Apple dévoile son «nouvel iPad» (Cyberpresse)
• iPad 3 launched in San Francisco, now should Canadians buy one? (Canada.com)
• Apple et la famille SoLoMo (Cyberpresse)
• Apple: une initiative iWallet pour contrer Google Wallet? (Métro Montréal)
• Apple présente un nouvel iPad (Le Monde)
• La justice américaine soupçonne Apple et cinq éditeurs d'entente sur les prix du livre électronique (Le Monde)
• Apple's New iPad: The Screen Is Better, and It's Faster (Popular Science)
• Apple: New iPad Demand “Off the Charts,” Lines Forming Ahead of Friday Launch (Mac|Life)
• Apple teases there is 'a lot to look forward to' in 2012 (Apple Insider)
• iPhone is top-selling cellphone in Japan (TUAW)
• Digital Copy videos now available via iCloud (TUAW)
• Virgin Mobile Canada to get LTE 'just in time for new iPad' (Electronista)
• Apple: iPad preorders sell out, demand 'off the charts' (USA Today)
• Hollywood Studios Warm to Apple's iCloud Effort (WSJ)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Scholastic enters the e-book fray with Storia and 1,000 children's stories (Engadget)
• Scholastic releases iPad e-reader app for kids (TUAW)

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Le Japon commémore le premier anniversaire de la catastrophe du 11 mars (Le Monde)
• Japan Marks One-Year Anniversary of March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami (WSJ)

Health, home & garden

• Family doctors often overlook concerns of middle-age, older men- survey (The Gazette)
• Royal Vic stops accepting patients for colonoscopies (The Gazette)
• Cinq laits qui ne connaissent pas la vache (Cyberpresse)
• Oreo fête ses 100 (Cyberpresse)

Humour

• Dilbert (2012/03/01)
• For Better or For Worse (2012/03/01)

Local News & National Politics

• Tarifs d’Hydro-Québec: le coût des nouveaux compteurs reste à venir (Métro Montréal)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Le catholicisme progresse en Afrique et en Asie, recule en Europe (Le Monde)
• Le 9e art perd un géant: Le bédéiste Jean Giraud, alias Moebius, s'est éteint (Le Devoir)
• L'hommage unanime du monde de la culture à Moebius (Le Monde)
• Mort du dessinateur Jean Giraud, alias Moebius (Le Monde)
• DVD Extra: 'Game of Thrones' first season (USA Today)

Sciences & History

• Pilleurs d'Egypte (Le Monde)
• Un million de dollars pour une pièce de monnaie de Judée du 1er siècle (Le Monde)
• Goce gravity data traces Moho boundary (BBC)
• Is the Six-Million-Dollar Man possible? (BBC)
• Meteorite chunk hits roof in Oslo, Norway (The Gazette)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Les blogues sont toujours plus nombreux (Cyberpresse)
• An interesting gadget: SpyderHUB, a USB-FireWire to eSATA Converter (Link)

White-collar union stuff (SFMM)

• Projet de convention collective (Le Canardo Pressé)