Weekly Press Review (2012/03/25)

After some extremely warm temperature for the season (last week the thermometer reached 26'C, the highest ever recorded for March), we are back with a more seasonal temperature (cold and windy) for early spring. The bad news of the week is the death of one of my favourite anime directors and founder of Artland studio, Noboru Ishiguro (Legend of Galactic Heroes, Megazone 23, Orguss, Macross The Movie, Yamato). I've also discovered that Casterman is releasing two new manga by Jiro Taniguchi (links in french): Furari (released in February and already available in libraries) and Enemigo (due late June in France). Beside that it was a slow news week, but you'll nevertheless find my collected links after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Right Stuf Announces 5 Points Pictures (ICv2)
• Charges Dropped in Canadian 'Manga' Censorship Case (ICv2)
• Manga after Borders (ICv2)
• Dark Horse's Carl Horn on the Manga Market (ICv2)
• Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Passes Away (ANN)
• Moyashimon Returns to TV in New Anime This July (ANN)
• Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo to Start Manga Series in Shōnen Mag (ANN)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Siri silently updated for improved functions in Canada (MacNN)
• Supplier pins new MacBook Pro in April with Ivy Bridge CPUs (Electronista)
• Rumor has 15-inch MacBook Air launching in April (Electronista)
• La saison des nids-de-poule (MacQuébec)
• Is the new iPad truly 'resolutionary'? (USA Today)
• XBMC 11.0 Eden final arrives with AirPlay, Apple TV and iOS (Electronista)
• Mountain Lion preview hints at Retina-equipped Macs (Electronista)
• Apple iPhone edges out BlackBerry in Canada (TUAW)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Encyclopaedia Britannica stops print edition in Internet era (Electronista)
• HP Lovecraft: The man who haunted horror (BBC)
• E-Books on Tablets Fight Digital Distractions (NYT)
• Anne Korkeakivi on How to Handle Foreign Language (WSJ)

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Coup de chaleur (Cyberpresse)
• Canada's 'pearl' of Arctic research hit with funding freeze (The Gazette)
• Ecology and Change: Nature Has No 'Balance' for Us to Keep (WSJ)

Health, home & garden

• Utilisation des tablettes électroniques: attention aux yeux (Cyberpresse)
• Eat smart: 21 fat-fighters to give your diet a boost (The Gazette)

Humour

• Aislin Editorial cartoon in The Gazette (2012/03/06)

Local News & National Politics

• «Compteurs intelligents»: les clients récalcitrants auront des frais (Cyberpresse)
• Culture helps bridge linguistic divide (The Gazette)
• Miracle! Le froid a sauvé la petite Léa (24h Montréal)

Media, Culture, & Society

• La diffusion de toutes les familles de presse a baissé en 2011 (Le Monde)
• The man behind the throne: Author George R.R. Martin eager to see his world again on Game of Thrones (The Gazette)
• Les téléspectateurs toujours plus collés à l'écran (Le Monde)

Sciences & History

• Des fossiles révèlent l'existence d'une espèce humaine jusque-là inconnue (Le Monde)
• L’humanité sous-estime-t-elle le risque de sa propre extinction ? (Le Monde)
• Ancient embryo fossils explain land animal origins (USA Today)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Highpoint launches USB 3 Backup and RAID enclosures (Electronista)
• PayPal Here mobile card reader: it's like Square, but with way more frozen accounts (Engadget)
• L'essor des applications inquiète les experts (Cyberpresse)
• Self-driving cars get closer every day, but won't hit you (USA Today)
• Tip: How to copy a DVD to your PC (USA Today)
• How to Rip DVDs with Handbrake ( Macinstruct / Macworld)

White-collar union stuff (SFMM)

• Le vernis craque de partout ! (109 au 429)
• Assemblée Générale le 27 mars 2012 (Le Canardo Pressé / SFMM)
• Grève dans les bibliothèques de Toronto (Radio-Canada.ca)