The country’s makers of the means of production are enjoying a boom year as domestic investment picks up.

- A deepening German recovery shines in Hanover

Paris Hilton fans have been asked to “sihn” a petition seeking a pardon from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nick Cannon is engaged to model girlfriend Selita Ebanks. “Spider-Man 3″ ’s weekend was even bigger than estimated.

- A.M. Surf Report: Paris Fans Urged To ‘Sihn’ Petition; Nick Cannon Takes Himself Off The Market; ‘Pirates’ Getting An Early Release

Reuters - IAC/InterActiveCorp said it will launch in the coming days a new mobile application for its Ask.com Web search service that will help consumers find shops and services they want, or friends they’re looking for, based on their location at a given moment.

- IAC to launch Ask Mobile location-based search service
(Reuters)

AP - Microorganisms locked in Antarctic ice for 100,000 years and more came to life and resumed growing when given warmth and nutrients in a laboratory.

- Entombed microbes flourish again in lab
(AP)

Revit Structure subscription users can now download all 16 Robobat Extensions for Revit Structure with full functionality from your subscription site. I am sorry to report that these tools are not available to Revit Architecture & MEP .

PC World - Google Inc. still hopes to influence changes that Microsoft Corp. plans to make in Vista’s desktop search function, even after the parties involved in Microsoft’s 2002 antitrust settlement agreed to alterations to the search system.

- Google Argues for Right to Comment on Microsoft Case
(PC World)

A draft of new rules adopted by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, or NSABB, proposes voluntary compliance by scientists, universities and journals to limit publication of life-sciences research that could be misused by terrorists. .

- Will Bioterror Fears Spawn Science Censorship?