Manufacturing activity in China picked up speed in March, an initial HSBC survey has indicated, adding to hopes of a sustained recovery in its economy.

BBC: A worker at a factory in China

Using a powerful supercomputer, weather forecasters divide the atmosphere up into an elaborate three-dimensional grid, assign initial values of pressure, wind-speed, humidity and so on, and then apply the laws of physics to see what happens next.

ECONOMIST: Next, the fire forecast

Having signed up with Ovi earlier in the week I have downloaded a few apps including a game called Need for Speed shift, and on my initial go come in first place.

FORBES: My Week With The Nokia N8

It was Lee who gave Edinburgh a further boost with a great burst of speed to the line after Brendan Laney had made the initial break.

BBC: Edinburgh 21-27 Ulster

The five-metre-long missiles are supersonic within moments of leaving the launcher, having taken their initial course from the control computer, and accelerate to five times the speed of sound.

BBC: Fact file: Patriot missile defence

"Our introduction of high-speed 30 nanometer class NAND late last year served as an initial pathway for stimulating acceptance of the new high-performance toggle DDR technology, " said Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, Memory marketing, Samsung Electronics.

ENGADGET: Samsung and Toshiba double-down on 400Mbps DDR 2.0 NAND flash memory standard

Mr. Branson disclosed that in the wake of Monday's success, "I would like to speed up the program" by increasing to three from two the size of the initial fleet of rocket ships intended to carry passengers.

WSJ: Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Tests Its Rockets in Flight

Famous for his exuberance and sometimes mercurial nature, Mr. Branson disclosed that in the wake of Monday's success, "I would like to speed up the program" by increasing to three from two the size of the initial fleet of rocket ships intended to carry passengers.

WSJ: Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Tests Its Rockets in Flight