Skylon spaceplane revs up for cooling test - ZDNet UK (blog)

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Chrome is Most-Used Browser - Daily Beast

It unseated Firefox last December for second place, and now Google's Chrome has surpassed Internet Explorer to become the most-used Web browser worldwide. Between May 14 and May 20, Chrome logged the most hours of surfing, beating Internet Explorer for the first time. Apple's Safari placed a distant third. Internet Explorer still dominates in the U.S., but new users in India and South America propelled Chrome's rise to the top.

Tottenham return to top four with comfortable win over Blackburn - The Independent

Guardiola at Barcelona: A true artist's legacy

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Poorest households led pre-crisis debt splurge - Telegraph.co.uk

The report added: "This evidence does suggest that it is possible that the increasing demand and supply of credit to low income households may have... increased both the risks and the consequences of crisis."

Jonathan Portes, director of NIESR, said: "This research suggests that there may well have been a connection between the rise in income inequality in the years preceding the crisis and the rise in household borrowing, particularly for those on lower incomes.

Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC OneX vs iPhone 4S - Times of India

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The unveiling of Samsung Galaxy SIII recently has further fueled the ongoing smartphone war. One of the most-awaited phones of 2012, Samsung Galaxy SIII is designed to take the fight to the new crop of quadcore superphones. The smartphone takes on Apple's iPhone 4S and HTC's recently launched quadcore smartphone HTC OneX.

Here's how the three compare in specs.

World Champion Retires - New York Times

The seven-time world snooker champion Stephen Hendry announced his retirement after losing in the quarterfinals of the world championships in Sheffield, England. Hendry, 43, turned professional as a 16-year-old in 1985, won his first world title in 1990 and stayed at No. 1 in the rankings until 1998. During the past decade, his star began to wane and he was overtaken by a new generation of players.

Aware of electoral oblivion, the party fought for its life - Herald Scotland

But it is the SNP now pondering where it got its campaign wrong and how Labour's very fight for survival came up trumps. By all accounts the timing was a blessing for Labour.

Until a fortnight ago its strategists were assuming the party would lose its majority Glasgow. Then along came the noise about the First Minister and News International, amplified by Labour which recognised its own associations with News International could be conveniently forgotten.