Matt Egan

Matt Egan

Matt Egan is editor of PC Advisor, having worked for the UK's best-read technology magazine and website since 2003. A passionate technology fan who writes on subjects as diverse as internet security, social media and Windows, in his spare time Matt enjoys playing football (badly) and singing in a band (also badly).


 

Articles by Matt Egan


Features: 
Windows Vista upgrade? Don't bother

When Microsoft's Windows Vista OS was launched amid much Bill-Gates-hyped fanfare, I can't have been the only person experiencing upgrade-goldrush…

Features: 
Vista and iPhone: high-fives, hype and hot air

Desirable it may well be, but as a 'revolution' the iPhone is more poster campaign than Bastille

Features: 
Google: search engine or copyright pirate?

Google today took a pasting in the Belgian courts. The case raises some interesting questions, chief among them: 'why would any publication not…

Review: 
NetObjects Fusion 10.0

NetObjects' Fusion series has long garnered praise for hitting the sweet spot between complex output and intuitive use.

Features: 
Macs are better than PCs: the song

Proving once and for all that the devil has the best tunes, those hip, creative Mac types have released a musical tribute to their favourite brand…

Features: 
MySpace hunts director for £1m movie

MySpace, Film4 and Vertigo Films are spending a million quid developing a film, and you could be its director.

News: 
40% of US youngsters have seen web pornography

According to a study published yesterday, about 40 percent of American youngsters age aged between 10 and 17 years claim to have seen pornography…

Features: 
Who needs an ISP?

It may simply be that I'm having a bad day, but I'm no longer entirely sure what I pay my ISP for.

Features: 
One in five Windows installs 'is a fake'

Microsoft has revealed that more than a fifth of all Windows installations have been declared 'non-genuine'. So should we all love WGA now?

Features: 
Americans prefer PCs to their wives

True story. Yesterday a company called Kelton Research released a study that found 65 percent of Americans spend more time with their home…


 

Comments by Matt Egan


Review: 
The Simpsons: Tapped Out review

Ha! Touché. Enjoy those other sites.

Review: 
Surface Pro review - if Microsoft can't make the perfect Windows 8 hybrid laptop and tablet, who can?

Wow. Thanks Bob for your interesting is someone incoherent post. You're wrong on pretty much every point, but I really appreciate you trying. For…

Review: 
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review

Exactly what is 'untruthful'? I'd appreciate some flesh on the bones of that particular gem of unsubstantiated accusation.

Review: 
Acer Aspire P3 hands-on review

No word as yet

Review: 
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review

I think you mean 'God'. And I spotted two minor errors on the whole page. Hardly 'appalling'. Can I suggest you make use of the fine summer…

Review: 
Surface Pro review - if Microsoft can't make the perfect Windows 8 hybrid laptop and tablet, who can?

With respect there isn't a 'user community' in the UK and, frankly, not much of one in the world. No matter: I don't understand what's wrong with…

Review: 
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry Z10 smartphone comparison review

It's entirely plausible as this is an update of an older piece. I will check but right now I can't get on to BlackBerry World to find out...

Review: 
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Google Galaxy S4 comparison review

Please, no! You didn't hurt anyone's feelings. We're proud when anyone comments. It's your opinion. And I'm glad that you stuck around on 'the…

Review: 
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Google Galaxy S4 comparison review

'The worst thing you have read in your life'. Wow. You have had a good life, my friend. Sorry, 'The Legend' (high opinion of yourself much?) 1.…

Features: 
Do Apple Macs need antivirus? OS X security explained

Change any other passwords that are the same or similar, warn anyone who might have received an email from your hacked account, and give your PC a…