Author: Stuart
Stuart is formerly a Technology Production Editor for The Evening Standard and lives in Battersea
The UK Top 10 video games chart: CoD Advanced Warfare retakes the top spot
[nextpage title="Next"] This week it is Activision’s turn to reclaim the No.1 spot with Call of Duty: Advanced Warefare. Rockstar/Take 2’s three-week spell at the top ends as Grand Theft Auto V drops to No.2. It does mean that these two titles are neck and neck right now when it comes to the number of…
The Pirate Bay comes back to life
A police raid back in December 2014 shut down The Pirate Bay, but now the notorious file sharing site is back online. According to TorrentFreak, the site re-appeared Saturday with "minimal" data loss, but some pages result in 404 errors. TPB was back online a day earlier than expected as the company had set February…
Top 10 iPhone music and audio apps
[nextpage title="Next"] We all know that our phones these days are more than just phones - in fact, how often do we use them to actually make phone calls? We just WhatsApp all our friends now. Phones are devices that help us in all facets of our life - especially entertainment. Here are 10 of…
Game preview: Life Is Strange
Meet Maxine Caulfield. She's 18, a bit shy, awkward and geeky, has just moved back home to the small town of Arcadia Bay in Oregon after five years in Seattle, and is studying photography at the Blackwell Academy - a high school that is well regarded for its strength in the arts. Oh, and she…
Fantastic Four: first-look trailer
Will it be third time lucky for the classic Marvel Comics superhero team? The first two Fantastic Four outings didn't exactly set the world on fire back in 2005 and 2007, so 20th Century Fox is pinning its hopes on this 2015 reboot. From the Fox press release: "Fantastic Four, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s…
Is it worth getting a curved TV?
Television began life as a big wooden box in the corner of the room with a convex screen (powered by a cathode ray tube) that brought black-and-white programmes into the home. Then came colour. Then the CRT screens gave way to flat plasma, LED and LCD televisions. And we even have 3D TVs. Now, it…
Meet Animin, the new digital friend with an AR twist
Remember the Tamagotchi, the Japanese handheld digital pet that was all the rage in the 1990s? Since then, digital or virtual pets have come in all shapes and sizes, from web- or software-based to handdheld units similar to the Tamagotchis. Well, now say hi to the Animin, a new digital pet for phones and tablets…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: GTA V still reigns supreme
[nextpage title="Next"] Grand Theft Auto V holds on to No.1 for a third consecutive week. Rockstar/Take 2’s blockbuster has now notched up a total of seven weeks at No.1 which is more weeks on top than any other GTA title. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and FIFA 15 swap places with Activision Blizzard’s title up…
Brits vote on best fictional gadget of all time
[nextpage title="Next"] The organisers behind the Gadget Show Live recently conducted a survey to find out what the British public considered the best fictional gadget of all time. And the results may not be what you expected ... (The survey was carried out among 3,194 adults living in the UK (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and…
The 12 best movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime Instant Video right now
We now live in a world where there is too much choice for good entertainment - so many great films at the cinema, and so much terrific TV available. What to watch? We're here to help, with some of the best offerings right now on Amazon Prime Instant in the UK. Just a quick tip…
