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Completely Ridiculous Tech Scenes in Movies

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 by Ilya Bernshteyn

Working with technology close-up and having always been around it,  some tech / computer / hacking scenes in movies have always just cracked me up. Anyone in a similar position should also get a good kick out of these.

Hackers (1995)

Zer0 cool’s nemesis in the move wrote a “worm” that chipped away at the company’s profits and put small amounts of cash into his account using this 3-D super magic programming language…

Swordfish (2001)

Hackers isn’t the only one programming in 3-D. In Swordfish, where John Travolta fights terror with terror, they like to write computer viruses using some sort of goofy crystal ball. Are those Photoshop tools on the left? A nice touch is how it’s “Decrypting Data” on the floor of some virtual hallway.

(courtesy of apcmag.com)

Masterminds (1997)

Here all we have to do is type “initialize phone routing system” and everyone thinks we’re in Hong Kong. Then, we run through a video game map in under 2 minutes while facing threats from a virtual prosecutor in order to gain access to some sort of top secret database.


Web 2.0 - What the Hype is All About?

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 by Andrew Kucheriavy

Many of our customers ask for Web 2.0 Development services without fully understanding what Web 2.0 means and what it can do for them or their business.  Wikipedia defines Web 2.0 as “web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.” I have recently come across this great video that does a wonderful job showing the evolution of the Web and explaining what Web 2.0 really means:

For those who want the simplest possible explanation, here is Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0: