20 Greatest HACKERs to hit the big screen

Computer Hacking has never been so cool when this dude did it!

20. Jack Stanfield, Firewall (2006)

Famous Quote: "Honey, I need to borrow your iPod."

19. J-Bone, Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Famous Quote: "Where's Spider?"

18. Lazlo Hollyfeld, Real Genius (1985)

Famous Quote: "Did you wanna borrow my pajamas?"

17. Wyatt Donnelly, Weird Science (1985)

Famous Quote: "A missle! A MISSLE! A MISSLE IN MY HOUSE GARY!!"

16. Milo Hoffman, Antirust (2001)

Famous Quote: "This isn't a game! In the real world, when you kill people they die - for real! And in the real world you're fucked!"

15. Dennis Nedry, Jurassic Park (1993)

Famos Quote: "Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word."

14. Gus Gorman, Superman III (1983)

Famous Quote: "I don't want to go to jail because there are robbers and rapers and rapers who rape robbers."

13. Kevin Mitnick, Takedown (2000)

Famous Quote: "Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion."

12. Boris Grishenko, Goldeneye (1995)

Famous Quote: "I am invincible!"

11. John 'Captain Crunch' Draper, Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Famous Quote: "Computers, systems, that's my bag. The phone company is nothing but a computer."

10. Michael Bolton & Samir Nagheenanajar, Office Space (1999)

Famous Quote: Michael - "PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?" Samir - "Back up in your ass with the resurrection."

9. Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch, The Core (2003)

Famous Quote: "You want me to hack the planet? Ok, if I decide to do this, I'll need an unlimited supply of Xena tapes and Hotpockets."

8. The Puppet Master, Ghost In The Shell (1995)

Famous Quote: "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."

7. Stanley Jobson, Swordfish (2001)

Famous Quote: "You're fucking up my chi."

6. Jobe Smith, Lawnmower Man (1992)

Famous Quote: "I am God here!"

5. Kevin Flynn, Tron (1982)

Famous Quote: "I shouldn't have written all of those tank programs."

4. David Lightman, WarGames (1983)

Famous Quote: "Later. Right now let's play Global Thermonuclear War."

3. Dade 'Crash Override' Murphy, Hackers (1995)

Famous Quote: "Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night. Ginsberg."

2. Martin Bishop, Sneakers (1992)

Famous Quote: "Ah. You're the guys I hear breathing on the other end of my phone."

1. Thomas 'Neo' Anderson, The Matrix (1999)

Famous Quote: "I know kung fu."

Microsoft Zune - worst christmas gift this year

Microsoft Zune | $150 to $250

To take on the iPod, Apple’s sleek little Goliath with record-breaking sales and a spot in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, Microsoft last year unveiled the Zune: a larger, heavier, equally-expensive device. What did it have that the iPod didn’t? The ability to temporarily share songs with others Zunes. Of course, this interesting feature was crippled by a three-play or three-day expiration (whichever came first). Microsoft also had the questionable logic of offering the brick-shaped device in brown. Quite simply, instead of killing the iPod, the Zune barely made a whimper when it was introduced.



Cut to this year. Apple has revamped their entire iPod line, shrinking their already-tiny Nanos and adding the iPhone’s multitouch interface to a non-phone media player. So how does Microsoft respond? By matching the size and feature set of the previous year’s iPods and not even attempting to compete on price (the updated Zunes cost pretty much exactly the same as the new iPods). It’s almost as if Microsoft didn’t anticipate Apple making a single update or change to their constantly evolving line of players.