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While you’re enjoying the holiday break, check out this very special prerecorded Yuletide episode dedicated to the most inaccurate cyberpunk movie ever to tumble out of Hollywood. Of course, we’re talking about “Hackers,” the cult classic film that first phreaked its way into our hearts way back in 1995.

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Directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, and Fisher Stevens, “Hackers” tells the story of Dade Murphy, aka “Crash Override,” a curious kid obsessed with breaking into virtual environments with his laptop computer. After suffering a brutal punishment banning him from using a computer until his 18th birthday, Crash is forced to dust off the keyboard when his new friends discover a “truly heinous” plot to capsize a large ocean tanker.

There’s a lot to be said about this movie, but the mass appeal of it is the fantasy world that the hackers call their playground. And however ridiculously inaccurate, it gave kids a visual representation of the mythical cybernetic universe. Oh, and also Angelina Jolie.

There’s tons of “Hackers” trivia, bloopers, quotes, and favorite scenes in this episode, so go rent the movie and download the show!

Yuletide Mini-sode – Hackers

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This is the OWLE, an aluminum and silicone case which upgrades the audio and video of your iPhone’s camera. The case comes in a few parts. First, there is the silicone sleeve which protects its delicate body upon insertion to the unibody case, itself milled, MacBook-like, from a single block of metal.

Once ensconced in this safe, easy to hold cocoon, the lens is augmented with a 0.45x wide-angle adapter on the front. This uses a 37mm screw-mount, and any other 37mm-screw lens can be swapped in. The sound gets a boost from a small boom microphone which hooks into the headphone jack, and all four of those corners has a standard tripod thread for steady mounting. Finally, there’s a cold-shoe up top for mounting accessories like continuous lights.

You’ll need an iPhone 3GS to really take advantage, as even with the video-enabling workaround we brought you last week, the camera in the iPhone 3G still sucks. The price of the OWLE is a reasonable $130, which strikes us as fair for what you’re getting.

OWLE iPhone Video/Audio Rig [ThinkGeek]

While Sony is certainly no stranger to 3D, RealD has proven more than capable when it comes to active shutter technology (as we saw earlier when the company partnered up with 3ality to broadcast an NFL game). According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony will license RealD’s technology and equipment (including 3D eyewear) for use on its TVs and other products — with the fruits of this partnership due to hit store shelves sometime next year. Could this be the big push that home 3D has been waiting for? We don’t know, but if it brings our dreams of Becker in 3D! one step closer to reality, we’re all for it.

Sony teams up with RealD for 3D, headaches in the home originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last year’s E3 was a bit lukewarm when it came to Nintendo announcements. There were a company of new Mario titles, a new Zelda, and a new Metroid, but beyond that, the company took a backseat to Microsoft and Sony’s announcements. One of the more…interesting announcements to come out of Nintendo’s press conference, though, was the Wii Vitality Sensor, a device that monitors your pulse.

The company recently filed trademarks for WiiRelax, which may well be the first game to take advance of the odd new peripheral. The game was first mentioned back in April by the Italian gaming developer, Pub Company.

No details on what a “relaxation game” might entail.

Looks like Dell’s trying to jump out ahead of the CES Atom N450 netbook rush by announcing a new version of the Inspiron Mini 10 a couple weeks before we all head to Vegas — and we can’t say we blame them, since there’s a lot here to like. The newly streamlined case can accommodate a six-cell battery good for nine and half hours of use without the usual netbook bulge, and inside that next-gen Atom can be paired with an optional Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator for HD video playback. Also on the options list: four case colors, Bluetooth, WWAN, GPS, a TV tuner, and a 1366 x 768 display, in case you actually want to see some of those accelerated video pixels. Prices will start at $299 when this guy hits in early January, but we’ll see how much all these options add to the final pricetag. Press release after the break.

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New Dell Inspiron Mini 10 debuts, features Atom N450 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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