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Biography And Documentary Films About Technology

The Lunges of pioneers, originators, innovators in the field of technology make the filmmakers are interested filming them. Many of the documentaries or biographies of figures associated with the development of computers and the Internet. Films like "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks",
"We Are the Legions: The Story of Hacktivist" and many more, become the proof that the development of technology has become an important part of human life.

Biography And Documentary Film About Technology


Except as an entertainment media, the film with the topics can add insight and open our eyes of the world and  reason about what they have done so far.

Of the many films that have been produced, following some of them are interesting to note:

JOBS

JOBS

Film "JOBS" presented by film-makers to honor Steve Jobs as one of the most influential people in the computer industry advances. JOBS describes the personal life of Steve Jobs, Apple's legendary founder from 1971 to 2000. The selection of Aston Kutcher as a young Steve Jobs also originally had invited debate among observers of the film as well as a devotee of Jobs.

Triumph of The Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires 




Triumph of The Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires

The film was released in 1996, was aired as a mini-series was first through the PBS TV stations and divided into three series. Begins by telling the personal computer in the early days of 1970, the Altair 8800 which continues with the presence of the Apple I, Apple II and VisiCalc. Continued until the presence of the IBM PC and the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s and 1990s. This story is closed with technological developments in the presence of booming dotcom sites and the release of Windows 95 It also told us about the struggle of the inventors and founders of notable figures like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from Apple, Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer from Microsoft, Larry Ellison from Oracle.




Pirates of Silicon Valley

Pirates of Silicon Valley

It was released in 1999, was first aired on local TV and now comes in DVD format. The film tells the history of the two giants in the field of the computer industry, Apple and Microsoft. The film also tells the drama manifold important figures behind the two giant companies with those closest to them. It is also claimed lunge and rivalry between Jobs and Gates in developing personal computing devices. Two major figures such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are rolled by veteran actor Noah Wyle (ER) and Anthony Michael Hall (TV series Psych and CSI Miami).



Code Rush

Code Rush

Code Rush is a documentary that tells the story of the struggle of the employees of Netscape Communications in 1998 when the company is on the verge of collapse due to the dominance of Microsoft in the Internet industry. Code Rush tells the struggle of the employees in the last year before AOL acquired Netscape. Struggling with various problems that must be faced, such as sleeping for days at the office for the sake of a deadline, shunned by family, caffeine addiction, as well as other struggles in Silicon Valley where they work. If you want to take a career as a software engineering or project management software, then Code Rush is a film that can be used as a reference for it.


The Secret History Of Hacking

The Secret History Of Hacking

The documentary that aired in 2001 was about phreaking, computer hacking, and social engineering in the era of 1970 to 1990. The film begins with the history of the early concept of phreaking, which is a slang term used for a group of people who study, experiment, or explore the telecommunication systems with the aim of going to manipulate the system. The film also took the speakers from hackers who just displayed alone with voice narration, performed by John Draper and Denny Teresi. There are also interviews and comments from well-known figures such as Steve Wozniak, John Draper, Kevin Mitnick, and several FBI special agents who used to deal with cases of Internet crime.


Revolution OS

Revolution OS

Revolution OS featuring the story of the hackers who fight and oppose policies as well as Microsoft's closed system by creating movement and the open source GNU / Linux. Revolution OS seeks to display and track down the people who are behind the open source operating systems like Linux operating system and why this could be a potential threat to the paid operating systems such as Windows. The Struggle of open source developers are displayed documentaries for 20 years backward. Directed by JTS Moore, the film features interviews with prominent hackers and technology entrepreneurs, including Richard Stallman, Michael Tieman, Linus Torvalds, and Brian Behlendorf.


The Social Network

The Social Network

Although this movie makes Mark Zuckerberg was not satisfied because it is a lot of stories that do not fit, but the film is still showing the other side of the draw in the life of Mark as the inventor of the phenomenal social networking site, Facebook. The film depicts the journey of life glimpse of Mark when creating a Facebook site then success. The obstacles encountered when creating the site, including the claims of the two people who admitted that they had stolen the idea of ​​Mark, as well as lawsuits it faces. This film in terms of commercial success and also managed to get 8 accademy award nominations.

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

Released on February 8, 2013, the film is based on the story of the three founders of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm. All three are struggling in the face of the demands of the media industry that requires them to provide services for sharing content deemed threatening the existence of the industry. One of the characters is Peter Sunde says that the film satisfy him because it displays good technical side. But on the other hand, he regretted that too many scenes in the court grim displayed as if he is ultimately responsible for the existing demands.


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