Win a trip to Sydney’s Vivid Festival plus Blackhat on Blu

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Directed by the award-winning Michael Mann and starring Australian heavyweight Chris Hemsworth, “Blackhat” is a fast paced, high-tech action film set in some of the most tech-savvy cities in the world.

Nick Hathaway (Hemsworth), a talented computer expert who has gone astray, finds his way out of a 15-year prison sentence when parts of a computer code he wrote in college appear in malware that triggered a nuclear attack in Hong Kong.

To celebrate its May 14 arrival on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital, Universal Sony Pictures and CNET are offering one lucky winner and a friend the chance to win tickets to learn about the future of technology and innovation at the Vivid Ideas Exchange: The Start-up Revolution: The Reinvention of Business through Technology, Culture and Design

For your chance to win, we need you to think like a hacker. Leave a comment on this post telling us how you would reinvent your favourite piece of technology. It can be a gadget or an app — just tell us what you would change to make it even better than it already is.

To enter, you must be registered to comment, be an Australian resident, 18 years or older and subscribed to a CNET newsletter.

1 x Major Prize:

  • 2 x tickets to Vivid Ideas Exchange — The Start-up Revolution: The Reinvention of Business through Technology, Culture and Design
  • Flights and accommodation in Sydney for two for the weekend of 30 and 31 May, 2015.
  • 1 x “Blackhat” on Blu-ray

10 x Runner Ups:

  • 10 x “Blackhat” on Blu-ray

You’ve got until 5:00 p.m. AEST on May 21, 2015 to enter, so get cracking.

Quick Terms and Conditions:

  • Promotion opens 13, May 2015 and ends 21, May 2015
  • The Promotion is only open to Australian residents 18 and over who are subscribed to the CNET Newsletter.
  • Entry is via comment. There is a limit of one entry per entrant.
  • Full Promotion terms and conditions are available here.
  • The Promoter’s Privacy Policy and Data Collection Notice can be found at: http://www.sonypictures.com.au/corp/privacy.html
  • Accommodation will be a minimum of 4 stars, twin share for one night in a Sydney hotel
  • If the winner is unable to travel on the nominated weekend, they will have to forfeit the prize and the prize cannot be redeemed for cash

Winners: Congratulations to our main winner IDSDI and all our runners up: epanouir, phongp01, PunkyBoozter, bluetanya, ImBatman01, kram1011, mooniegeneral, EmperorNewo, deadgoon100, maxtechman

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