Two weekends from now, people will search for hidden Easter eggs on the lawn--but they don't have to wait to find them inside the DVD version of "X-Men."
Easter eggs in the world of technology are not trinkets covered in hard, colored shells. Those found in software applications contain a different kind of goodie, usually consisting of a hidden message or command that developers tuck away as an inside joke or tip. They range from anything as tame as a list of the often-unnamed developers who wrote the application to something more substantial, such as extra scenes in a video game.
While Easter eggs are nothing new to software applications, they are increasingly finding their way into movies on DVD, especially recent releases such as "X-Men" and "The Godfather DVD Collection."
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