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"The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day." By Eric Sch...

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Compliance, standards, a shortage in IT security skills and budgets are reasons behind the failure of cyber security, experts conclude at French information security conference

Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered the very first wide-scale hack attack that involved television sets and at least one refrigerator.

As younger and younger children recognize and use electronic devices as sources of information and entertainment, what is the impact on their literacy skills? Largely a positive one, according to a study in the January edition of SAGE Open.

Security researcher Ariel Sanchez recently published a fascinating report on the sort of security you can expect if you do your internet banking on an iPhone or iPad.

The answer, sadly, seems to be, "Very little."

You should head over to IOActive's blog to read the whole report.

Sanchez details the results of a series of offline security tests conducted against 40 different iOS banking apps used by 60 different banks in about 20 different countries.

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Just like a tattoo, your digital reputation is an expression of yourself. It is formed and added to by you and others over time. In her Digital Tattoo presentation at ISTE 2013 (also in video forma...

Managing your digital footprint starts with asking questions like: Who are you? What do you stand for? What are your passions and beliefs?

The important lesson with managing your digital footprint is that

===> everything we do online should represent who we are and what we stand for and we must have the knowledge that this representation will stick with us potentially forever. <===

. . Cyber-Security And Privacy Knowledge As Skills In The 21st Century Are NOT Yet Enough Taught And Present, WHY!? . Did YOU realize already that WE are living in the 21st Century and that WE near...

Google's purchase of Netst is just the latest step in its plot to take over your digital life.

Apple users are updating to OS X Mavericks in large numbers, but not fast enough. Corporate users in particular have been slow to upgrade, which could have serious security implications.

Apple is famous for the secrecy around its product and service launches.

===> It's unfortunate it has decided that the safety of Mac users should also require reading tea leaves. <===

Author David Price writes: "If schools are coming into direct competition with the learning opportunities available in the informal social space, it has to be said that this is a pressure, which barely registers within the political discourse.

In the following pages, Price describes three cases across the globe — in London, Sydney, San Diego — that have mapped a vision that answers the questions above. Here’s what they have in common:

- By insisting that their teachers and mentors share their learning, all three have de-privatized teaching and learning.

- By opening up the commons, and by designing workspaces without walls, they have brought Edison’s ‘machine-shop culture’ into education.

- By bringing into the commons, experts, parents and investors, they have given an authenticity to the work of their students that is impossible to simulate in an enclosed classroom.

- By modelling collaborative working to their students they have fostered the peer learning which is at the heart of ‘open’.

- By emphasizing adult and real-world connections, they ensure that students are preparing for the world beyond school by being in that world.

- By making their expertise and intellectual property freely available, they have created high demand from their peers and ensured that knowledge travels fast.

- By seeing technology not simply as an aide to learning but as the imperative for change, they ensure that their programs are relevant to societal needs and societal shifts.

- By trusting in their staff and students, and by giving them freedom and responsibility in equal measure, they have fostered a culture of learning that rewards respectful challenge, shuns unnecessary deference, and therefore constantly stays in motion.

`Secure' online banking and payment credential pages accessible to hackers