It's possible to publish your public PGP key in the DNS. There is a really good guide at http://www.gushi.org/make-dns-cert/HOWTO.html which explains the three different methods in detail. It's really simple though, so I'll explain how I did it. I'm going to replace my email address with a fake address to avoid feeding the spambots.

Computer users pass around USB sticks like silicon business cards. Although we know they often carry malware infections, we depend on antivirus scans and the occasional reformatting to keep our thumbdrives from becoming the carrier for the next digital epidemic. But the security problems with USB devices run deeper than you think: Their risk isn’t just in what they carry, it’s built into the core of how they work.

Farah crushes the bedcovers around her head, postponing her morning march through breakfast and homework. Her eyes snap open as she remembers today’s plans. Today, she will receive what is perhaps a preadolescent’s most desired technology and will find herself winging her way to another country. Were she attuned to such things, she might also recognize that her day will demonstrate how visible her life and the lives of those around her have become.

“Education is about preparing kids for life, and public education is about helping people have equal opportunity, helping those who don’t have as much money have a more level playing field,” said Ali Partovi, co-founder of Code.org, in an interview at the Big Ideas Fest a few months ago.

In our recent survey on free and open source software in the UK education sectors, we asked colleges and universities for their main reasons for not selecting an open source solution according to 12 criteri

This post is about Android and my current setup of running only Free Software on my smartphone. I know what you are thinking.. that Google is also part of NSA's "special friends". Android is self-defined as an "Open Source Platform" (AOSP), and pretty much it is since it's released under a mix of Apache and GPL license (although mostly developed behind closed doors). But this isn't what you get when you buy a smartphone. Your device will certainly have preinstalled all of the Google's proprietary stuff (gmail, play, etc) and probably manufacturer and/or vendor applications. Things that you have no idea what they do, besides their "normal" functionality, because we don't have the code to look at.

Combien de parents s’en remettent à leurs jeunes quand ils ont un problème informatique, comme si cette génération possédait d’instinct la science des ordinateurs? Voilà pourtant ce qui caractérise l’expérience de nos jeunes avec l’ordinateur : elle est souvent basée davantage sur l’instinct que sur des connaissances solides.

La bosse des maths, ça s’acquiert ! Une nouvelle science pourrait changer la vie des écoliers.

Digital citizenship is not a one time discussion. It is an ongoing process that needs to be taught to all grade levels and to all stakeholders. The problem is that things are changing so rapidly that it is difficult for everyone to keep up to date with the trends. Everyone has to be educated and develop an understanding of the role digital citizenship plays in our everyday lives. There is so much that goes into being a digital citizen; from taking photos of others to knowing when it is appropriate to share something online.

It’s still small, but there’s a movement afoot to teach coding to Canadian kids at school.

Given the increasingly important role that technology is playing in today’s culture, business and everyday life, children should be exposed to computer tools as soon as possible, according to Leroy Vincent, a technology and art specialist at the River Valley Middle School in Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B.

Et si le directeur des technologies et/ou le technicien de votre établissement était appelé à jouer un plus grand rôle dans la transformation de l’éducation? Un directeur technologique américain exprime 10 compétences que ces nouveaux leaders devraient avoir selon lui.