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Computer Science Teacher: Call for Proposals Annual CSTA Conference 2013 - http://t.co/79XlZCAd via @Shareaholic

Well you don't have to look far. This year the Computer Science and Information Technology Conference (CS & IT) has all these things and a whole lot more. Please join like-minded computer science and IT educators for a great learning experience July 9th and 10th, 2012, in Irvine, California. 

Windows 8 is on its way, and it'll be a departure from the Windows we know and love today. That was the message Microsoft sent Wednesday afternoon at the annual D: All Things Digital Conference, taking place near Los Angeles.

Researchers attending the Black Hat security conference on Thursday demonstrated two ways in which Square - a mobile gadget that enables Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to accept credit card payments - can be hacked to steal credit card data, with very little technical hardware required and "no technical skills at all."

A pair of researchers have unveiled a serious new attack on web browser security. The researchers used this week's Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires to unveil a new tool that attacks TLS and SSL, the cryptographic protocols used to establish secure web connections.

Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former director of communications was arrested today, shortly after a press conference in which the prime minister took "full responsibility" for his appointment but refused to apologise for it.

There was some discussion at the CEMC conference about coding guidelines. I found this excellent article about the topic of Reading Code and best practices. I plan to use this in my senior (ICS4U) course early to set the standards and probably a simplified version after a few months in ICS3U.

6 weird malware tricks hackers use to bypass security Security experts presenting in the upcoming SecTor conference reveal six new tactics that cyber criminals are employing to circumvent security and avoid detection.