Stories About Phil McKinney

• Taiwan LCD Giant Plans Big China Factory as Rules Ease AU Optronics became the first major Taiwan LCD maker to formally apply to build a $3 billion factory in China, after rules were eased last month.
• IBM Says Rivals Behind Anti-IBM Report in India IBM has slammed a report critical of the adoption of its mainframes in India, saying the report was driven by IBM competitors and has no credibility.
• Memory Card Questions Answered Readers asked about reformatting a camera's flash memory, how long a memory card should ask, and more.
• Iran Hacks Opposition Web Sites, Arrests Cyber Activists Iran's Revolutionary Guards hacked 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday
• GlobalFoundries' New Singapore Arm Pays Down Debt GlobalFoundries has moved fast to put its financial house in order after acquiring Singapore contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor.
• Make Your PC a Man-Cave Media Center Your Windows 7-powered PC is equipped to anchor an awesome entertainment center. Here's everything else you need.
• SXSW Apps: Tungle.me, Huddlehub and Phonebooth I've been cruising the exhibit hall looking for cool apps (and free beer), and found a little of both.
• 7 Common Targets of Stealth Threats Guard against underrated attacks in these key computing programs and practices.
• Celebrities Caused 2009 Twitter Crime Wave Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few...
• Scareware: Most Costly Security Scam of 2010 Fake antivirus programs that instead steal your data are dangerous and spreading rapidly, security experts say.
• SXSW Diary: Skepticism, Strong Feelings About Yelp Perhaps the liveliest discussion I’ve seen here was about the popular social reviews site.
• The iPad: A Great Car Accessory? Analysis: Apple's mobile tablet may prove handy on the road . . . literally.
• Backup Diligence Depends on Where You Live Residents of some countries are simply more laid back -- or delusional? -- about backing up data.
• Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving Danah Boyd used her keynote address at the South by Southwest interactive festival in Austin to discuss the clash between social networking and privacy.
• FCC's Speed Test Checks Broadband Vendors' Claims Much of America has only one choice for broadband; let's find out if the performance matches the providers' claims.