Sales of peripherals could get a boost this year as the two primary technologies for connecting external devices to PCs get turbocharged. PC makers in recent months have begun installing a high-speed ...

Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.

The 1394 Trade Association is touting the success of FireWire ports , saying that the technology has reached the 2 billion ports mark. But that puts it far behind its competitor, USB. Don Reisinger ...

When USB 3.0 is expected to hit the market in early 2010, it will have been 10 years since the now ubiquitous USB 2.0 was introduced (April 2000). The current USB 2.0 specification runs at a ...

Seagate have announced their third-generation of portable hard-drives, the Seagate GoFlex Storage System, which debuts a system of interchangeable connection adapters that can be used to turn a ...

While Apple Computer was happy to take home an Emmy for its FireWire technology, the company must be even more pleased that the high-speed connection is moving closer to a bigger goal--becoming ...

I need to capture some early HD footage from a lot of older miniDV tapes and this camera outputs via Firewire. I would really rather just buy an adapter to bridge between the Firewire and the USB port ...

Apple's new MacBook and MacBook Pro models contain more innovation than just their case design, graphics, and the improved accessibility of their internals. Here's a look at other details related to ...

We’ve posted our share of crazy awesome USB hubs, but “The Hub” from Ora-Ito actually looks great and looks like it works great. Not only does it have two Firewire cables, it’s got a miniUSB, two USB ...

Though other hard drive companies have built extensive and frequently updated product lines, Verbatim quietly has entered the fray and proved it can compete with the big boys. We reviewed Verbatim’s ...

FireWire is a transfer protocol designed to accommodate the large file sizes of digital video. If your work computer only features a USB port and your camera only has FireWire, you can still download ...