A new interconnect technology called Light Peak is being developed by Apple as a potential replacement for FireWire, USB and traditional monitor cables. Engadget reports that Apple brought the ...

Though it's a solution we've mentioned before in the course of troubleshooting various USB and FireWire device issues, it is oft-overlooked and bears repeating: bad cables can be to blame for ...

Last year’s introduction of the Power Mac G5 made USB 2.0 ports standard issue. These ports complement FireWire for the connection of DV cameras, hard drives, scanners, and a variety of input devices.

If you’ve ever traveled with your iPod and your laptop, you know that if you want to charge and sync your player, you need to pack yet another cable. MacAlly’s new Link360 line of adapters aims to fix ...

Apple's FireWire technology for high-speed connections between peripherals and PCs appears to be making a comeback, partly driven by increasing demand in consumer electronics, according to a report ...

I've been using USB 2.0 to my external Seagate HDD and a buddy said I'm all wet - that Firewire is way faster. <BR><BR>Speed is good. Is firewire worth the cost of a cable to save time for regular ...

With macOS 26, Apple has quietly ended support for FireWire. For many, it’s a footnote in a changelog. But for those who lived through the late 90s and early 2000s, FireWire was the high-speed, ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 working group behind the development of FireWire in both its 400Mbps and 800Mbps configurations has formally approved the ...

For a multitude of reasons, external devices are a point of contention for incremental Mac OS X updates. The updates generally make significant modifications to USB I/O components (largely for the ...

JTAG Technologies' DataBlaster JT 37×7/TSI (short for Triple-Serial Interface) offers IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan testing with a choice of USB 2.0 (and 1.1), Ethernet, or FireWire interfaces. Suitable ...