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 ...

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 ...

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.

I’ve been leading you astray about data cable in the last couple of columns (April 24, June 5). Many broadcast facilities now have a huge percentage of data cables, such as Category 5 or 5e or 6, in ...

The folks at Orange Micro say they’re starting worldwide shipment of their OrangeLink+ USB 2.0/FireWire Combo PCI Board. And the Mac OS X driver for the product is finished. USB 2.0 is the next ...

Anyone know if firewire microphones are available? Or, if they don't exist, are there usb to firewire adapters, so that you could pipe a usb microphone (like the iMic, for instance) through a firewire ...

I have a Sony HD Camcorder that only connects via Firewire. Problem is my new PC has no firewire ports and I don't really want to open it up to install a stand alone firewire card unless I absolutely ...

PC Magazine has posted an extensive comparison of FireWire and USB 2.0, two peripheral connectivity technologies vying for the attention of PC users. The results are ...