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 haven't had an external drive since I stopped using my SCSI tower about five years ago. Since then I've tolerated the acceptable speeds of IDE for the tradeoff in large amounts of storage. As my box ...

Various FireWire and USB devices can cause indefinite stalls in the Mac OS X startup routine when connected prior to or during the the boot process. In many cases the stalls can be obviated by simply ...

Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced availability of its external FireWire/USB 2.0 combo hard drives, with a 7,200-RPM Western Digital Caviar hard drive inside and with available capacities of ...

Like USB, Firewire can daisy-chain peripherals together (up to 63, in a treelike structure), and it delivers up to 60 watts of power to peripherals. Firewire allows peer-to-peer device communications ...

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 ...

Intel demonstrated a working version of USB 3.0 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Here's why it will make eSATA and FireWire obsolete. When USB 3.0 is expected to hit the market ...

OWC’s Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 is a Mac-ready, fast, bus-powered portable hard drive that eschews style for substance. Equipped with USB, FireWire 800, and FireWire 400 connection ...

The D-Link High Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire Combo PCI Adapter accomplishes several things at once. First, it adds both USB 2.0 and FireWire ports to the motherboard. Second, because it's a combo card, ...

The OXUF924DSa and DSb from Oxford Semiconductor provide external storage designers with a bridge between SATA disks and USB2.0, FireWire400, FireWire800 and External SATA ports. These integrated ...

These slim Apricorn Aegis 1.8-inch drives are both USB and Firewire compatible, making them suitable for Macs and PCs. They’ve got a shock mounting system and only weigh 3.5 ounces, so taking it on ...

Apparently, Microsoft is throwing its support behind FireWire rather than USB 2.0. The company plans to support FireWire in its upcoming Windows XP operating system, according to a CNET story.