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 ...

Sometimes devices -- particularly drives -- that offers both FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity achieves a certain level of throughput when connected exclusively via FireWire, then achieves a lower ...

Q: My new Compaq computer doesn’t have a FireWire port, which means I cannot connect my Canon mini-DV camcorder to it. . I’ve tried using a cable with a FireWire plug on one end and a USB plug on the ...

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 ...

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.

The reason: Apple under chief executive officer Tim Cook appears finally to be abandoning FireWire, a technology for linking external gear to computers that Jobs fought for years to establish as a ...