I bought a new computer that I can use an external drive with, which I’m anxious to use. The computer has both USB and Firewire ports, and therein lies my conundrum. I’m not sure which one I should ...

FireWire products use an interface standard developed by Apple Computer and adopted by the IEEE for very fast digital data transfers. FireWire, a registered trademark ...

While Apple's new adapter can be attached to a computer by its FireWire connection, it will not provide Thunderbolt over FireWire. Recently Apple made its Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter available, ...

I'm just curious, can a cd burner with dual firewire ports be shared and plugged into two different systems (2 g4 towers sharing a fiewire cd burner). No. The problem isn't an inherent limitation of ...

“The rise and fall of FireWire — IEEE 1394, an interface standard boasting high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer — is one of the most tragic tales in the history of ...

he gearhead community has been asking for IP over FireWire from Apple, the company that invented FireWire, and today Apple delivered it. The company released a preview release of IP over FireWire that ...

Keeping tabs on proper FireWire use Making sure that everyone in your organization is properly using FireWire ports is key to avoiding failure. Bryan McGill, a Macintosh administrator, writes: “This ...

This week I added USB 2.0 ports and FireWire ports to my computer. Then I hooked my digital camcorder up to a FireWire port and using Nero software transferred my first digital video to my computer.

Apple customers unhappy that the company dropped FireWire from its newest notebooks are venting their frustrations on the company’s support forum in several hundred messages. “Apple really screwed up ...

As our first look at Apple’s new laptops suggests, there’s plenty to talk about with the new laptops introduced this week. But it’s what’s not there in the revamped MacBook product line that has ...

OXFORD, England — FireWire chip specialist Oxford Semiconductor Ltd. plans to launch a FireWire-based eight-channel audio controller chip into the market at Macworld 2004. The OXFW970 chip is ...

One of the issues that budding podcasters may eventually encounter is how best to get sound into their computers. The obvious answer, of course, is through one of the sound inputs that the system ...