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.

The 1394 Trade Association announced a new standard of firewire with speed quadruples current spec of 800Mbit/s to 3.2Gbit/s . It wouldn't be named alphabetic order like they have for 1394a, 1394b to ...

Some USB and FireWire devices can cause problems with Mac OS X startup when connected prior to or during the boot process. As mentioned in our tutorial "Startup fails (particularly after a system or ...

A new combination USB 2.0/FireWire hub from D-Link with four USB 2.0 ports and three FireWire ports. It’s not clear from the press release where on the PC the DFB-H7 hub connects to, but we’re ...

Want to add USB 2.0 to your Mac OS X-equipped Power Mac? Need more FireWire ports too? Now you can kill two birds with one stone and not spend a mint in the process. FirewireDirect has announced the ...

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 ...

The Mac Pro is about due for another update, and while Steve Jobs has pretty explicitly ruled out Blu-Ray support in any foreseeable Mac refreshes, the sometimes-reliable French rumor site Hard Mac ...

I just bought a ME-320 Firewire/USB 2.0 5.25" enclosure for a CD-RW of mine. I'm having a problem getting it to work with my iBook though. First off, my burner is unsupported but I'll hack around with ...

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, ...

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 ...

At the NAMM music show on Friday Yamaha began shipping two new mixers, one FireWire-based, the other USB. The first mixer, the FireWire-based N Series is equipped with Cubase Advanced Integration, ...

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 ...