As previously reported, some retractable FireWire cables offered by IOGEAR and other manufacturers may not be suitable for use with portable hard drives because they usually aren't shielded. We've now ...

Though it's a solution we've mentioned before in the course of troubleshooting various USB and FireWire device issues, it is oft-overlooked and bears repeating: bad cables can be to blame for ...

Seagate have announced their third-generation of portable hard-drives, the Seagate GoFlex Storage System, which debuts a system of interchangeable connection adapters that can be used to turn a ...

Of all the designs and inventions Apple patents and trademarks every week, some are really interesting and provide good indication of things to come in Macs and iOS devices. Whilst we’ve recently seen ...

I'm really tired of being forced to buy <I>n</I> feet length cables for the IDE to Firewire bridge multi-CD/DVD burning tests I'm working on.<P>Know of any companies that sell IEEE1394 wire, plugs, ...

If you used a Mac in the late 1990s or early 2000s, chances are you plugged something into your computer with a FireWire cable at some point. The port looked nothing like the USB connectors most ...

Editor's note: The following paper by Les Baxter was first posted on IEEE 1394 Trade Association’s web site under the title “IEEE 1394 ideal for long-haul automotive, consumer, industrial, security, ...

Designed to meet the demands associated with motion-control and vision systems, GORE FireWire High Flex Cable Assemblies from W.L. Gore & Associates can be flexed and bent without causing bit errors ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

For a moment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the future looked uncertain for the Universal Serial Bus (USB). At the time, it was IEEE 1394 (better known by the Apple trademark FireWire) that ...

LaCie’s descriptively-named FireWire Speakers are unique among speakers we’ve tested: rather than connecting to your computer using a standard audio cable, or even a USB cable, these compact (5.3″ ...

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 computer ...