The 1394 Trade Association is touting the success of FireWire ports , saying that the technology has reached the 2 billion ports mark. But that puts it far behind its competitor, USB. Don Reisinger ...

I bought a Panasonic PV-GS19 miniDV camcorder this morning at Sears (it replaces a POS Sony TRV-280 that went back) and I noticed that both it and the Sony outputted 320x240 resolution DV clips when ...

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.

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 ...

Firewire allows peer-to-peer device communications and allows hot-plugging and -unplugging. Cable length is limited to 4.5 meters between devices. With USB 2.0, FireWire has been leapfrogged. However, ...

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 ...