Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chip maker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires.
Buffalo Technology has increased the capacity of its small-format hard disk drives with the announcement of a 500GB drive, compact enough to fit in your pocket.
FireWire is still Apple Computer's baby, but the proud parent is cutting the cord.
A speed boost with USB 2.0 gets PC makers excited. But a faster FireWire is just around the corner.
As competition looms, FireWire backers have finalised a plan to initially double the speed--and eventually offer eight times the speed--of the connection used to link PCs to camcorders and other peripherals.
Are cheap external USB video cards good enough to power an extra monitor or five, and what are their pitfalls? Won't handle 3D acceleration? Take up valuable CPU cycles? Leave dirty dishes around your desk and have a bad odour?
Intel demonstrated a working version of USB 3.0 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. Here's what we can look forward to with the new technology.
Microsoft's approach to open source seems to be mellowing quite dramatically the software giant has released its .NET Micro Framework under an Apache licence and made a GPLed source code release over the weekend.
Feeding Snow Leopard with juicy Office 2008 discs caused a few problems for our New Zealand correspondent.
There are times when the tone of Australia's broadband discussions makes me want to laugh, and others when it just makes me want to cry. The past week has been one of the latter, after two very different broadband-related stories made their way across my desk.
Using a USB drive to transfer setting to a Cisco router has many benefits. Among others, it can hold multiple configurations and copies of the Cisco IOS and it will speed up the copying process. Here's how to use a USB flash drive with a Cisco 871W router.
You can't boot using a floppy disk the way you used to be able to with DOS, but one handy way to easily boot XP is by using a USB flash drive. Here's how to make it work.
Great range and high speeds grace Buffalo's 802.11g USB adapter, but its incomplete documentation may confuse those new to networking.
The arrival of portable USB storage devices,"so small that they fit easily in your pocket and even sport rings for easy key chain attachment,"may finally put the venerable floppy to rest. We examine four options.
What's the best mid-range server on the market? We put machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lenovo through their paces in our labs.
Trendy techies will love the Iomega's chic looks and compact size but users with severe flash memory shortfalls should look elsewhere for at least a 256MB model.
Belkin's DockStation provides extra USB ports and a simple docking solution that should work with any notebook, regardless of manufacturer. Read our Australian review.
This pocket-sized 8-in-1 media reader is a must for those juggling different flash card formats.
The Iomega is a competent external CD burner with good flash memory compatibility. But its long term usefulness is undermined by the advent of cheaper and faster DVD writers.
Sony's shrunk its Micro Vault line of portable USB storage devices even further. We take an early look in our Australian First Take.
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