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.

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 ...

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″ ...

We've received a couple of comments about using many FireWire devices at once. A recent note from reader Peter says: I have a G5 2G and five external drives and two internal. One of the external drive ...

Sometimes also called IEEE-1394, the FireWire standard allows for high-speed connections to external drives. FireWire 400 is roughly comparable to USB 2.0, and drives and ports using FireWire 800 are ...

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 ...