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 ...

A colleague has just bought a shiny new Canon MV450i camcorder. Unfortunately, his laptop doesn't have a FireWire port. I figure he should buy a PCMCIA adapter to give him FireWire ports, but is it ...

I've got some data on an HDD I want to recover. My PC is already at its max number of connected HDDs (PSU and IDE limits), and connecting the HDD with the data I want to my PC isn't possible, as it ...

Got FireWire? If your PC doesn’t contain FireWire ports, you’re missing out on the most widely used high-speed connection scheme available. FireWire was invented in the mid-1990s by Apple Computer Inc ...

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass offers advice on connecting a Windows XP machine to a Mac OS X machine using a FireWire connection * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter offers advice on reducing the ...

Wichita, Kansas-based storage peripheral maker WiebeTech LLC made a batch of new product announcements today. The company is bundling new Mac-PC software and is ...

I often find myself needing to connect two PCs when I’m away from my regular office network. Maybe I want to pass files to a friend without searching for a thumb drive. Or if I’m feeling generous, ...

Today Iomega announces a Firewire version of its REV drive, targeted directly at Mac users. The two-toned white and gray REV 35GB 1394/Firewire drive matches other Mac peripherals and provides ...