As competition looms, FireWire backers have finalized 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 ...

PC Magazine has posted an extensive comparison of FireWire and USB 2.0, two peripheral connectivity technologies vying for the attention of PC users. The results are ...

Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.

In some instances, users may experience problems mounting drives via FireWire, but success using other connection methods. For instance, one Apple Discussions poster's external drive seemed to be ...