As previously reported, some retractable FireWire cables offered by IOGEAR and other manufacturers may not be suitable for use with portable hard drives because they usually aren't shielded. We've now ...

Though it's a solution we've mentioned before in the course of troubleshooting various USB and FireWire device issues, it is oft-overlooked and bears repeating: bad cables can be to blame for ...

Seagate have announced their third-generation of portable hard-drives, the Seagate GoFlex Storage System, which debuts a system of interchangeable connection adapters that can be used to turn a ...

Continuous-flex FireWire cables can be used for machine vision applications with long transmission distances of up to 20 meters. Industrial standard FireWire cables can fail prematurely over long ...

A new interconnect technology called Light Peak is being developed by Apple as a potential replacement for FireWire, USB and traditional monitor cables. Engadget reports that Apple brought the ...

Here's basically the problem: I have a firewire audio interface connected to a Snow Leopard mac mini using a 5 meters firewire cable which is the maximum length allowed by the fw specification, and ...

I take it you need a 4-pin to 4-pin firewire cable? Most pc laptops and camcorders have 4-pin and should be common enough. I myself keep a 6-pin to 6-pin, 4-pin to 4-pin, and 6-pin to 4-pin firewire ...

Of all the designs and inventions Apple patents and trademarks every week, some are really interesting and provide good indication of things to come in Macs and iOS devices. Whilst we’ve recently seen ...

FireWire Depot LLC has announced the release of new FireWire 800 cables, bridgeboards, and a new FireWire 400/USB 2.0 combo enclosure as well. The new FireWire 800 cables include new 9 pin to 9 pin ...

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″ ...

The long-awaited Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter made its debut on Apple's online store this morning, but the product page appears to be appearing and disappearing at will. I wasn't able to see the ...