Editor's note: The following paper by Les Baxter was first posted on IEEE 1394 Trade Association’s web site under the title “IEEE 1394 ideal for long-haul automotive, consumer, industrial, security, ...

DALLAS -- December 17, 2007-- The 1394 Trade Association today announced a new specification to quadruple the speed of FireWire to reach 3.2 gigabits per second. The new electrical specification, ...

Download The SMB’s Guide to Wireless Networking — it’s free with registration. Story updated and re-posted on July 12, 2011. I’ve got a mix of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 systems on my small business ...

There is currently an FCC mandate in effect that requires all Cable companies to provide their customers a STB with a functional 1394 (FireWire) port on request. This mandate was agreed to by the ...

For a moment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the future looked uncertain for the Universal Serial Bus (USB). At the time, it was IEEE 1394 (better known by the Apple trademark FireWire) that ...

Everyone knows that Microsoft has embraced FireWire (IEEE 1394), but Microsoft’s keynote opening the 1394 Developer’s Conference in Redmond, WA today outlined how critical FireWire is to Microsoft and ...

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 ...

COMMENTARY--If there's one thing that the IEEE did right in recent years--and sadly, 802.11b's WEP security wasn't one of them; more about that next week--it's making the technology developed by Apple ...

I've been using USB 2.0 to my external Seagate HDD and a buddy said I'm all wet - that Firewire is way faster. <BR><BR>Speed is good. Is firewire worth the cost of a cable to save time for regular ...