firewire

FireWire speed set to quadruple

News The speed of FireWire is set to quadruple next year after the group behind it announced a new specification for the networking interface. FireWire is the best-known brand name for the 1394 standard, which is also known as i.Link.

Tags: pcs, television, trade, hard drives

18 December 2007, 9:32

Faster FireWire approved for gigabit generation

News The IEEE has approved the new IEEE 1394-2008 specification that gives support for better bandwidth of up to 3.2Gbps -- the standard that is used by Apple's FireWire and Sony's iLink, among others. Most commonly called FireWire, it was initially...

Tags: compatibility, usb, serial, firewire

1 August 2008, 10:10

MacBook Pro gets Core 2 Duo upgrade

News Apple has revved up its MacBook Pro laptops with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, double the memory and a faster FireWire peripheral connection. In addition, a new FireWire 800 port now complements the existing FireWire 400 port so that MacBook Pro...

25 October 2006, 9:53

Photos: Kitting out the homes of the future

News Controlled by remote, the TecStream by USTec streams content from any number of high-definition devices throughout a home over FireWire, incorporating Ethernet, audio, video and telephone. TecStream's IEEE1394 (aka FireWire) cable set-top box...

26 June 2006, 12:13

New Macs -- Intel inside, but not outside

News For the most part, the new models also share the same input options, meaning that both the MacBook Pro and Intel-based iMac have FireWire support, though not the higher-end FireWire 800 option. The new Macs may have Intel inside, but they don't...

11 January 2006, 8:53

IBM brains capture a PC's soul

News SoulPad uses a USB or FireWire connection to accesses the network cards for connecting to the Internet, the computer's display, the keyboard, the main processor and the memory, but not the hard disk. Researchers at IBM are testing software that...

16 August 2005, 9:36

Photos: Apple's Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro

News The machine also comes with a FireWire 800 port and a double-layer burning SuperDrive. Apple is releasing new MacBook Pros powered by 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo chips. Apple says the new 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo model is up to 39 per cent...

25 October 2006, 11:00

Apple launches new MacBook laptops

News All three models are equipped with 1GB of RAM that can be expanded to 2GB, built-in iSight video cameras, AirPort Extreme wireless cards capable of 802.11n wireless networking, and two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire port.

16 May 2007, 10:41

Is Apple's PDA a ghost of a machine?

News According to the site, iWalk is based on Apple's OS X operating system, and will incorporate the Apple-developed Firewire data transfer technology. Apple has been accused of forcing a fan site to take down pictures of a new handheld computer that...

4 January 2002, 9:45

News.blog: I want 'Buffy' on my iPod!

News It requires that you have one of Elgato's external USB or FireWire-connected tuners. Buying an iPod is easy. Filling it with video turns out to be much more difficult. Apple's iTunes store, of course, offers a few TV downloads for purchase to US...

16 January 2006, 10:51

Apple ditches old-fashioned CRTs

News Also included is built-in 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g Wi-Fi, five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire 400 ports. Apple launched a replacement for the eMac specifically aimed at the educational market...

7 July 2006, 10:24

Photos: Apple unveils new iMacs and apps

News Jobs said it was the first time ever Apple had put the FireWire 800 jack on an iMac. Apple has unveiled new iMacs at an event held on Tuesday at its headquarters in California. There will be two 20-inch iMacs with different specifications, and two...

Tags: apple, presentation, suite, wireless

8 August 2007, 11:16

Apple fights for source of blog leak

News The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is representing the Apple news site PowerPage.org, is hoping the appeals court will pull the plug on a subpoena that could yield details about who leaked information about Asteroid, a FireWire audio...

21 April 2006, 11:00

Does Apple have a case against Cisco?

News For example, Sony uses a technology it calls iLink to describe its implementation of the FireWire, or IEEE1394, connection. No, it's not a joke, it's precisely the question at the heart of the legal dispute over whether Apple will be allowed to use...

15 January 2007, 10:44

Wireless USB devices due in September

News It also can be used simultaneously for wireless Bluetooth links, IEEE 1394 FireWire links and even WiNet short-range Internet Protocol networks. The first devices using a wireless version of the Universal Serial Bus connection technology will begin...

7 March 2006, 10:01