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• USB: The Definitive Firewire/USB Hub

  Published: August 2, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Firewire, Firewire Hub, Hub, The Hub, Usb, Usb Hub

  Not only does it have two Firewire cables, it's got a miniUSB, two USB extension cables, a regular USB cable, a USB light and a USB fan. But the good news is that it looks somewhat like an electronic plant, so you'll feel real great knowing you spent $90 on a USB/Firewire hub. [APlusRStore via Popgadget]

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• V3HD FireWire capture box boasts inputs galore

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:03 am

  Tags: Capture, Firewire, Hub, Mac, Pro, Production, Professional, Studio, V3hd

  composite, S-Video, FireWire 400 / 800, RS-422, and XLR ins / outs for starters. You'll find MOTU's Video Console software bundled in, but both Mac and PC users will have no qualms syncing this up with their favorite editing suite. Expect to see this thing ship sometime in Q3, but as of now, there's no telling how much loot it'll

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• Ask TUAW: Windows Printing, AutoFill, FireWire HDs, MacBook power adapters and more

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Ask Tuaw, Asktuaw, Chronsync, Cornerclick, Do Something When, Dosomethingwhen, Firewire, Printer, Quicksilver, Steermouse, Windows

  in Safari, problems with a FireWire hard drive, using a MacBook Pro power adapter with a MacBook, and more.As always readers' suggested answers are most welcome! Please leave your questions for next week in the comments.Continue reading Ask TUAW: Windows Printing, AutoFill, FireWire HDs, MacBook power adapters and moreRead

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• Migrating to a new Mac - say hello to a Mac Switcher

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Firewire, Mac Switcher, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Macbookpro, Macswitcher, Microsoft, Migration Assistant, Migrationassistant

  Filed under: Switchers, Productivity, ReviewsWell, what better way to introduce myself but to sing the praises of the almighty Mac! I'm Jason Clarke, and I'm brand new to TUAW, although I've been writing over on sister-site Download Squad for a couple of years now. I was also briefly the lead blogger for The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog, until it

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• USB vs. Firewire - which is better?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:51 am

  Tags: Firewire 800, Firewire 400, 1394, Firewire, Usb, Usb 2 0

  First and foremost, firewire 400 is 400 megabits a second. Firewire version 2 is Firewire 800, double the first version. Firewire doesn't operate on a respond to requests format as USB device does, and has the capability to deliver a consistent bandwidth. This is because any firewire device can control the firewire port and all

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• LaCie intros 4TB Biggest Quadra RAID drive

  Published: September 5, 2007, 3:05 am

  Tags: 4tb, Biggest Quadra, Biggestquadra, Esata, External Hard Drive, External Hdd, Externalharddrive, Externalhdd, Firewire, Firewire 800, Firewire800, Lacie, Raid

  four-disk RAID drive touts FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA interfaces, supports RAID levels 0, 0+1 and 5, and will automatically shut down if temperates get too high. Reportedly, the device will ship with backup and recovery software and is slated to land in October for $2,199, right alongside the $1,099 2TB and $1,599 3TB

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• Intel's USB 3.0 and Wireless USB 1.1 target speeds announced: so long Firewire?

  Published: September 19, 2007, 9:10 am

  Tags: Firewire, Intel, Jeff Ravencraft, Jeffravencraft, Superspeed Usb, Superspeedusb, Usb, Usb 3 0, Usb3 0, Wireless Usb, Wireless Usb 1 1, Wirelessusb, Wirelessusb1 1

  streams. Besides supplanting Firewire once and for all, a clear goal of the new "SuperSpeed USB" is to keep up with the transfer speeds of flash chips. "We don't want to be the bottleneck in the system," says Intel's Jeff Ravencraft who is overseeing the 3.0 initiative. Intel, HP, Microsoft, NEC, NXP, and TI will present the initial spec for a

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• Storage: Iomega Beefs Up Its Jon Ive-y UltraMax Hard Drive Lineup

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:01 am

  Tags: Esata, Firewire, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, Hdd, Iomega, Peripherals, Storage, Ultramax

  is hard to beat with eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports on board. Available in both 750GB and 500GB capacities, the new UltraMax Desktop Hard Drive comes with one eSATA port, two FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire 400 port and one USB 2.0 port; cables for all four interfaces are included in the box. The new UltraMax Desktop

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• Medusa Hub provides ports galore, doubles as conversation piece

  Published: October 3, 2007, 2:10 am

  Tags: Firewire, Hub, Medusa Hub, Medusahub, Usb, Usb Hub, Usb Light, Usbhub, Usblight

  USB 2.0 sockets, a pair of FireWire 400 connectors, a fan and even a light. All of the strands are connected to your PC / Mac via an upstream USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 jack, and the unit is available now for a lofty (but respectable) $79.99. Click on through for a few more snapshots.[Via Engadget Japanese]Continue reading Medusa Hub provides

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• New FireWire expecting speeds of up to 3.2Gbps

  Published: December 15, 2007, 3:18 pm

  Tags: News, Firewire

  complete by mid-2008, but FireWire apparently had no intention of sitting back and being outdone. The 1394 Trade Association announced last week a new specification for FireWire that uses the same connections and cables but promises 4 times the speed of the current FireWire bringing potential speeds of up to 3.2 Gbps. The new spec called S3200

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• Upcoming FireWire spec revs things up to 3.2Gbps

  Published: December 15, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Firewire, Firewire S3200, Firewires3200, Usb, Usb 3, Usb3

  of 4Gbps, but it looks like FireWire isn't going down without a fight. The latest and greatest FireWire version, dubbed "S3200" by those creatives up in marketing, uses the same ports and cables as FireWire 800, but boosts speeds to 3.2Gbps, which should make it pretty competitive with USB in the real world -- though actual real-life speeds will

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• A FireWire story

  Published: December 15, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Firewire, Usb

  looked somewhat bleak for FireWire. But FireWire is not going down without a fight. The industry trade group has announced a new standard, FireWire S3200 which will use the same connectors as FireWire 800 but deliver approximately 4 times the performance. What's interesting to me is the question of whether and how far Apple will go to support

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• All Giz Wants: One Plug For Everything

  Published: December 18, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Gadgets, Cables, Dvi, Firewire, Hdmi, Usb

  Come with us into the world of fantasy, where there's just one kind of plug and its associated cable that will work for every electronic device. What we would like to see is one cable that carries audio, video and power to or from whatever device you need to use. It needs to be small, it needs to have tremendous bandwidth (perhaps using fibre

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• All Giz Wants: One Plug For Everything [All Giz Wants: One Plug Fits All]

  Published: December 18, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: All Giz Wants, All Giz Wants One Plug Fits All, Allgizwants, Cables, Dvi, Firewire, Hdmi, Top, Usb

  You could use USB 2.0, or FireWire 400 is just about as fast. Want FireWire 800? Oops, you'll need a different cable for that. What about the new FireWire 3200? Yep, it'll need new cable, too. Connecting faster SATA hard drives isn't simple, either, because if you want to hook them up internally, you'll need an "L" connector, but if you want

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• 62-in-1 Card Reader / Hub: The Only Thing it Can't Do is Pleasure You (Or Can It?)

  Published: January 11, 2008, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Gadgets, Card Readers, Firewire, Hubs, Usb Hubs

  3.5" connect bay, USB, Firewire and SATA slots, and audio in / out. And the best part is that it only costs $US39.99 —which seems a little too good to be true. [Product Page via TRFJ]

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