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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Announced at WWDC, and the only way to get Firewire peripherals working with the new Retina Display MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs (besides a Thunderbolt Display), the new Thunderbolt to Firewire cable ...

I'm really tired of being forced to buy <I>n</I> feet length cables for the IDE to Firewire bridge multi-CD/DVD burning tests I'm working on.<P>Know of any companies that sell IEEE1394 wire, plugs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Designed to meet the demands associated with motion-control and vision systems, GORE FireWire High Flex Cable Assemblies from W.L. Gore & Associates can be flexed and bent without causing bit errors ...

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 ...