FireWire, or its more technical name, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394, works similarly to a universal serial bus: It enables plug-and-play devices to connect to a computer with ...

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 ...

For several years, Apple Computer's FireWire has been the leading means of providing high-speed connections between computers and digital devices, but fresh competition is forcing the company and ...

The rise and fall of FireWire—IEEE 1394, an interface standard boasting high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer—is one of the most tragic tales in the history of computer ...

If you’re still rocking a first-generation iPod or, like me, are holding on to an old FireWire external drive for dear life, this one might hit hard: the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe appears ...

FireWire's final curtain call may be upon us. In the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has removed all FireWire support. While the removal comes in a beta release and technically could be ...

A bit of sad news for old iPods: Macs might be losing FireWire support. Unlike on macOS Sequoia and earlier versions, the first macOS Tahoe beta does not include a FireWire section in the System ...

As our first look at Apple’s new laptops suggests, there’s plenty to talk about with the new laptops introduced this week. But it’s what’s not there in the revamped MacBook product line that has ...

If you've been around in the computing space for some time, you'll surely remember at least a few of these legacy PC ...

Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.