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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

FireWire 800 is the faster peripheral interface introduced in January with Apple’s PowerBook G4. Based on the IEEE 1394b standard, the interface sports twice the available bandwidth of the “original” ...

FireWire Depot LLC has announced the release of new FireWire 800 cables, bridgeboards, and a new FireWire 400/USB 2.0 combo enclosure as well. The new FireWire 800 cables include new 9 pin to 9 pin ...