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- Universal Serial Bus A widely used hardware interface for attaching peripheral devices. USB ports began to appear on PCs in 1997, and Windows 98 was the first Windows...
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- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired's Noah Shachtman. According to the...
- Tags: Malware, USB Flash Drive, Worm Attack, USB, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Next-generation USB revealed
- USB 3.0 has arrived, or at least the specification that allows the technology to start being built into devices. Offering data-transfer speeds up to 4.8 gigabits per second - that's 10 times the USB 2.0 speeds - USB 3.0 is also expected to offer better power efficiency. ...
- Tags: USB, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 unleashed
- The final specification for so-called SuperSpeed USB, which is said to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0, has been published by the USB Implementers Forum. Version 3.0 of the universal serial bus specification has been released. Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum,...
- Tags: Specification, USB, SuperSpeed USB, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, USB 3.0, data transfer
- News items 2008-11-17
- USB Lost and Found (zip)
- USB Lost and Found is a tool to setup your USB drive to keep unauthorized users from keeping your USB drive if it were to be lost. USB Lost and Found has two methods of telling unauthorized users to return it. The first method is the message method which when...
- Tags: USB Flash Drive, USB, Skyler Lyon, Flash Memory
- Software downloads 2008-10-31
- USB 2.0 is faster on MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
- USB 2.0 is faster on MacBook Pro (Late 2008)Well the speed increase on USB...does not help those with FireWire Drives and Video cameras.
- Tags: Notebooks, Late 2008, USB, USB 2.0, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- The perfect external HDD for the Mac mini
- Like a lot of people, I have a Mac mini connected to my home entertainment system. It's great for watching movies, viewing photos and listening to music but the problem is the mini's anemic hard drive. The Mac mini is only available with a 80, 120...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Media Center PC, USB, Media Center PCs, FireWire, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- UltraBootCD (zip)
- UltraBootCD included with Universal Panasonic Japanese USB DOS driver which allows user to transfer files from hard disk to USB devices Flash drive or USB hard disk or vise versa. UltraBootCD allows technician to transfer or take image of there valuable data from FAT, FAT32, NTFS or Linux (even from...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, USB, UltraBootCD, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-21
- All new HD camcorders use USB? Really?
- All new HD camcorders use USB? Really?So what?Get a MacBook Pro which still has Firewire. If you can't afford it, get a PC.Sure. $700 for a FireWire port. Why not!Everyone can afford that pittance these days.The Macbook isn't a Pro machine...Peter shot down his own point. I quote:"...pro...
- Tags: Notebooks, FireWire, Apple MacBook, Firewire port, USB, camcorder
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- All new HD camcorders use USB? Really?
- Peter Kirn from Create Digital Music disagrees with Steve Jobs alleged statement that "all new HD camcorders use USB" in response to the death of Firewire kerfuffle. Whether Jobs said it or not, isn't the point -- the point it that it's wrong. All HDV cameras...
- Tags: Camcorder, USB, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Jobs on Firewire: you don't need it
- Jobs on Firewire: you don't need itActuallyif you'd shut your mouth long enough to engage your brain, you'd find out that a lot of Mac users are extremely p*ssed over this decision by Apple.Wow, you are getting weirder by the day.Apology engine? Who is apologizing? I swear if it...
- Tags: FireWire, job, Apple Inc., USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- MacBook revision could drop FireWire port
- MacBook revision could drop FireWire portThat would suckOne of the best reasons for firewire is Target Disk Mode. It's saved my butt a few times.Jason, You're an Air User. Do You Miss Firewire?I think it stinks but to be honest, I've only used FW for migration. I'm really not looking...
- Tags: Notebooks, Firewire800, FireWire, USB, MacBook revision, Firewire port, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?
- Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?USB 1.1I don't understand why they would take away that functionality. It also states USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0 like the Q9 had. But they are updating the Bluetooth to 2.1 from 2.0.
- Tags: Motorola Q11, USB, 3G, Motorola Inc., radio
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link - digital AV player
- There's little doubt that TV is moving more toward an on-demand model powered by content that's pulled from the Internet rather than traditional broadcast sources. But products that pull in video from networked PCs and various online sources--everything from the Roku Netflix Player to Apple TV to the Xbox 360--still...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Flash memory, TV, TV Link, ScreenPlay TV Link, USB, Iomega Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- KeyDesktop (exe)
- KeyDesktop includes Schedule electronic organizer, Address Book contacts and address book, Back Up (PC, notebook data back-up to USB storage device), Restore USB storage device restore to PC , Password (saving Web site & bank account & password information ), and Expense saving shopping list. This version is the first...
- Tags: Notebook, Password, Storage Device, USB, KeyRunner, KeyDesktop, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- USB History GUI (exe)
- USB History GUI can be used to display the most recent usage details of USB drives. It can be used for computer forensics. It can display the device name, the disk stamp, the volume stamp and the driver. It uses the usbhistory tool. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: GUI, USB, Computer, VideoLAN, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
- Seagate FreeAgent Go (blue, 320GB)
- The FreeAgent Go is part of Seagate's latest new line of portable hard drives and is by far the thinnest we've tested while still maintaining a reasonably fast transfer rate. Seagate sent us a blue 320GB model ($150) for our review, but you can take your pick of four vibrant...
- Tags: Operating systems, Seagate Technology LLC, FreeAgent Go, USB
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- Samsung develops NaBee Wireless USB solution for digital cameras
- Cameras with built-in Wi-Fi haven't been as plentiful as you might expect, considering the extra step it eliminates of either plugging the camera into a USB port or inserting the memory card into a slot in order to upload photos. But this week Samsung along with chipmaker Alereon announced a...
- Tags: Wireless USB, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Digital Camera, Camera, USB, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
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