A computer, at its simplest, is a sophisticated input and outlet machine. But there is only so much it can do. It can't print a document on a piece of paper — there's a dedicated machine for that. A ...

"The biggest problem with FireWire was that it was more expensive to implement, requiring its own controller chips in both computers and peripherals." Errr, USB requires its own controller chips on ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: “It's a funny old world sometimes!” The reason I say this is that I occasionally post a “provocative” blog to which I expect to see a lot of feedback… and ...

Anyone who has used a mobile or portable device, laptop, or PC in the past decade will be aware of USB. The technology helped solve a problem that plagued the early days of personal computing: ...

Buyers of Apple’s newest iPhones may have been left in a state of confusion. When the devices hit stores last month, there was a quiet divide between models: the $699 iPhone 11 came with a standard ...

The Macs and Windows PCs of a couple of decades ago shared few common connectors. PCs had parallel ports for printers and PS/2 ports for keyboards and mice. Macs used SCSI connections for hard drives ...