Neowin News Feed for: Firewire

Apple takes a step away from FireWire

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:35:40 +0000

FireWire is still Apple Computer's baby, but the proud parent is cutting the cord. With the latest crop of iPods, Apple is no longer including a FireWire cable in the box. The... Read more...

Apple to introduce FireWire audio interface for GarageBand

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:45:06 +0000

Apple Computer is expected to introduce a new audio interface for GarageBand users in the coming months. The analog FireWire audio device, the first product of its recently created iPod division, will allow users to... Read more...

Apple's Mac OS X Update Brings Word of Firewire Problems

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:36:21 +0000

Please note that this is likely only to be an issue with MacAlly & Acomdata external hard drives, and that a simple firmware update will fix the problem. Apple has released an... Read more...

Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into Firewire 100"

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:11:26 +0000

The moderator of the RME forum has warned that installing Windows XP SP2 can lead to the bus speed being limited to 100Mbit/s. Matthias Carstens posted the message on the RME forum yesterday, but says... Read more...

Iomega begins shipping new FireWire REV drives

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:15:24 +0000

Iomega has begun shipping its FireWire REV drives. These drives offer up to 90GB of storage. Along with being eight times faster than tape drives it costs less (somewhere around half the price... Read more...

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:02:21 +0000

Recent problems with some FireWire 800 drives when used with Panther have prompted some hard-drive makers to update their firmware. A number of hard-drive makers have released patches designed to prevent a glitch that has... Read more...

FireWire or USB: And the winner is?

Fri, 21 Jun 2002 04:35:29 +0000

Sales of peripherals could get a boost this year as the two primary technologies for connecting external devices to PCs get turbocharged. PC makers in recent months have begun installing a high-speed... Read more...

FireWire 120GB external hard drive available

Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:34:18 +0000

The storage device specialists at Western Digital have a new 120GB FireWire external hard drive available. Designed with the company's 7200RPM WD Caviar hard drive and a second-generation 1394 to IDE bridge card, it... Read more...

Creative's Nomad 3 Goes FireWire

Steven Parker — Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:19:46 +0000

Thanks Richard for the heads up on this one. The successor to the Creative Nomad Jukebox (or is it the Nomad II) was unveiled earlier this month at CES. The Nomad 3 is a jukebox... Read more...