At a time when the cost of most products is on a decidedly upward trajectory, hard drives continue their trend of lower prices and higher storage capacities — each dollar spent on storage today will ...

The Universal Serial Bus, or USB for short, was introduced in 1996 as a solution by technology giants like Microsoft and IBM. The idea was to make connecting hardware to computers less of a hassle and ...

Though USB ports and cables may be universal, designations like USB 2.0 and USB 3.1 may leave many questioning whether they're interchangeable.

Look around your house and chances are you have at least a few devices that use Universal Serial Bus. On average, some 3 billion USB ports are shipped each year, making it by far the most successful ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As a consumer, you're probably used to full-size electronics. And why not? They usually offer higher performance, more functionalities, and a ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB), introduced to computers in 1995, now appears in all PCs and in many peripherals. Yet, the bus's 12-Mbit/s speed has limited its usefulness for products such as video ...

This guide is designed to show you the difference between USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. The Universal Serial Bus, more commonly known as USB, is a technology that has seen substantial growth and evolution ...

<p>USB 2.0 with its 480 Mbps theoritical bandwidth has become ubiquitous in PCs of all sizes and shapes. However, unwary consumers may not be getting the high-bandwidth devices they believe they are ...

Apple equips its Macs with Thunderbolt ports that are compatible with USB-C. The MacBook Pro comes with either two or three of these ports, depending on the model you pick. A new MacBook Air has a ...

Just about the time developers were starting to gain experience with USB, along came version 2.0. The new specification, released in April 2000, describes a high-speed option of 480 Mbps, 40 times ...