Machine-vision hardware technology has become more complex in recent years. Ten years ago, machine-vision engineers would choose an inexpensive analog camera that followed one of the broadcast-video ...

The 6-pin FireWire 400 port made its way into every Apple laptop released between January 2003 and October 2008, with the exception of the MacBook Air. With a greater sustained throughput than USB 2.0 ...

FireWire is a transfer protocol designed to accommodate the large file sizes of digital video. If your work computer only features a USB port and your camera only has FireWire, you can still download ...

In one of his characteristically terse email replies, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has reportedly told one Mac user that changes in video camera technology have reduced the need for FireWire on ...

The selection of FireWire hubs is limited, simply because fewer FireWire peripherals are available than USB peripherals. FireWire is used mostly for DV cameras, but it works at least as well as USB ...

I'm looking at buiding a new computer and some of the Creative sound cards come with a firewire port. Can I use that any way I could a normal firewire port? i.e. Digital Video camera. Or is it tied to ...

IEEE 1394 is an interface standard dedicated to applications such as industrial automation where high-speed, time critical, reliable data transmission is required. FireWire is a serial bus interface ...

For several years, Apple Computer's FireWire has been the leading means of providing high-speed connections between computers and digital devices, but fresh competition is forcing the company and ...

Apple's new MacBook and MacBook Pro models contain more innovation than just their case design, graphics, and the improved accessibility of their internals. Here's a look at other details related to ...

Years ago, when Apple shipped its first Macs with 1GB hard drives, I remember asking myself, “Who would ever need that much storage?” It didn’t take me long to figure out who, especially now that the ...