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USB On-the-Go builds momentum against Bluetooth
News Emerging connectivity technology USB On-the-Go is gradually becoming the de facto wired standard, gaining more momentum from a licensing deal with chipmaker Motorola. TransDimension is looking to make USB On-the-Go as prevalent in mobile devices as...
[February 20, 2003, 10:37]
Handhelds connect with USB On-the-Go
News Executives at Philips said PDAs could have USB On-the-Go inside by the end of this year. Several manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard, are evaluating ways to use an offshoot of the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 specification called USB On-the-Go.
[September 30, 2002, 13:23]
USB Server logs on to the network
News Aside from giving shared access to USB CD drives, scanners and Flash-based memory drives, it can also act as a print server for USB printers, said Keyspan, which expects the device to go on sale in the US before the end of March for about $129 (£71).
[January 8, 2004, 13:35]
New standard sets USB free
News USB On-the-Go could allow an MP3 player to directly transfer music files to another player or allow a digital camera to link directly to a printer, according to the Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum, an industry group formed to advance the...
[December 19, 2001, 11:09]
Intel to expand BT broadband range
News The products will offer improvements over Intel's Intel Pro/DSL 3220 USB modem, which BTopenworld is using with its self-installation business broadband product. But both modems use USB connections for ease of installation, which can add excessive...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
Seagate FreeAgent Go review
Reviews The only connector on the front is a USB 2.0 powered port that connects the drive to your computer. The FreeAgent Go ships with a decent-length 1.2m USB cable; a docking station and a protective travel case are available as options.
[September 30, 2008, 8:51]
Nuggets: WebCam a gogo gets memory boost
News When plugged into your USB port, this little beauty will capture live video at either 15 (640x480) or 30 (352x288) frames per second, focusing up to two feet away. Oh and before you run off and buy one, it did take over half an hour to setup -- not...
[July 31, 2000, 17:12]
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX review
Reviews Desktop users with modest gaming demands and those wary of opening up their systems for a full card upgrade will benefit from the Audigy 2 NX, but performance-minded gamers will still want to go the route of an internal card upgrade on their...
[February 18, 2004, 16:00]
Microsoft releases Windows 7 beta
News A USB drive encrypted using BitLocker To Go will be usable on a PC running Windows 7, Vista or XP — although an XP machine will only be able to read the drive after downloading software to allow this.
[January 8, 2009, 1:30]
Nuggets: Rock balances short battery life with looks
News You don't lose out on the extras either with a six-speed DVD-ROM drive and a 56K modem, plus USB and infrared ports. USB and infrared ports www.Rockdirect.com To have your say online click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum.
[October 23, 2000, 15:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If you haven't, then you're best spared the utter teethgrinding tedium of debugging a USB problem. So let's fast forward two hours - two mind-numbing, tear-strewn hours - to the point that I've booted into the Ubuntu live disc which knows about the...
[June 16, 2006, 18:50]
Gadgets for Christmas review
Reviews Of course, there’s a little bit of back and forth when you want to exchange documents with a Windows PC (via USB, infrared or wireless), but set that against the long battery life, two SD card expansion slots, ‘instant on’, wireless printing and...
[December 3, 2003, 10:45]
Weekend Detour, Vista to XP
Blog The largest problem was that the USB 2 controller on this laptop would occasionally just freeze. Add all of this together, throw in the fact that I was getting very tired of having the second computer in my way all the time, and the balky USB 2...
[November 26, 2007, 7:12]
Adventures in Ultra Wide Band with Leyio
Blog The Leyio connects to a PC via USB which allows you to charge it and transfer files into its 16GB of memory. Alternatively you can connect a USB drive and transfer files between the two. And, if you don’t have a USB drive, you can use what is...
[May 22, 2009, 11:55]
Nuggets: Come on baby light my Graphire
News Installing the A6 device is extremely simple with a USB connection. Available with serial or USB interface Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Depending on what you are up to you can use either the pen or the mouse.
[November 22, 2000, 8:26]
Logitech Bluetooth Mouse M555b
Blog I have mentioned the advatages of a Bluetooth mouse before - no cord, not even a USB receiver on Bluetooth-enabled systems, which saves a USB port and removes the danger of breaking off a thumb-sized reciver or losing a Nano-sized receiver.
[July 9, 2009, 9:30]
ASUS N10J - A Big DUH for me, and a small one too!
Blog The smaller DUH, also for me, is that it is not necessary to make changes in the BIOS setup in order to book USB sticks and/or USB CD/DVD drives. Alternatively, on Ubuntu or most other Linux distributions, you can go to the Package Manager, and...
[July 23, 2009, 16:03]
Nokia E71 review
Reviews It seems Nokia is sticking with the decision to go with the less standard micro-USB port at this time. The left spine holds a microSD slot and a micro-USB port. It's definitely not a deal-breaker, just a minor inconvenience since you can't use the...
[July 4, 2008, 12:28]
Navman iCN 720 review
Reviews As well as the windscreen mount, mains power charger and cigarette lighter cable, the Navman iCN 720 box includes a USB cable for PC connection, Navman’s SmartST software on CD along with map data and a user manual, a printed user manual and an in...
[June 5, 2006, 16:30]
Apple iPod Mini review
Reviews An exposed slot on the bottom of the iPod Mini attaches to either a FireWire or USB 1.1/2.0 cable (both included) or the optional cradle, which connects to the AC adapter or a FireWire/USB port or directly to a stereo through the line-out jack.
[February 18, 2004, 7:00]
