Nuggets: USB Gamepad Is A Real Fighter
News Arowana reckons that being USB you can have two controllers from the same PC -- the fighter using the USB port, and an ordinary controller using the game port (heard of daisy-chain peripherals fellas?
[March 26, 1999, 12:02]
Introducing Linux For Technophobes
News The BabelDisc CD also contains software to set up a "BabelBooster" — software installed on a USB hard drive to free up the PC's CD drive and accelerate start-up and performance. Other Linux distributions such as Mandriva are becoming available...
[April 18, 2007, 15:25]
PC World Launches A Computer With E.go
News There are no serial or parallel ports but five USB ports. The included silver Sony 17 inch flat CRT monitor features an additional four USB ports. PC World has launched a new class of legacy-free PCs aimed at the first time buyer.
[December 9, 1999, 6:00]
Intel Touts A New Kind Of PC
News For one thing, Intel is intent on pushing an emerging connection platform called USB 2.0 for devices such as Web cams, storage devices and other peripherals, even though the rival FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394) is beginning to look like a de...
[April 25, 2001, 6:17]
Orange Unveils First Microsoft Smartphone
News Unlike the Z100, the SPV's price includes several add-ons, including snap-on camera, USB cradle for connecting to a PC and an SD memory card. Like a Pocket PC handheld computer, the phone can synchronise with desktop applications via a USB cradle.
[October 23, 2002, 11:37]
Encryption Isn't Enough
Talkback For one, USB ports are very dangerous indeed. Take USB. So all the thief has to do is to sit on the data until some exploit gets public or other nifty crack tools (this is also a hint to those in law enforcement sitting on confiscated PC's they...
[April 29, 2007, 23:27]
Nuggets: Posh Mice Get USBed
News Those rodent-friendly chaps over at Kensington have brought out USB versions of their favourite mice. The second mouse that Kensington has USB-ed up is the Orbit trackball. Click here and you could win some fab gear for your PC
[December 10, 1999, 11:50]
New Palm Handhelds Get Bluetooth
News Last week TDK launched a Bluetooth USB attachment for PCs and laptops, enabling cable-free, wireless Internet dial-up, synchronisation with handheld computers and other applications. The USB Adaptor is available now in the UK for £99.
[November 8, 2001, 14:37]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I have a 2GB USB thumb drive that Kingston kindly sent me, but it is sitting in the back of a PC at a friend's house where we accidentally left it one evening, it being so small and easy to forget. The standard Ubuntu 6.06 CD is very, very clever...
[June 2, 2006, 18:00]
Demo '97: The Camera That Needs A Pentium
News That's inevitable, given the bandwidth of USB, which wasn't designed for video data rates. So this DVC 300 has no batteries, no power supply, no PC Card controller; just a serial cable. Clearly, if you have it plugged into your office PC, you aren...
[February 12, 1997, 11:41]
FreeBSD Vows To Compete With Desktop Linux
News Developers are doing work so you can plug in a USB stick and have it appear on the desktop and just work, without having to mess around with command prompts and work out arcane commands," said Long. The DesktopBSD and PC BSD projects are also...
[May 12, 2006, 13:30]
A Good PDA And A Decent Phone But...
Member Review The good thing is it can be charged from USB port, so you can charge it from your laptop in emergencies. It even contains the remote desktop feature to access your desktop PC. WiFi: The settings and network selection are not user friendly.
[December 20, 2007, 10:44]
Compaq Hopes To Do An IMac
News Besides the toaster-like design, the new PC also promises to follow the best-selling iMac's lead by eliminating old-style components in favour of a universal serial bus (USB) interface for connecting peripheral devices.
[December 16, 1999, 8:44]
Nuggets: Friendly Scanners From Primax
News Well both devices ‘guarantee' user-friendliness through USB plug-and-play connectivity -- arguably more a positive step than a guarantee. Once you've got your 35-language document whacked into your PC you can perform all the usual creative...
[February 24, 1999, 9:31]
Nuggets: Kodak's DC3400 Is Easy As Pie
News Automatic and fill flash, red-eye reducer xAA batteries, 8MB CompactFlash card, USB cable supplied www.kodak.co.uk You also get cables for connecting to PC, Mac or TV, and Kodak's Picture Now photo-editing software which is good for delicate...
[December 18, 2000, 16:01]
