When you're getting ready to plug an external hard drive or USB flash drive into your favorite device, you have a choice to make. That's because most computers have multiple USB ports, and despite ...

Ports and connectors are not always the first thing you think about when buying a computer, but it's good to know your options and more about the different types of computer ports and their functions.

A port is a point where the communication between the computer and external devices happens. The female end of the connector is the port that usually sits on the motherboard. These ports help the ...

All our computing devices rely on technology that allows them to connect to other devices and networks. Some of these work using electromagnetic systems, but a good number of them must use a physical ...

Probably among the most widely used hardware interfaces seen in consumer electronics these days is the USB. Short for Universal Serial Bus, the USB first emerged in the 1990s when a group of engineers ...

Almost any modern communication need can be handled with a wireless solution. File transfers, streaming video, peripheral connections — all of these can be accomplished without a physical connection.

Users of the new Apple MacBook laptops with limited USB-C ports know how important port hubs are to increase the capacity of connections. They can include Ethernet ports, memory card readers, USB-A ...

TAIPEI -- At Intel's keynote address for Computex 2015 here, Kirk Skaugen, the chip maker's senior vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group, announced that Thunderbolt 3 is set ...