Under normal circumstances, connecting two computers to one another via a regular universal serial bus cable could damage the USB ports on both PCs. But, some USB cables, also referred to as ...

I have two Windows XP notebooks. Here is what I would like to do: Connect the secondary notebook via a USB cable and have it emulate a USB storage device. <BR><BR>The reason I want to do this is ...

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It is one of the laws of tech that you can never find the right cable when you need it. What should be simple–pretty much every device you connect to your computer or phone uses a USB cable, so you’d ...

USB-C has become the ubiquitous standard for computer and phone peripherals, but there are some incredibly common ...

A computer, at its simplest, is a sophisticated input and outlet machine. But there is only so much it can do. It can't print ...

A network is great, but what if you just want to connect two Macs and transfer gobs of information as fast as you can? Using a gigabit ethernet cable or a Mac with 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) or later wireless ...

The first USB port hit the market in 1996, and the Universal Serial Bus quickly became the go-to port for connecting peripheral devices to computers. It remains a popular connection port today, with ...