Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

<p>USB 2.0 with its 480 Mbps theoritical bandwidth has become ubiquitous in PCs of all sizes and shapes. However, unwary consumers may not be getting the high-bandwidth devices they believe they are ...

A USB hub supplies data and power to downstream USB ports. It also allows the host to manage the power of the devices connected to its downstream ports using software. The distribution and management ...

In the last 14 years, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become the standard interface to connect devices to a computer. Whether it’s an external hard drive, a camera, the mouse, a printer, or a ...

The arrival of USB Type-C connectors and the final USB 3.2 standard have both heralded a new age of consumer convenience. However, there remains quite a bit of confusion about what these new standards ...

USB 3.0 was launched back in 2008. This new edition has more functions and better features included in the port. Although it looks just like a simple data cable port, it actually makes a lot more ...

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time collecting things around the house and using a microscope to examine them. While I had a lot of fun examining things, the one thing that was lacking was the ...

Ok, I may be missing something here, but it looks like my flash drive is slower than expected. Our office bought some new Simpletech USB 2.0 256MB flash drives. I was using it earlier today and ...

Oculus Quest can function as a PC VR headset with the Oculus Link feature which was introduced in beta late last year. At launch the feature only supported USB 3.0 cables, which somewhat awkwardly ...