Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Domains

Domain: fwdepot.com

Stories and comments across the archive that link to fwdepot.com.

Stories · 2

  1. XP Service Pack 2 Breaks FireWire

    Tech · Windows · · posted by Zonk · from the oops dept. · 55 comments
    Diluted writes "FireWire Depot is reporting about a problem with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. Apparently not liking the competition from 1394b, Microsoft decided to limit S800 devices to a quarter of their speed capability."

  2. The Always-Encrypted Firewire Hard Drive

    Hardware · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the only-terrorists dept. · 230 comments
    ducman points to the announcement of an encrypted hard drive running on the MacNN website. The drive features a DES 64-bit/ 40bit key strength and "is intended for use by banks, insurance providers, government agencies, and those individuals with sensitive digital intellectual property. It supports the IEEE 1394a connectivity standard, in addition to USB 1.1 and 2.0. It offers data transfer rates over FireWire 400 of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps. The SuperGuard is expected to be available February 7." Sounds great -- but the USB key stuck in the back looks like a likely point of failure.