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Apple releases Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter to online storefront

Hey…adapters are always useful. Late Tuesday, Apple added its new Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter for newer Thunderbolt-equipped Macs at a US$29 price on the Apple online store. The new adapter is estimated to ship in one to three business days. It allows users to connect their Thunderbolt-equipped Mac to a FireWire device with the small […]

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Rumor: Intel to bring Thunderbolt port to “first-tier” Windows PCs in April, 2012

You were wondering when that rather-nifty Thunderbolt port would make its way to Windows PCs and thus spread the use of the technology? Well, now there’s something of an answer. Per DigiTimes, Intel has begun notifying PC makers that it will “fully release” the high-speed I/O in April 2012, according to a new report. Sources […]

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Initial tests show promising Thunderbolt speeds, ability to boot off new port

A newly published series of test results from the cool cats at AnandTech shows Apple’s newly adopted Thunderbolt technology blows FireWire 800 out of the water with data transfer speeds to an external RAID system at 700MB/s. After the release of Appleā€™s Thunderbolt cable on Tuesday, early impressions have begun to surface on the Web. […]

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Apple receives patent for dock connector with USB 3.0, Thunderbolt elements built in

A patent recently granted to Apple reveals that the company is looking into a modified dock connector compatible with newer high-speed communication standards, such as USB 3.0 and a “dual-lane DisplayPort,” or Thunderbolt, connector. Per AppleInsider, the invention, entitled “Reduced Size Multi-Pin Male Plug Connector,” was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on […]