First introduced in 1970, parallel ports were originally designed to connect business computers to printers. With their inclusion on the IBM PC in the early 1980s, they became an industry standard.

Modern laptops come with a dizzying array of ports—or maybe only one, in the case of some extremely svelte ultraportables. But how can you know what they all do, or what you might want in a new system ...

One of the issues that budding podcasters may eventually encounter is how best to get sound into their computers. The obvious answer, of course, is through one of the sound inputs that the system ...

Typically refers to input sockets that go to the head unit in a vehicle. The analog AUX jack enables any music player to play back through the vehicle's speakers, while the USB port allows music, ...

Chinese tech giant Lenovo has unveiled a new product under the Xiaoxin brand. The product is dubbed Xiaoxin 5-in-1 multi-function docking station D1 designed for laptops. A USB docking station ...

Confused by the ports on the back of your TV or PC? Stop guessing. Learn which audio input delivers the highest fidelity ...

VIEWE has launched a 4-inch round HDMI display with 720x720 resolution, and a USB touchscreen function suitable for SBCs like ...

The Macs and Windows PCs of a couple of decades ago shared few common connectors. PCs had parallel ports for printers and PS/2 ports for keyboards and mice. Macs used SCSI connections for hard drives ...

USB has become as much a standard for connecting power to portable devices as it has for serial communication. Recently, the power aspects of USB have been extended to cover battery charging as well ...