Sometimes, it's a limitation of the physical hardware or USB specification, while in other cases a manufacturer may implement ...

If you've seen your fair share of laptop and desktop computers, you may have noticed that some USB ports have a brightly colored bit of plastic in the middle. It's easy to assume this is just a ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

General advancements in technology have led to little accommodating shifts in various parts of our lives, including from manufacturers of unrelated products. For example, backpacks with USB ports.

You might think of your PCs USB ports as strictly for peripherals, like a keyboard and mouse, or for portable drives. What else can your USB ports be used for?

The ports on the X1013 include four USB 3.2 Gen1 ports that can hit 5Gbps, alongside four USB 2.0 ports that max out at ...

The use of USB rather than Thunderbolt means that the USB 4 Dock isn’t aimed at professional users who need high-speed data transfer. However, it does provide dual-display support (60Hz) along with an ...