Steve Jobs recently told a Mac user, enquiring about the probability of USB3 on Macs in the near feature, that the technology is not ready because Intel has yet to adopt the platform. A recent rumour slated Intel to integrate USB3 it into its chipsets by no earlier than 2012.
LaCie electronics, however, is not prepared to wait around until 2012, and has just released an USB3.0 driver for Mac OS X. Just one catch: it only works with LaCie’s hardware.
Tag Archives: USB
USB3 Arrives for Mac OS X Thanks to LaCie
Posted by js
on 07/11/2010
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25% of Worms Spread Via USB
Posted by js
on 20/10/2010
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An anonymous reader writes “In 2010, 25 percent of new worms have been specifically designed to spread through USB storage devices connected to computers, according to PandaLabs. This distribution technique is highly effective. With survey responses from more than 10,470 companies across 20 countries, it was revealed that approximately 48 percent of SMBs (with up to 1,000 computers) admit to having been infected by some type of malware over the last year. As further proof, 27 percent confirmed that the source of the infection was a USB device connected to a computer.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
‘World’s First!!’ USB 3.0 Hard Drive
Posted by js
on 11/10/2009
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Remember those nearly pointless USB 3.0 cables one could buy way back in the golden days of April? If you were one of those who bought one by mistake or merely wanted to use its USB 2.0 speed until you had an actual 3.0 device and controller, now is your chance. Buffalo is offering what they claim to be the “world’s first!!” shipping USB 3.0 hard drive in delicious 1TB and 1.5TB flavors come late this month, and a 2TB model is in the works. Since one would obviously need a controller as they don’t come standard on motherboards just yet, the company is also offering one of NEC’s world-firsts: the handy dandy USB 3.0 controller. Together these’ll cost you over US$285 at the very least, but sometimes you just have to have shiny pieces of the world’s first [place name here] before anyone else.