If you've ever looked closely at the USB ports on your laptop or desktop PC, you may have noticed that some are labeled with a small symbol. It looks like the letters SS, with a three-pronged icon ...

C, and USB Type-B ports all provide data transfers and power delivery, though the latter is much less common on modern ...

Get ready for a whole new world of USB products comin' round the bend. The USB Implementers Forum on Tuesday announced the availability of the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) Compliance and Certification ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, USB; where would we be without it? Introduced in the late 1990s as a one-size-fits-all replacement for the handful of ports and ...

When SuperSpeed USB was announced in 2007, the branding was a logical differentiator. The term launched with USB 3.0, which brought max data transfer rates from USB 2.0’s measly 0.48Gbps all the way ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Simpler branding is here, but there’s no guarantee manufacturers will actually use it Simpler branding is here, ...

The Universal Serial Bus, or USB for short, was introduced in 1996 as a solution by technology giants like Microsoft and IBM. The idea was to make connecting hardware to computers less of a hassle and ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) continues to be the dominant interface in PC, mobile, consumer electronics and communication markets. In 2008, more than 2.7 billion USB-enabled devices were shipped.