Connecting two computers with a specific type of Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable allows you to transfer files or other data directly from one machine to another. Transfer speeds are limited to the ...

I have two Windows XP notebooks. Here is what I would like to do: Connect the secondary notebook via a USB cable and have it emulate a USB storage device. <BR><BR>The reason I want to do this is ...

USB hubs enable you to attach multiple devices, such as printers, hard drives and card readers, to a single computer. However, the USB hub only makes the devices available to one computer at a time.

Woodland Hills, Calif.-based KVM peripheral maker Gefen Inc. today introduced the newest addition to its ex-tend-it line — the USB Switcher. The device enables two computers to use one digital monitor ...

A: I don’t know how to put this, William, other than to say that you are trying to solve a problem that you seem to have created yourself. In a way, I can understand your reluctance to use a cloud ...

Looks like IOGear is rolling out quite a few new gadgets for geeks. First the USB Wireless VGA adapter and now comes word of a USB KVM Switch. With a USB plug on each end and a USB port in the middle ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: My backup laptop is essentially identical to my current laptop except it’s 1 year older. I presently XCOPY my ...

The classic serial null-modem cable was, among other things, used to connect two computers together for communications and file transfer. Largely eliminated in daily use by the advent of home ...