1.   Apple to Receive Emmy for FireWire Apple Computer will receive an Emmy award today for FireWire, a technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer.

2.   A more appealing solution, especially for people who use portable computers and handheld information devices, is to bypass wires altogether by connecting devices with radio waves.

3.   Girard uses a second connecting device as well, that of a modern-day auction of the red violin.

4.   The Power Mac is also designed to support USB, the new standard already in use in PCs for connecting peripheral devices such as mice and monitors.

5.   The USB port, a rectangular connecting device built into computers, is designed to improve the flow of data between computers and peripheral components.

6.   There are two EIDE plugs on your motherboard, and each will have a cable capable of connecting two devices.

7.   They will include FireWire, a high-speed serial port system for connecting external devices like disk drives or other computers.

8.   The updated version also adds a second port for connecting devices such as printers and digital cameras and updated digital graphics.