Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.

So, my 20GB iPod is on the way, thanks to a big discount from a friend who works at Apple. My Sony Vaio has built-in FireWire that I'm hoping I can use for the initial file transfer. Longer-term, I'd ...

Fellas - need some expertise. I basically need to hook up a high quality camera to a computer about 50 feet away. I see firewire cables up to 50 meters, but wikipedia says 15 feet is the max length ...