Experts: Beware of ultra-fast USB hype: I predict a lawsuit here, just like with that hard-drive thing last week.
“But not all USB connections are equal, and products that flaunt the latest version, USB 2.0, aren’t necessarily as speedy as consumers might expect.While a growing number of devices feature USB 2.0, some actually transfer data at the slower speed of its predecessors. Also, there’s a significant difference between ‘full-speed’ and ‘hi-speed’ USB 2.0.”
Computer Makers Sued Over Hard-Drive Size Claims: The hard drive you're buying may be smaller than you think. "According to the lawsuit, computer hard drive capacities are described in promotional material in decimal notation, but the computer reads and writes data to the drives in a binary system. The result is that…