If you've ever seen an Ethernet port on a monitor, you may have wondered what it was doing there. If you own one such monitor ...

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...

The USB port is something most of us take for granted. You plug in a phone, keyboard, or one of the many useful USB gadgets out there, and it just works. But not too long ago, this was basically ...

USB ports are everywhere today, but their design means they can be susceptible to dust and dirt if unused. Here's how to ...

So much for direct tethering. My MacBook Air has two USB-C ports on it, plus a headphone jack. One of the ports has the power plug in it, the other has my mouse bluetooth connector. When I want to ...

Many modern laptops and PCs now support Thunderbolt, which looks like a regular USB-C port but can do a lot more. Here are ...

Users of the new Apple MacBook laptops with limited USB-C ports know how important port hubs are to increase the capacity of connections. They can include Ethernet ports, memory card readers, USB-A ...