Thunderbolt

Laptops with Intel's Tiger Lake processors will come with a huge upgrade: Thunderbolt 4 support. They can daisy-chain up to two 4K UHD displays on one port.

Researchers revealed that hackers can target your Mac or PC in a hardware hack by plugging a malicious peripheral into the Thunderbolt port. When the the compromised accessory is attached, hackers can run malicious code to steal your data. As a result, users are advised to stay away from untrusted accessories.

Intel has announced Thunderbolt 3. In addition to a blister 40 gigabytes per second of bandwidth it offers compatibility with the USB 3.1 standard and USB Type-C connector.

Seagate does away with support for Thunderbolt, leaving its other brand, LaCie, to handle that market.

Early speed tests from Anandtech show that USB 3.1 is significantly quicker than 3.0, pushing almost 700 megabits per second in sustained read/write tests.

LaCie's new external hard drive is big, expensive, and upgradeable. Learn more here.

That's no kid's toy! LaCie's Rugged drive now sports an integrated Thunderbolt cable.

Western Digital has just released new external hard drives that employ Thunderbolt and pack a pair of disks that can be configured in RAID as well.

Intel's introducing one of the first Thunderbolt thumb drives, which promises to increase data transfer speeds to 10Gbps, doubling that of USB 3.0

Belkin recently announced the availability of its $300 Thunderbolt Express Dock. It comes with a bunch of ports, including two Thunderbolt connections.

Intel showed off its new Thunderbolt design, codenamed "Falcon Ridge," which can move 4K videos at 20Gbps and be plugged into a 4K monitor at the same time.

At the NAB Show in Las Vegas, G-Technology introduced a slew of 4K-ready storage solutions for consumers and professionals that use Thunderbolt and USB 3.0.