Posted 07/23/09 at 11:36:27 AM by Paul Lilly

It took some time, but motherboard makers and case manufacturers have finally wised up to the concept of never having enough USB ports. It's not uncommon to see motherboards equipped with 8 USB ports, and it would take six of said motherboards to still not equal the number of ports on the 49-port Professional USB-2 Hub.

The mega-hub supports the USB 2.0 specification and includes a "separate transaction translator for every port." Each port independently comes with its own Vbus current limit, and multiple rail regulators and localized clock generators keep errant signals from mucking with data transfers.

"We engineered this professional-grade product for dependability and performance first, aimed squarely at the business user - not as a cost-driven commercial product," UK developer Cambrionix stated on the USB hub's product page.

Even still, we could see this filling a niche in the power user segment, though probably not at the £399 (about $660 USD) asking price. Can anyone else imagine stuffing the entire line of Transformers USB keys into this?

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Posted 03/25/09 at 03:50:44 PM by Andy Salisbury

You’ve got USB devices, and you’ve got a network. Sure, you can plug those printers, scanners and hard drives into a computer and let that machine share them, or you can use IOGEAR’s new ShareStation and allow anyone using your network access to them!

IOGEAR’s ShareStation comes in two flavors – first up is the four port Net ShareStation that allows anyone with a local connection to the hub access to anything that’s plugged into its ports.

The smaller version of the ShareStation is a two port USB Printer Auto Sharing Switch that’s being described as the “only automatic printer switch compatible with Macs and PCs.”

The four port version will run you $99.95, while the smaller cousin will cost $39.95. Both will be available later this month.

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Posted 09/14/07 at 04:56:24 PM by Michael Brown

The concept of a wireless USB hub is a great idea, so why can't anyone deliver one worth buying?

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Posted 08/09/07 at 12:17:34 PM by Michael Brown

Belkin's new Network USB Hub delivers a sweet solution for an all-too-common problem.

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