Intel's USB 3.0 is set to come on stream and the new standard promises to deliver up to 4.8Gb per second, as Techworld reports. This makes USB 3.0 ten times faster than 480Mb/ps USB 2.0. USB 3.0 also dwarfs FireWire 400 and 800 speeds - it even outpaces the mooted, but stillborn (at present) FireWire 1600 and 3200 standards, that have been in the works for some time. FireWire does have advantages as a peer-to-peer networking protocol, which supports IP, for example. It can also talk directly to devices like digital video cameras. But USB and FireWire connectivity is used...