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Learn three ways to connect your computer to the internet using USB ports, including adapters and phone tethering.

Computers have so many USB ports that picking one to use can be hard. With a simple inspection, you can easily decide which ...

The universal serial bus (USB) enables users to connect plug-and-play devices to a PC, but different kinds of USB exist. USB 1.0 and 1.1 are older versions of the interface that are much slower than ...

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It happens to me about, oh, 14 trillion times every day: I go to plug something into my computer’s USB port, and it doesn’t fit because I’ve got the plug-head upside down. Then I mutter some curse ...

You must have a short in the plug. Just exactly which plug are you refering to? On the computer? Do you have only one? If you have one that still works you might have to get a hub and only use it. Or ...