Optical looks futuristic, but it's really a relic.

Already in its second generation, the Thunderbolt I/O protocol has been around for three years, but only recently did manufacturers begin production of optical cables to deliver the tentpole feature ...

My MacBook Pro has developed some issues with the audio recently (ahh well, got nearly 4 years out of the thing). Only one channel works when using a 3.5mm stereo plug. I'm assuming the optical out ...

The product is an active optical cable (AOC) for HDMI. Instead of relying solely on copper, it carries most of its signal over fiber-optic strands. Inside ...