Connecting firewire port to USB

My computer does not have a firewire port.  How can I connect my video camera which has firewire port to the computer which has USB port?  I would like to edit my videos.

Has anyone tried this yet?  What type of cable did you buy that worked?  My Sony Handycam DV camera has a firewire output.  My new Touchsmart 600-1100 (Windows 7 - 64-bit) does not have a firewire port, just USBs and S-Video.  So I can't capture the video from the video camera to my desktop.  My only workaround is to use my HP notebook (older model) that does have a firewire port and export the video from the camera to my external hard drive, then import it to my desktop  (My DVD drive broke on my notebook or I wouldn't have a problem).  Then I'll try to work with it with Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premiere 7 to create the DVDs.
Now I ask myself:  "Why did you buy a desktop without a firewire port???"

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