Looking for something nearby? Wi-Fi Aware could find it for you
A new feature of Wi-Fi could help people find both each other and things nearby, without even being near a hotspot.
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News about Wi-Fi Alliance
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Wi-Fi backers warn about unlicensed LTE while Ericsson claims speed boost
The Wi-Fi Alliance warned that LTE on unlicensed frequencies could interfere with Wi-Fi and said it plans to collaborate with the 3GPP cellular standards group to help prevent that.
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Wi-Fi group acts to simplify peer-to-peer video, printing and other tasks
The Wi-Fi Direct standard for linking two devices without a LAN is about to get easier to use.
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Still deploying 11n Wi-Fi? You might want to think again
In this Network World Digital Spotlight, "Harnessing Gigabit Wi-Fi," we do a deep dive on the latest Wi-Fi developments.
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A few finally find HotSpot 2.0 Wi-Fi connections
There are currently several million smartphones certified to run on a "HotSpot 2.0" Wi-Fi network. In November, about 400 of them finally got a chance to do so -- in Beijing, China.
Features about Wi-Fi Alliance
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Six home networking technologies to watch out for
Most of the tablets, TVs, ultrabooks and smartphones on display at International CES this week ultimately are bound for someone's home, where they'll have to talk to each other. Six major home networking technologies to make that happen will be on display at the show, some of them making significant strides to keep up with the demand for instant information and fun.
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Wi-Fi WPA2 vulnerability FAQ
So this guy at AirTight Networks says Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 has a "hard shell on the outside, but a soft underbelly inside"due to an overlooked vulnerability, and an attacker can decrypt traffic that's been encrypted with WPA2. Is this total panic time?