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businessweek.com - 10/14/2009

Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier

— businessweek.com — A consortium that includes Intel, Cisco, and Apple is set to release new technology called Wi-Fi Direct... that will turn a slew of gadgets into hotspots (more) Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier

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geekwithlaptop.com - 10/16/2009

Researchers discover a way to see through walls using Wi-Fi

— geekwithlaptop.com — It seems that almost daily now we’re hearing about new technology that could have come directly out... of the pages of a science fiction novel but which in fact are science fact. Yep, the future is definitely here. The latest technology that fits this bill comes courtesy of researchers at ... (more) Researchers discover a way to see through walls using Wi-Fi

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wi-fi.org - 10/14/2009

Wi-Fi Alliance: Press Releases

— wi-fi.org — October 2009 October 14, 2009 Wi-Fi Alliance announces groundbreaking specification to support direct Wi-Fi connections between devices... September 2009 September 30, 2009 Wi-Fi Alliance launches updated Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ n program September 4, 2009 ... (more) Wi-Fi Alliance: Press Releases

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New Wi-Fi Spec to Permit Direct Device-to-Device Linking
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... for businesses, though the spec will be targeted at both consumer and business devices. Any device labeled with the "Wi-Fi Certified Wi-Fi Direct" icon will be compatible. The specification will be limited to the current capabilities of Wi-Fi with respect to distance (100 meters) and data transfer speeds. Existing devices should be able to upgrade to Wi-Fi Direct with a software update. The Wi-Fi Alliance expects to begin certifying devices with Wi-Fi Direct by the middle of 2010. more info at Wi-Fi Alliance ...

Wi-Fi Direct, el rival directo del Bluetooth
Gizmología — Hasta ahora usamos la conexión WiFi de nuestros portátiles o de nuestros teléfonos para conectarnos a un punto de acceso como un módem o un router. Para enviar archivos a otro terminal tiene que estar conectado al mismo punto de acceso, es decir, necesitas un punto de referencia para que estas dos maquinas se puedan comunicar. El uso del Bluetooth mejoró este servicio ofreciendo conexión directa de aparato a aparato, simple, sencillo y todos sabemos (en mayor o menor medida) usarlo. La WiFi Alliance tiene claro que algo les ha fallado con el WiFi y este tipo de intercambio directo, por eso presentan Wi-Fi ...

Wi-Fi Gets a Boost With New P2P Standard
GigaOM — The Wi-Fi Alliance today issued a new standard to augment Wi-Fi, called Wi-Fi Direct, that turns a Wi-Fi chip into a mini access point. The technology allows your Wi-Fi gadgets to talk to one another without having to get on a network, and enables anything containing a Wi-Fi chip to combine with other WiFi-chip-containing ...

Wi-Fi Alliance announces Wi-Fi Direct with Bluetooth-like features
MobileBurn.com — The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced Wi-Fi Direct , a new specification that will enable WiFi devices to discover and connect to one another without a router, a move that could potentially threaten Bluetooth technology. Wi-Fi Direct will allow WiFi enabled devices such as phones, cameras, printers, computers, keyboards, and headphones to connect on a one-to-one basis or several at a time. Standard data rates and connection ranges (100m) will be supported, so any device could make use of high-speed bandwidth provided by a broadband connection. Though ad hoc connections are already ...

Wi-Fi Direct Announced, Allows Device-to-Device Communication
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Back in April, we had heard about the Wi-Fi Alliance creating a new spec that handles device-to-device Wi-Fi, namely for the sake of media sharing, gaming, and syncing tasks. Well, that spec has been officially announced, donning the mantle “Wi-Fi Direct” and begins device certifications in 2010. This is ...

Wi-Fi Direct Bypasses Your Router On Its Way To Kill Bluetooth - New P2P standard makes an AP out of any hardware...
DSLreports - front page — ... The Wi-Fi Alliance (a 300 member group including heavyweights like Apple, Intel and Cisco) has announced Wi-Fi Direct, a new peer-to-peer wireless networking approach that aims to simplify the way consumer devices connect. According to the Alliance's press release, the new specification will allow Wi-Fi devices to connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office, or hotspot network. Turning gadgets into mini access points will certainly help the technically challenged, and the standard will be built into a bevy of consumer products. Most hardware, meanwhile, ...

WiFi Alliance Announces WiFi Direct
Geeky-Gadgets — The WiFi Alliance has announced WiFi Direct, which is a new way for devices to connect to each other over WiFi without the need for a router, very similar to Bluetooth. WiFi Direct will let you connect a range of WiFi enabled gadgets, like mobile phones, cameras, computers, printers on a one to one basis rather than through a router. “Wi-Fi Direct represents a leap forward for our industry.  Wi-Fi users worldwide will benefit from a single-technology solution to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily among devices, even when a Wi-Fi access point isn’t ...

La WiFi Alliance dévoile le WiFi Direct
Le Journal du Geek — L’avenir du P2P que ce WiFi Direct ? En tout cas, le concept est alléchant sur le papier. En fait, le WiFi Direct devrait permettre à tous les périphériques équipés du WiFi de se connecter les uns aux autres de manière totalement invisible et transparente. Du coup, chaque périphérique pourra se transformer en point d’accès. On attend d’en savoir plus, mais sachez que le WiFi Direct devrait embrasser la norme de cryptage WPA2, et qu’il devrait être utilisable dans le courant de l’année 2010. Apple a d’ores et déjà ...

Is Bluetooth on Its Way Out?
Digital Daily — The inexorable march of technology made wires and cable obsolete in the wake of Bluetooth and may soon do the same to the short-range wireless protocol. The Wi-Fi Alliance this week announced Wi-Fi Direct, a new short-range wireless standard capable of performing many of the same tasks as Blutooth, but at Wi-Fi speeds. Essentially, Wi-Fi Direct turns supporting devices into access points, allowing them to connect to one another without joining a traditional network. They’ll support typical Wi-Fi ranges and the same data-transfer rates, which in the case of 802.11n is some 30 times faster than the three megabits per second for ...

Wi-Fi Direct Puts Wi-Fi Everywhere
I4U News — ... Currently, Wi-Fi devices have to connect to a home network of some sort before you can get them to communicate with one another. This makes Wi-Fi somewhat less efficient and easy to use than Bluetooth for certain purposes, and means that things like Wi-Fi printers can be a bit of a pain to set up. No more, however. The Wi-Fi Alliance has just announced Wi-Fi Direct. In short, Wi-Fi Direct allows devices to connect to one another via Wi-Fi without joining any other sort of network. You can just connect your netbook directly to that printer and print. Or send music from your ...

New Wi-Fi Direct to Connect Gadgets Without Routers [Wireless]
Gizmodo — ... a 300 range, from computers to cameras to TVs to printers to anything in between. All peer-to-peer. The Wi-Fi Alliance and everyone else—including myself—are pretty excited about this. So excited that they are planning a big advertising campaign to make people move to it. And since it will only require a downloadable software patch, you can expect the technology to become ubiquitous pretty fast. Farewell, Bluetooth. It was not a pleasure to meet you. [Wi-Fi Alliance] ...

Apple Backs Wi-Fi Direct, Indicates Better Peer-to-Peer On the Way
TheAppleBlog — Move over Bluetooth, there’s a new direct device connectivity technology out there, and it’s on track for a mid-2010 production rollout. The tech in question is Wi-Fi Direct (previously known as “Wi-Fi peer-to-peer”), and Apple is now one of its main proponents, along with other heavy hitters like Microsoft, Intel ...

mocoNews Quick Hits 10.14.09
mocoNews — »  A look at Motorola’s Q4 2009 and Q1 2010 releases and their outlook. [Dialphone.co.uk] »  Solar-powered cell phones are taking off in Africa and Asia. [Yahoo] »  Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is releasing a new jailbreak-resistant iPhone. [Mobile Content Today] »  The Wi-Fi Alliance is planning to create a new form of Wi—Fi (Wi-Fi Direct) where devices connect directly to one another. [Wi-Fi.org] »  The specifics of ...

Wi-Fi Direct to bring secure peer-to-peer networking in 2010
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Wireless, Odds and ends, AppleIf there's one thing that I've wanted to be able to do for years, it's to set up a direct Wi-Fi connection to another device without having to actually be near a Wi-Fi base station, or going to the trouble of getting an ad-hoc network set up on both devices. This type of peer-to-peer networking is nothing new; back in the Newton MessagePad days we could beam address cards and data between devices through an IrDA connection. Now the Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that this will be possible next year through the use of Wi-Fi Direct. Wi-Fi Direct will come ...