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Wi-Fi Alliance begins product testing; unveils new logo

The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun product testing for its Wi-Fi Certified N program, updating its two-year-old 802.11n draft 2.0 program. Along with it comes a colorful new logo, taglines and labeling info. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Wi-Fi Alliance to certify "pre-standard" 802.11n gear next year

Wi-Fi Alliance to certify "pre-standard" 802.11n gear next yearThink we better skip "n" for now.By the sounds of it, the "n" standard is just an alpha test. Making an alpha a standard is just a recipe for disaster.So far, my wireless "G" card has been capable of handling our...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Network technology, IEEE 802.11n, Wi-Fi Alliance, alpha

Discussion threads 2006-08-29

Wi-Fi Alliance to certify "pre-standard" 802.11n gear next year

What do you do if a standard is taking too long to thrash out and manufacturers are desperate to get their gear out of the door? You come up with a "pre-standard" instead! I wonder whether the Wi-Fi Alliance has been forced into this position by manufacturers who...

Tags: Wi-Fi Alliance, IEEE 802.11n

Blog posts 2006-08-29

Understanding the updated WPA and WPA2 standards

If the challenge of securing a wireless LAN wasn't already confusing enough, things have just gotten worse. The confusion started last month when the Wi-Fi Alliance changed the WPA and WPA2 standards from supporting a single EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol standard to five EAP standards. Although this has...

Tags: WPA, standards, WPA2

Blog posts 2005-06-02

Expanded Wi-Fi certification brings confusion, says Gartner

As if Wi-Fi standards are not confusing enough, last week's addition of four widely used Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP types by the Wi-Fi Alliance will make your head spin. While they expand the test matrix against which all wireless LAN WLAN products will be tested for WPA/WPA2 certification, Gartner says,...

Tags: WPA, certification, Wi-Fi Alliance, WPA2

Blog posts 2005-04-18

Additional Resources

Google Android vulnerable to drive-by browser exploit

Google Android vulnerable to drive-by browser exploit"somewhat limited"?[i]A successful attacker will have access to any information the browser may use, such as cookies used for accessing sites, .....However, they can not control other, unrelated aspects of the phone, such as dialing the phone directly[/i]At least if my phone was dialing,...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Ryan, Google Inc., browser exploit, Google Android, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

OpenDocument format gathers steam

OpenDocument format gathers steamThis is a must-win battle, but just more important is the battle ofapis and protocols for web services. But, if the battle of office formats is won, that will set the tone for the next battle of formats for web protocols and apis for web services....

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., steam

Discussion threads 2005-11-10