The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced new Wi-Fi Direct technology that enables wireless devices to connect and share data directly without the benefit of a hotspot or other wireless network. Wi-Fi Direct ...

A new specification, called Wi-Fi Direct, provides peer-to-peer connections between Wi-Fi devices, no hotspot required. That could be bad news for Bluetooth, but good news for customers. Developed by ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has now certified more than 550 products for Wi-Fi Direct, the peer-to-peer networking technology that allows devices to communicate without the need for an Internet connection.

Wi-Fi Direct is one of those technologies that sounds like it makes sense, but then if you really think about using it in real life.... well then it doesn't sound so great. The idea is simple. There ...

Point to point wireless connections should hopefully start getting a little easier to manage in the not too distant future, with the news that the Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying Wi-Fi Direct ...

A new industry specification promises to un-network Wi-Fi networks. Dubbed Wi-Fi Direct, the spec will let your laptop or smartphone connect directly with other wireless devices. Although touted by ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance announces that it now has started a program to certify Wi-Fi Direct products and designate them as Wi-Fi Certified Wi-Fi Direct. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET ...

So, Bluetooth-- last fall didn't end up being as frightful as you had probably imagined, but this fall is bound to be different. Or so the Wi-Fi Alliance says. If you'll recall, Wi-Fi Direct promised ...

General Motors is working to expand upon its vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication systems that are being developed to allow information to be shared between ...