Tag archive: Alliance

During the opening ceremonies of Blizzcon Friday, Blizzard revealed the fourth expansion pack for the popular World of Warcraft series. Titled World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, the expansion pack allows players to create a new character called the pandaren, a panda bear creature that has training in martial arts. This is a neutral character, thus players can choose to join either the Alliance or the Horde with the pandaren. In addition, a… Read More

The wait for the first 802.11n draft 2.0 products is over. D-Link announced Friday that it was the first company to have its products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which controls standards for wireless networking. The D-Link Extreme N Router and Xtreme N Notebook Adapter were the first products to get the stamp of approval from the Alliance, although many other competing products are in the chute to follow. Both products are based on… Read More

If you use Wi-Fi wireless networking, you've probably seen the terms 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g: they represent different wireless networking standards, with 802.11g being the technology most widely deployed in wireless gear today, and offering more bandwidth than previous iterations. The next big standard—and next big bump in wireless bandwidth—should come in the form of 802.11n, but the industry has been unable to… Read More

The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry association of more than 250 companies focused on wireless networking, today announced that, going forward, all

“Wi-Fi (certification mark) — used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices.” Such is the definition of Wi-Fi, according to the newest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It was announced today by the Wi-Fi Alliance trade organization that Wi-Fi was one of nearly 100 new words added to the venerable dictionary. “You know you've truly made it when… Read More

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is entering the final stage of the specification development process for HomePlug AV, a technology poised to change the way that HDTV, Digital Audio, andInternet access are distributed around a home. The alliance has reached a significant milestone by completing the advanced preliminary specification for HomePlug AV, and is now inviting companies inthe home networking, consumer electronics, computing, and… Read More

The group, to be called the Digital Living Network Alliance, aims to develop the fledgling market for electronic devices that can easily send and share music, movies, television programs across the home. The alliance will publish guidelines for building compliant consumer electronics, and will establish a seal of approval for products that meet those guidelines. A logo for certified products will be available early next year.… Read More

The offer to create a “tactical alliance” was made Friday by Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based Internet music and video service, in an e-mail message to Steve Jobs, Apple's chairman. But if an alliance with Apple could not be struck, Glaser strongly hinted in the e-mail message that he might be forced to form a partnership with Microsoft to pursue “very interesting opportunities”… Read More

The groups are the “HomePlug Powerline Alliance,” whose technology is based on the power lines, and the “Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA),” which uses coaxial cables such as antenna cables. Both groups position their networks that are under development as mainstream products that can firmly transmit HDTV video multi-stream at home. The groups, therefore, will enhance the quality of service (QoS)… Read More