"We designed WiFi Direct to unleash a wide variety of applications which require device connections, but do not need the Internet or even a traditional network," said Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the WiFi Alliance, in a statement. "WiFi Direct empowers users to connect devices — when, where and how they want to, and our certification program delivers products that work well together, regardless of the brand."  

The five WiFi Certified WiFi Direct products, the Alliance announced, are:  

• Atheros XSPAN Dual-band 802.11n PCIe mini card;  

• Broadcom Dual-Band 802.11n 2x2 MiMO PCIe half mini card;  

• Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 WiFi card;  

• Ralink MIMObility 802.11 2x2 PCIe half mini card; and  

• Realtek HM92C00 PCIe mini card. 

WiFi Direct technology is intended for both consumer and enterprise devices, as it offers the latest WPA2 security protections. It also works with older WiFi Certified devices, offers a “push-button” setup and—unlike the limited distances of Bluetooth technology—works at a typical WiFi range.

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The Asterisk Development Team is proud to announce the release of Asterisk 1.8. This release is available for immediate download at
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/

Asterisk 1.8 is the next major release series of Asterisk. It will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release, similar to Asterisk 1.4. For more information about support time lines for Asterisk releases, see the Asterisk versions page.

http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk-versions

The release of Asterisk 1.8.0 would not have been possible without the support and contributions of the community. Since Asterisk 1.6.2, we've had over 500 reporters, more than 300 testers and greater than 200 developers contributed to this release.

You can find a summary of the work involved with the 1.8.0 release in the summary:

http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/1.8.0/asterisk-1.8.0-summary.txt

A short list of available features includes:

    * Secure RTP
    * IPv6 Support in the SIP channel driver
    * Connected Party Identification Support
    * Calendaring Integration
    * A new call logging system, Channel Event Logging (CEL)
    * Distributed Device State using Jabber/XMPP PubSub
    * Call Completion Supplementary Services support
    * Advice of Charge support
    * Much, much more!

A full list of new features can be found in the CHANGES file.

http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk/branches/1.8/CHANGES?view=markup

For a full list of changes in the current release candidate, please see the
ChangeLog:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-1.8.0

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

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This is the first time in 25 years that the FCC has passed an order that frees up wireless spectrum and makes it available unlicensed for innovation. “Wireless in general is very central to our economic growth,” Chairman Genachowski told me in a phone conversation earlier this month. He believes that wireless and wireless broadband will have a wide-ranging impact on everything from health to entertainment to education. (Related Post: All You Need to Know About White Spaces Broadband.)

“A year ago, no one was talking about the spectrum shortage in this country, and now we are moving toward solving that problem,” said the FCC chairman. According to some estimates, the demand for mobile broadband means that in three years, the current amount of spectrum won’t be enough. The FCC, in its national broadband plan, has asked for 500 Megahertz of new wireless spectrum, of which 300 MHz it wants freed up in the next five years.

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According to Grandstream, the new models were designed to “meet the need for crystal clear voice communication.” The new GXP models come packed with business productivity features and applications, HD audio quality, and broad SIP interoperability with third-party SIP platforms and devices.

The introduction of the GXP2120 and GXP2100 telephones add to Grandstream’s HD voice solutions, joining the recently introduced GXP2110. “Multiple desktop model options give SMBs the ability to select a HD telephone that best fits their size and need,” states a Grandstream Networks press release submitted to EH Publishing.

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The Red Hat sponsored Fedora Linux community is an open source development effort that includes a diverse set of participants. At the top of the organizational chart for Fedora is the position of Fedora Project Leader, the person tasked with overseeing the general direction and operations of the Fedora project.

In July, Jared Smith took up the position of Fedora Project Leader, replacing the outgoing Paul Frields. Among Smith's first jobs is to guide the development and release of the upcoming Fedora 14 Linux distribution, set for general availability in November. Building the Fedora Linux distribution is one of Smith's key responsibilities as Fedora Project Leader, but it involves more than just pure code.

"A lot of the time we think of Fedora as just the bits and the bytes that we burn on a CD every six months and ship out, but Fedora is more than that, it has to be a community," Smith said. "As such we have to concentrate on building that community and taking care of the community as much as we take care of the bits and bytes."

Smith's vision for Fedora is about ensuring that the Fedora community is an inclusive place where multiple views and contributions are welcome. Smith doesn't necessarily have any new or unique tools for building community, but he does bring a different background to the position than past Fedora Project Leaders.

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