Compaq

Launched 20 years ago, Wi-Fi nearly lost out to the rival HomeRF standard, which was being promoted by the group of Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft

Opinion: Launched 20 years ago this week, Wi-Fi nearly hit a dead spot.  —  We all love Wi-Fi, except when we can't connect. Tweets: @davwrigh , @wired , @wired , and @oliakanevskaia Tweets: Dave Wrig...