The airy promises of networked technology are here, at a scale rarely, if ever, deployed before.

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The class focuses on the use of social media and networked technology to serve nonprofits, foundations, and social causes.

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It was then that company number three emerged, a company that wanted to embrace the vision that some day each of us would have the technology to tell our own stories, direct to people who wanted to hear them, with consumer technology that would be ubiquitous and networked.

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In his latest book, tech pundit Nicholas Carr put a name on a trend that's transforming information technology: As the world becomes more networked, he points out, computing power is undergoing "the Big Switch, " moving off of desktops and into massive data centers, where it's cheaper and more efficient.

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He noted networked Scrabble as being one example as well as the Nike Fuelband which uses Bluetooth technology to connect to your phone.

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Sun will contribute Java and a related technology called Jini that allows mobile computing devices to set up communications channels with other networked appliances and servers.

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Rather, it's a reflective display that uses a PNLC (Polymer Networked Liquid Crystal) module for improved brightness, and HR-TFT (high-reflective thin film transistor) technology to add contrast.

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