Multitasking is the ability to execute multiple separate tasks in afashion that is seemingly simultaneous. Note the phrase “seeminglysimultaneous.” Short of a multiple processor system, there is no ...

I've long been a big fan of multitasking. These days, though, I find myself running not only several programs at a time but multiple operating systems as well. Admittedly, as a technology reviewer I'm ...

The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple's iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple concurrent third party apps, and allow users to switch between them using a windows management ...

Features on silicon chips have continued to shrink, but they're coming close to hitting a wall where quantum effects will make controlling the flow of electrons a completely different challenge than ...

Although Embedded Multitasking With Small Microcontrollers is not an exhaustive treatise on multitasking operating systems, it does a good job on the two areas it does address: state machines and ...

CNTs are hollow, cylindrical nanostructures composed of a single sheet of carbon atoms, and have exceptional electrical, physical and thermal properties 5,6,7. They can be used to fabricate CNT ...

The next version of the Palm operating system will be based on Linux, as Access attempts to keep the pioneering software alive. Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, as the most ...

For months now, you`ve been reading about the up-and-coming multitasking operating systems. You`ve read about OS/2 for the IBM world and Multifinder for the Apple domain. You may even understand that ...

iPhones running iOS 14 will borrow the multitasking layout currently used by iPads, according to a reliable leaker. This is apparently the first major leak about the next iPhone operating system, ...

PadOS 26 finally fixes multitasking. These are the top new features that truly change how you work across apps on the iPad.