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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anton is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocketnow.com. As publication leader, he brought Pocketnow as close as possible to the audience throughout the years, while leading a team of enthusiastic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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