News tagged with multitasking

Study finds people who multitask often bad at it

(PhysOrg.com) -- Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain may be in trouble.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14

Experiment proves that women are better multitaskers than men

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, have conducted research providing definitive evidence that women can multitask more effectively than men.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (23) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Nvidia says Kal-El chip will have five cores

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia says its upcoming Kal-El chip (Tegra 3) will have five cores, not four. The news appeared this week when the Santa Clara company announced a white paper describing the architecture of this system-on-a-chip for mobile computing. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Apple iPhone to soon get long-sought multitasking

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one program at a time, an ability that phones from Apple's rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 9

Think multitasking is new? Our prehistoric ancestors invented it

Answering e-mail while toggling between telephone conversations. Monitoring social networking sites while working. Supervising the kids' homework while listening to the news and cooking dinner. The abundance of contemporary ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multitaskers may be falling behind

As writer and editor of a biology journal, it's not unusual for Liza Gross to perform several tasks at once. "I'm thinking about articles that are right in front of me while planning upcoming (story) topics," says Gross, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Android, iPhone competitors wage weak battle

In the smart phone business, the conventional wisdom is that everyone is battling for third place behind Google and Apple.

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Do creative work activities create stress?

The demands associated with creative work activities pose key challenges for workers, according to new research out of the University of Toronto that describes the stress associated with some aspects of work and its impact ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tablets: Apple iPad has strong head start, but Samsung gaining ground

This time last year, tablet computers were just remembrances of clunky laptops with articulating hinges that really failed to sell.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Training can improve multitasking ability

(PhysOrg.com) -- Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University indicates.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

IPhone update might address multitasking complaint

(AP) -- Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time.

Technology / Software

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 11

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