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
Aug 24, 2009 |
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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
Jul 21, 2010 |
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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. ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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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
Apr 08, 2010 |
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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
Dec 07, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (6) |
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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
Mar 24, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
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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.
Dec 22, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
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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
Jun 09, 2010 |
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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
Dec 07, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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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
Aug 20, 2009 |
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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.
Apr 07, 2010 |
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