News tagged with multitasking
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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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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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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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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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 |
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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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Multitasking ability can be improved through training
Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University published in the June 15 issue of Neuron indicates.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Multitasking can be done differently, affect perceptions of work practices
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an age in which "multitasking" is often cited as a core competency for employees, organizational communication researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have begun to better understand the nuances ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Study: Working moms multitask more and have worse time doing so than dads
Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Study: Multi-tasking on the street not a good idea for older people
Older adults may put themselves at risk by talking on cell phones while crossing the street, researchers report in a new study. The researchers found that adults aged 59 to 81 took significantly longer than college students ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Competition likely to refine tablet offerings
I love the iPad. But I'm happy that it will soon see some serious competition. Google last week showed off the first version of its Android operating system designed specifically for tablets. Tablets running that system - ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 10, 2011 |
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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 |
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