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Family Dollar Enables Strategic Business Initiatives With New Store Systems

whitepaper At the heart of the new cash register is Windows Embedded for Point of Service, which provides a stable, secure, multitasking operating system and leverages Family Dollar's investments in Microsoft product and technologies such Systems Management...

Tags: monitoring systems

[15 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... green carrots, cloud nine chats, open source ponderings …

Comment ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Multitasking mastery ¦ Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors ¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine With the Easter weekend now a distant memory and...

Tags: green it, flight, mobile, open source

[27 Mar 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Multitasking mastery

Video From his vantage point at a bagel stand he spots a fellow traveller who turns out to be one of the world's finest exponents of mobile multitasking. In his latest video blog, Peter Cochrane reports from New York's JFK airport.

Tags: mobile, blackberry, multitasking, wireless

[17 Mar 2008]

Wireless Mobility Expense Management: Enterprise WiFi and Dual Mode Wireless Services

whitepaper In nowadays fast pace, multitasking environment, enterprises must support "On the go" workers that are running multiple applications (e.g.email, contacts, calendar scheduling, CRM, ERP), creating financial reports and accessing sensitive corporate...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, mobile devices, carriers, departments

[03 Sep 2007]

Wireless Mobility Expense Management: Enterprise WiFi and Dual Mode Wireless Services

whitepaper In nowadays fast pace, multitasking environment, enterprises must support "On the go" workers that are running multiple applications (e.g.email, contacts, calendar scheduling, CRM, ERP), creating financial reports and accessing sensitive corporate...

Tags: mobile devices, carriers, accessing, departments

[13 Aug 2007]

PC World escapes punishment over chip ads

News The footnote in the advert read: "Based on multitasking benchmarking against previous-generation Centrino. PC World has escaped punishment from the UK's advertising watchdog after one of its adverts appeared to suggest Intel's dual-core processors...

Tags: core 2 duo, intel, pc world, asa

[06 Jul 2007]

Disruption and Recovery of Computing Tasks: Field Study, Analysis, and Directions

whitepaper This paper reports on a field study of the multitasking behavior of computer users focused on the suspension and resumption of tasks. Data was collected with a tool that logged users' interactions with software applications and their associated...

Tags: network disaster recovery, findings, field, tool

[31 May 2007]

Real-Time Embedded Computers Help Maximize Gym Workouts

whitepaper Technical requirements included high-performance graphics for video and animations, a familiar development environment for fast time to market, real-time multitasking for built-in sensors and device drivers for wireless mesh network components.

Tags: embedded systems, equipment, fitness, drivers

[22 May 2007]

Industrial Embedded Systems - INES

whitepaper For embedded PC applications, Linux present several advantages such as smaller amount of memory and ability to run without problems also in low cost PC solutions and a multitasking real-time OS has to include also protective measures and control...

Tags: tcp - ip, os, pc, tcp ip

[24 Apr 2007]

Optimizing Performance of Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 on Linux

whitepaper Linux is an extremely powerful, multitasking, multiuser, secure operating system. It has all the features of an enterprise operating system, including virtual memory, shared libraries, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.

Tags: application servers, adaptive, red hat, memory

[03 Apr 2007]

Sales people are 'demons' of tech security

News Sales staff aged between 26 and 35 tend to take a multitasking approach to email, instant messaging, VoIP and the internet - increasing the likelihood of malware and fraudsters getting onto the company network, according to web security company...

Tags: security

[29 Mar 2007]

10 Features Longhorn Needs

whitepaper This paper explains 10 features longhorn needs including new display system, updated searching, smoother multitasking etc. The next version of Windows really does need to take things to another level.

Tags: windows xp, enhancements, xp, display

[16 Nov 2006]

Unwired: Prepare for the next generation

Comment Today's connected teens are highly skilled at multitasking and making complex, immediate connections. Young people use technology like no previous generation. Unwired's Richard Leyland explains what to expect from them in the workplace and how to...

Tags: next generation, young people

[10 Oct 2006]

Technology@Intel Magazine: May 2006

whitepaper Equipped with new dual-core Intel Core microarchitecture - based processors, PCs with Intel vPro technology can significantly improve the performance of compute-intensive applications and multitasking usage models - all in a power-efficient...

Tags: pc, pcs, desktop, intel

[01 Aug 2006]

The Bottom Line on Dual-Core Processors

whitepaper Dual-core processors have many advantages, especially for those looking to increase their system's multitasking computing power. But dual-core processors are never exactly twice as fast as their single-core counterparts.

Tags: processors, core, guidelines, intel

[27 Mar 2006]

Want a Skype 10-way conference call?

News A series of benchmark tests conducted last year by Tom's Hardware gave an overall performance edge to AMD's dual-core chips but rated Intel's dual-core chips better in some multitasking situations. The latest version of Skype's internet-calling...

Tags: skype, voip, intel

[09 Feb 2006]

Sony Ericsson sexes up mobile email with iPod-esque device

News Despite bearing all the hallmarks of the smart phone, such as a multitasking operating system, the device will be advertised to potential buyers as a 'messaging device', the spokesman said. It may remind you of an iPod but it's not meant to remind...

Tags: p990, m600, sonyericsson, sony

[06 Feb 2006]

Universal Access to Groupware With Multimodal Interfaces

whitepaper Multimodal interfaces are multi-sensory, multi-channel, and allow multitasking - and, therefore, they make computing more accessible for diverse user groups. Universal Access aims to improve usability of software by coping with a diversity in human...

Tags: universal, interfaces, groupware, multimodal

[07 Dec 2005]

Multitasking Without Compromise: A Virtual Machine Evolution

whitepaper This paper presents the design of Multitasking Virtual Machine (MVM), focusing on several novel and general techniques: an in-runtime design of lightweight isolation, an extension of a copying, generational garbage collector to provide best-effort...

Tags: language, multitasking, virtual, degree

[27 Sep 2005]

Critical Specifications for Government PC Buyers

whitepaper In response to the needs of agencies grappling with these issues, government users require multitasking applications more than ever, even while automatically processing other tasks in the PC's background.

Tags: wireless lan, pc, multitasking, agencies

[30 Aug 2005]

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