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Results tagged “multitasking”

Children of the Net

posted by Annie Frost on March 31, 2007 at IT@Intel

A recurrent Sci Fi theme is that of the upgraded children. From classic oldies like Clarke’s Childhood’s End or Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos, to the modern Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear, there is the almost medieval horror of a sudden...

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Fragmentation, windows, tasks: myths, realities, novelties

posted by Eleanor Wynn on February 14, 2007 at IT@Intel

I remember the pathbreaking article Larry Tesler wrote in Byte Magazine in about 1980, discussing the absurdity of having to change “modes” in order to change applications. So you would start from a command line and choose your app and...

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