Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

We have already considered the multi-tasking concept – multiple quasi-independent programs apparently running at the same time, under the control of an operating system. Before we look at tasks in ...

Android mobile operating system, which is based on Linux Kernel 2.6, has open source license and adaptability to user driven applications. As all other operating systems it has all the basic features ...

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(In real-world automotive computing environments, resources can be scarce and timing becomes tricky. Vector Informatik's TimingAnalyzer tool helps engineers to manage timing and resource conflicts.) ...

If you've been manually performing a task on your Mac over and over, you can automate it with Automator and use iCal to schedule when you want the task to run. Apple includes a free copy of Automator ...

DssW has released Power Manager 4.1.5 for Mac OS X. This release provides new presentation scheduling tasks, Automator workflow tasks, and performance improvements. Power Manager is an automation and ...