Although you only see one app at a time while using an iPad, behind the screen your iPad can be bustling with activity -- playing music, checking stock reports, or waiting for the latest news alerts ...

Several background processes are constantly running on your Windows PC and laptop to ensure the smooth operation of your computer. On average, 60-90 background processes run on a Windows PC in ...

MacRumours has "heard" that Apple might let iPhone users keep apps running in the background when not actively in use. Your 'Yes, and?' comments are not entirely unexpected, so let us explain why this ...

SSDs last a long time, but if your PC runs these background processes, you might be killing it slowly.

When you turn on your Windows PC, hundreds of processes run along with the programs in the background. As they are not visible, we focus on programs or windows that we see. From the startup apps to ...

As gadget users, we have all at one point experienced a really slow device. A perfectly good device can just suddenly feel slow. You click on an icon that should open in a split second and its taking ...

One of the nifty things about a computer is its ability to perform many tasks simultaneously–while a user is composing a word doc, that same computer might also be performing a database search, ...

Back in March, when we first learned the details behind the upcoming iPhone SDK, I wrote about Apple’s decision to not allow background applications on the iPhone. As described in Apple’s Human ...