Longer battery life requires lower power consumption in both high performance and low performance modes (MP3 decoding, background processing, etc.).

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Other shortcomings of HTML5 in comparison to native applications include the fact that it presently lacks the DRM (Digital Rights Management) needed for many multimedia services, does not support background processing, and is missing secure storage and notifications outside of applications.

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It may cultivate assumptions because it offers a short-hand for issues that often require deeper processing or more background to fully understand.

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Beyond the sleek design and processing power, VIZIO continues to leverage its HDTV background with brilliant picture quality, high contrast and wider viewing angles, a staple of the Touch PCs.

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As soon as you back off, say by switching off the background music and allowing your foreground process to have all the processing power (and thereby complete its task more quickly), the benefits of having a dual-core machine will become far less tangible.

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The application is designed to stop using the computer's central processing unit (CPU) when it is left to run in the background.

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