It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.

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The results were similar when the women completed a computer-based task that involved counting dots on a screen.

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Developing a drug based on genomics is no easy task.

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Creating an exam-lite system based largely on teachers' assessments will be a huge and costly task.

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They did not correct my impression, based on the Task Force Report, that Pat Hurst got a promotion to overall Chief Auditor.

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Alexey Samons, a Russian software engineer based in Vladivostok, took on the monumental task of translating the Ithkuil Web site into Russian, and before long three Russian Web forums had sprung up to debate the merits and uses of Ithkuil.

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Our task is to construct a thinking about the future which is based on the re-establishment of links.

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Dr. Virginia A. Moyer, chair of the task force and professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, said the recommendation was based on a recognized modest benefit shown by studies in human subjects.

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But, on the other hand, the military, the joint task force, which is a military outfit based in the Delta to patrol the swamps and creeks, seems to be less sure about the whereabouts of these hostage takers.

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