You could use wp_schedule_event (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_schedule_event) to schedule recurring tasks. The smallest precision it normally supports is "hourly" but you can use wp_get_schedules (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_schedules) to create a custom "ten_minutes" interval.

Or, you could use wp_schedule_single_event (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_schedule_single_event) and have your scheduled task schedule the next event ten minutes later.