SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. today (June 23) jointly introduced what the companies claim is the world's first 64-bit desktop processor. The new PowerPC G5 is based on IBM's ...

Normal folks are more cautious. Unwilling to help the tech industry work out the bugs in its bleeding-edge products — or to pay for a product's research and development via initial high prices — they ...

CPUs that process 64 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 32. Today's desktop and laptop computers are mostly 64-bit machines; however, there are countless 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit ...

At some point during a software installation, a small prompt appears asking you to choose between a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. You probably either guess, panic-Google, or pick the bigger number and ...

Just as desktops replaced computers that used to fill an entire room, and laptops, tablets, and smartphones have pushed desktops aside, single-board computers are now in a position where they can take ...

It's amazing to see just how far computers have come in my lifetime. When I was a kid, our computer was that thing that sat in my dad's office, that we were only rarely able to touch. These days, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not sure if your installed version of Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit? One quick way to tell is by looking at information about your ...

Welcome to the Big Debate (already in progress) about Intel's Itanium versus AMD's Opteron and the future of 64-bit computing. In hopes of further driving interest in its hybrid 32/64 bit technology, ...

A new ARM mini-computer that could speed up the development of applications for 64-bit Android L smartphones and tablets will ship late next month. The hardware, which is an uncased computer, is aimed ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Erik Lustig's mom called him recently in a bit of a panic. She'd been in a retail store shopping for a computer and the ...