A friend came by the other day. He is planning to buy a new laptop and he wanted my advice. He’s an avid gamer and wants to get the fastest machine he can afford. He travels several months out of the ...

Earlier this year I wrote about Pale Moon, a version of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser that’s optimized for extra speed on Windows. Besides its focus on speed, another interesting difference in ...

An operating system that is designed to work in a computer that processes 64 bits at a time. Most personal computers today are 64-bit, and mobile devices are expected to begin using 64-bit CPUs in the ...

There are a lot of PC users out there running 64-bit Windows instead of 32-bit, but who either don’t realize it or just haven’t bothered installing the 64-bit versions of their favorite programs. At ...

Advanced Micro Devices wants to give you something Intel can't. The chipmaker unveiled its Athlon 64 processor on Tuesday at a San Francisco event hosted by CEO Hector Ruiz. Along with added ...

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 ...

Operating systems (OS) are the intermediary between computer hardware and software, an essential piece of any digital device. Much like an orchestra conductor, they ensure harmonious communication ...

Microsoft should make a bumper stick that reads "64-bit or bust" and package it with retail boxes containing Windows 10, because the 32-bit era is coming to an end. It already has in many respects, ...