One of the common choices today is whether to run a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system on desktop machines. Since 32-bit operating systems have been in production for many years, 32-bit still seems to ...

See if your Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP install is 32-bit or 64-bit 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 ...

Every few years, we encounter a massive change in computing standards, like when televisions went from black and white to color, or when serial and parallel ports were replaced with USB. These days, ...

If you want to know if an installed software or program is 32-bit or 64-bit, then 1 of these 4 tricks will tell you if it is a 32-bit or 64-bit app.

Capable of running everything from Linux to OS X, Oracle's VirtualBox makes it possible to work on multiple operating systems at the same time. For instance, if you'd like to run Windows XP on your ...

The software giant announces the availability of a beta version of its Windows operating system for Advanced Micro Devices' new Athlon 64 chip. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...

For now, a crisis seems to have been averted. But for how long? At what point will it be acceptable to finally remove the ability to natively run 32-bit software from modern operating systems?

Among many other things, iOS 10.3 makes it clear that the end of the road is near for 32-bit iOS apps. This has been coming for a while—all apps and updates submitted for App Store approval since ...

Here's a surprise: We knew Android was getting ready to drop 32-bit app support sometime soon, with the upcoming Pixel Tablet receiving code check-ins to prep it for a 64-bit only version of Android.

The OnePlus 12 uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, which no longer supports 32-bit Arm apps. Xiaomi and OnePlus have both implemented a 32-bit to 64-bit Arm binary translator called "Tango" to ...

In spite of the obvious performance boost, adoption of the Firefox 64-bit version is still low. Mozilla says that 70% of Firefox users on 64-bit Windows are still running the 32-bit version.