Neowin News Feed for: 64-bit

ARM confirms plans for 64-bit version of Windows RT

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:37:04 +0000

ARM has confirmed it is working with Microsoft to develop a version of Windows RT that will work with ARM's upcoming 64-bit processor design but details were not revealed. Read more...

How to enable 64 bit IE10 for the desktop in Windows 8

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:09:26 +0100

Microsoft has sent a statement to Neowin about how Internet Explorer 10 will run in the 64-bit and the 32-bit version of Windows 8, in both the desktop and "Modern" user interfaces. Read more...

Some Frostbite 2-based PC games to require 64-bit OS in 2013

John Callaham — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:37 +0100

In a new Twitter message, Digital Illusions' Johan Andersson has confirmed that some games that use the developer's Frostbite 2 engine in 2013 will require a 64-bit OS on the PC to run. Read more...

Waterfox 10.0.1

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:40:54 +0000

Waterfox is a 64-Bit version of Firefox. The Firefox source code is taken and compiled to run specifically for 64-Bit Windows computers. To make Waterfox stand out a bit more, it's compiled with Read more...

Waterfox 10.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:23:35 +0000

Waterfox 9.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:09:28 +0000

Waterfox 8.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:30:29 +0000

Waterfox 7.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:25:29 +0100

Waterfox is a 64-Bit version of Firefox. The Firefox source code is taken and compiled to run specifically for 64-Bit Windows computers. Read more...

Nearly 50% of Windows 7 PCs run 64-bit versions

Tom Warren — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:49:23 +0100

Microsoft said on Thursday that nearly half of all Windows 7 PCs are running 64-bit versions of the operating system. Early indications that 64-bit adoption rate was much higher than 32 began earlier this year. Statistics,... Read more...

Microsoft confirms new 64-bit Windows 7 vulnerability

Tom Warren — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:51:08 +0100

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is investigating a publicly reported vulnerability in the Windows Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) affecting 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The flaw resides in the Canonical... Read more...

Six months on and Windows 7 is driving uptake of 64-bit computing

Tom Warren — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:06:01 +0100

Today marks the six month anniversary of the launch of Windows 7 on October 22, 2009. Six months on and Windows 7 is a winner for Microsoft. Some organizations are also claiming the success of... Read more...

BitDefender update breaks 64-bit Windows; some unable to boot

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:34:01 +0000

As reported by Ars Technica, a prematurely uploaded update for antivirus program BitDefender is breaking 64-bit versions of Windows. The affected operating systems include Windows XP, Vista, and 7. The updated signatures were rolled out... Read more...

Microsoft: No plans for 64-bit Silverlight 3

Tom Warren — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Once again Microsoft is going back on its push for 64-bit computing for the masses. In an interview with ars technica Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Division gave the following response... Read more...

Adobe brings 64-bit Flash to Linux

Sacha — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:54 +0000

Adobe first experimented porting its products to Linux back in November of 2004. Since acquiring Macromedia in mid 2005, Adobe has also been committed to porting Macromedia's assets, such as Flash, to Linux. The most... Read more...

Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:43:16 +0100

For many moons, I've been raising the issue of how people get to 64-bit Windows 7, which is a big compatibility shift from 32-bit Windows XP. The obvious answer is via Vista, but is that... Read more...

Quero Toolbar 4.2: 64-bit add-on for IE x64

Viktor78 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:56:02 +0100

Quero is the alternate navigation bar and ad blocker for Internet Explorer and is the first toolbar which supports the Aero Glass effect in Windows Vista. The idea behind Quero is to replace the fixed... Read more...

PC Manufacturers Embrace 64-Bit Vista

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:09:12 +0100

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Thanks to Neowin member, UAC for this submission. Cybernet writes: "We knew it would come sooner or later, and from the looks of it widespread 64-bit computing might be on the horizon. Just yesterday we... Read more...

Exchange 2007: 32-bit vs. 64-bit

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:08:04 +0100

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In reading through comments regarding Exchange 2007's lack of 32-bit support and confusion around why Microsoft decided to provide a 32-bit "test" version of Exchange 2007, I thought I'd offer some facts about this version... Read more...

AV Software Struggles on 64-bit Vista

Sagittarius — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:33:44 +0100

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Antivirus makers are having a particularly difficult time protecting users using the 64-bit version of Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista. According to the Virus Bulletin security certification body, 35% of the twenty products tested on... Read more...

Vista users get the 64-bit blues

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:12:28 +0000

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Microsoft is keen to stir up enthusiasm for Windows Vista, but when it comes to the 64-bit edition of the recently released operating system, the software giant is sending decidedly mixed messages. Vista is available... Read more...