The burning question of the week last week was 64-bit vs. 32-bit, which do you use? The results are in and here's what we found:
- 39% of you are using 32-bit Windows XP
- 26% of you are using 32-bit Windows Vista
- 16% of you are using 64-bit Windows Vista
- 6% of you are using 64-bit Windows XP
- 6% of you are using 32-bit Linux
- 5% of you are
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Windows only
One thing that we really love is free CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software. You could always purchase tools like Nero to get the job done, but it's just become so darn bloated that I can hardly bring myself to installing it anymore. Plus many of the
Mac only
Apple's Time Machine backup software is nice from a simplicity point of view, but it lacks some of the features power users might be accustomed to with typical backup software. By default Time Machine will create incremental backups every one hour, but after 24 hours it
Last week we wrote about how iTunes was getting new movies and making them available to purchase the same day as the DVD release. This is a pretty big step for Apple, and now we're learning that they're actually losing money on these new movies. The Wall Street Journal reported that while Apple is selling newly released movies at $14.99, they're actually paying the studios about $16 for each movie. This translates to
--WinRAR--
Over in our forum Max noticed that it was possible to get a free version of WinRAR compliments of PC Welt (the German edition of PC World Magazine). It's been nearly two years since a free version of WinRAR was being handed out, and it's coming back around once again. This time, however, you don't get the absolutely latest version of the
How low can Yahoo stock go now that Microsoft has formally withdrawn their bid to acquire Yahoo? Thus far, Yahoo stock is down to $23.90, a drop of about 16% and the day has just started. Here Jerry Yang, Yahoo's CEO was adamant that they were worth $37 per share! He'll certainly be in the hot seat today when he comes strolling in the door
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