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:

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 free alternatives are actually quite nice.

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 starts discarding some of them for the sake of saving space.

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.

--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 app.

How low can Yahoo stock go now that Microsoft has formally withdrawn their bid to acquire Yahoo?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.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

As we mentioned last week, our featured CyberNotes articles on Mondays will now focus on both Microsoft and Mac instead of just Microsoft. You could say we're broadening our horizons a little... Today's article will be the first in a series of several, focusing on comparing a feature in Vista with one in Mac OS X 10.5.