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Google's 64-bit Chrome starts emerging--on Linux

Posted by Oyya-Info on Thursday, August 20, 2009, In : Google

Google has begun work on a 64-bit version of Chrome for Linux, a move likely to whip Linux loyalists into a lather of excitement.

"The V8 team did some amazing work this quarter building a working 64-bit port. After a handful of changes on the Chromium side, I've had Chromium Linux building on 64-bit for the last few weeks," said Chrome engineer Dean McNamee in a mailing list message Thursday

V8 is Chrome's engine for running programs written in the JavaScript language common on the Web. Chr...

Windows 7: 64-bit to go prime time

Posted by Oyya-Info on Monday, August 10, 2009, In : Microsoft

Windows 7 64-bit will soon take over desktop computers.

Consumers have had the option of 64-bit Windows computing since the release of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition in May 2005, four years after the release of Windows XP 32-bit. At the end of 2006, Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions were released simultaneously. Yet chances are you're currently using a machine that runs the 32-bit version of Windows.

This is about to change. Windows 64-bit has started to gain a significant footho...

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