Venkat Eswarlu
Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

Google takes on Firefox Monitor (Breach Alerts service) with Chrome Password Checkup Extension

On Safer Internet Day, Google has released Password Checkup extension for Chrome browser and made it available on Chrome Web Store for download. The extension when installed, while signing into website checks your username and password against Google known breached site data and alerts to reset your password if they’re compromised. After all, the company […]

Firefox 67 may get Cryptocurrency mining and Fingerprinting blockers

Recently Mozilla has released Firefox 65 with redesigned content blocking section in Settings which offer standard, custom and strict blocking options to control user privacy. The enhanced tracking or cross-site tracking protection isn’t enabled by default, doing so may break websites, keeping in this mind, Mozilla is cautiously enabling the features one bye one for …

Windows 10: Windows Update Issues due to Microsoft Servers Outage

If you’re having issues where you’re not able to download any updates including Windows Defender’s using Windows Update in Windows 10 and receiving “we couldn’t connect to update service’ you’re not alone, the issue seems to be with Microsoft servers and the outage.servers. also confirms the issue exists for users in some countries. While we’re […]

Malwarebytes 3.7 beta adds Play Mode for Uninterrupted Gaming

First beta of 3.7 version of Malwarebytes is available to download for testing. Recently, Malwarebytes released component update for 3.6  to fix Windows 7 freezing issues, the new Malwarebytes 3.7 announced today, doesn’t show any notifications when apps you’ve added to new Play mode are in full screen. Several Antivirus vendors offer Game mode, for …