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.

Microsoft investigates Google Search Results redirecting in Edge

Edge Stable version is reportedly redirecting Google Search results via “OKSearch” to some other sites. There were multiple reports on this on Reddit and one on the Answers forum. As of now, Microsoft is aware of this and is investigating the issue. Meanwhile, the company is suggesting that affected users turn off all the extensions. …

Chrome to Use PartitionAlloc instead of Segment Heap for Memory Savings

Chrome will no longer use Windows Segment Heap going forward. Google has decided to end the experiment as Microsoft informed it won’t offer control over the heap type. Chrome is switching to PartitionAlloc for Chrome as the company felt it” seems to offers the desired memory savings “. Google has noticed significant memory gains with …

Firefox 83 brings HTTPS-Only Mode, Page load improvements and more

Mozilla will release Firefox 83 for Windows, Mac, and Linux today. The version comes with improved JavaScript engine, that resutls in improved page loads and responsiveness and memory usage. Here is what the version is bringing to the table. Warp Mozilla worked on a project named Warp on Spridermonkey JavaScript engine, Warp has improved Page …

KB4586781 fails to install, causes Blue Screen error and more

After the October Cumulative Update KB4579311, November Cumulative Update KB4586781 for Windows 10 is also failing to install for some users. In addition to that, the update is causing blue screen errors, making some devices fails to start after installing the update. Microsoft has recently released Patch Tuesday Update Kb4586781 OS builds 19041.630 and 19042.630 …

Firefox is replacing Racist ‘Master’ Password w/ ‘Primary’ Password

Due to racism problems, Google has replaced whitelist and blacklist words in Chrome code with allowlist and blocklist. Github too announced it will rename Master/slave to neutral terms, now Mozilla is joining them. The organization has gone ahead and deprecated the Master Password in the next Firefox version and replaced it with the Primary Password. …

Microsoft Edge soon lets you move tabs from one Profile window to another

Microsoft Edge’s Profile feature lets you separate your work and personal browsing data. Like Chrome, Edge supports multiple profiles. Microsoft has improved Edge profiles and today, the company has taken a step towards moving tabs to a different profile window in the Canary version. Till now, Microsoft Edge Lets you create different profiles for your …