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.

Firefox Preview Nightly receives 3 New Extensions Support

Back in April, Mozilla added five Extensions to Firefox Preview, today in the month of June, the company added three more recommended extensions –Decentraleyes, Privacy Possum, and YouTube High Definition – to the Nightly version. In October last year, Mozilla confirmed Fenix will support Extensions, but said, it will gradually release few extensions from the …

Fix CVE-2019-13382 Vulnerability in Snagit Old Versions

If you’re using an old version of Techsmith Snagit, you should know ‘local privilege escalation through insecure file move’ vulnerability exists in its Relay Classic Recorder. To fix the vulnerability, either you need to update Snagit or disable Techsmith Uploader. While the vulnerability CVE-2019-13382 has been acknowledged and fixed by Techsmith in the last year […]

‘Password Monitor’ now available in Microsoft Edge Dev & Canary

Password Monitor feature in the new Microsoft Edge browser checks passwords saved to the browser against a large database of known breaches on the cloud and alerts you on the password manager page if it finds a compromised password. Firefox uses Firefox Monitor service powered by HaveIBeenPwned to alert users when their passwords are breached. …

‘Sidebar Search’ now Available in Microsoft Edge Canary

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary allows you to search in Sidebar from the context menu. Microsoft regrets “Ask Cortana” in Microsoft Edge legacy hasn’t fulfilled the user needs, that’s why a much better Sidebar Search has been introduced in the new Microsoft Edge with the addition of new features. Microsoft has recently announced it will …

Twitter fully drops Internet Explorer 11 Support

Twitter.com no longer works on Internet Explorer 11, it now detects User-Agent change to IE11 by browser extensions also and asks to disable them. If you now visit the Twitter homepage in Internet Explorer 11 or in Chrome or Firefox browsers with UA set to IE11 or extension that lets you access old twitter interface, …