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.

Intel releases new Graphics DCH Driver 26.20.100.7323 for Windows 10 November 2019 Update

While Windows 10 November 2019 Update is rumoured to arrive next month (November 12, 2019), as of now, the feature update is still being tested by Microsoft in Release Preview Ring and the company believes 18363.418 could be the final build. Two days back, Intel has released Graphics DCH Driver 26.20.100.7323 with Windows 10 version […]

Chrome Canary on Android: Preview linked pages and Explore Offline card on New Tab

Google has currently enabled “Preview Page” context menu option (formerly Sneak Peek) in Chrome 79 on Android which allows to view linked page content in an overlay and lets you open it in a new tab, Chromium team could soon show security indicator and URL for preview content as they decided to experiment “Ephemeral Tab” […]

Microsoft Edge Canary Update adds new Profile Pictures and Tab Freezing feature

The previous update to Microsoft Edge Canary has broken its icon and turned the taskbar icon to Chromium’s, we’ve expected the next update to correct that, that’s not happened. The latest update received by Edge Canary 79.0.307.0 hasn’t fixed the icon, but it has added Tab Freezing feature (available behind a flag) and replaced old …

Windows 10 asks to restart to install KB4517389

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4517389 is causing BSOD to Some

Windows 10 asks to restart to install KB4517389

Problems continue with the latest Windows 10 Cumulative Update published by Microsoft as part of Patch Tuesday. Till now Microsoft acknowledged the KB4517389 update has caused issues to Start Menu and Edge browser, another issue in the form of BSOD is affecting some now. According to the affected reported on Microsoft Answers and other support …

Piriform Auto Updates CCleaner v5.62 and Previous versions to v5.63

If you’re using CCleaner 5.62 on Windows, your CCleaner will be automatically updated to the latest v5.63 which was released a few hours back by Piriform, this could be because it contains a security update. The version changelog mentions “this release contains an important security update and some minor bug fixes and UI updates”. “Users […]

New about config page in Firefox Nightly

Firefox 71 release to get new About:config Page

New about config page in Firefox Nightly

New about:config page built-on web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) is finally coming to Firefox 71 release channel and will replace the XUL based version of the Configuration Editor. About:config, one of the internal pages of Firefox, used by users to troubleshoot and tweak Firefox performance by modifying hidden preferences, to get a complete makeover. […]

Website notification blocked in Chrome and Chromium Edge

Chrome and Chromium Edge can now silence the Website Notification Prompts

Website notification blocked in Chrome and Chromium Edge

Do you hate website notifications? Who doesn’t? Though you can block all of them from Settings in Chrome browser, by doing so, you’ll miss notifications from your favorite sites. An experimental feature “Quieter notification permission prompts” is now available in Chrome and Chromium Edge browsers (Canary channel), which when enabled, without showing the usual dialog, …