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The latest technology news from Techdows: browser releases, Windows updates, new software versions, and notable changes across the tools you use every day. We focus on practical, verified updates that genuinely affect how you use your PC, without the hype.

Google Chrome
Press AltF followed by X to exit toast in Chrome

Chrome 70 Disables Exit Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Q, shows a toast to use Alt+F, X instead

October 21, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Press AltF followed by X to exit toast in Chrome

Google disabled Ctrl+Shift+Q shortcut in Chrome 70 to avoid accidental closing of tabs and Windows, now suggesting use Alt+F, X the shortcut to exit Chrome

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Freeware
Windows media player: watching a video together on a laptop

Winamp 5.8 beta released

October 19, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu
Windows media player: watching a video together on a laptop

Radionomy released Winamp 5.8 beta (build 3660) on October 18, 2018. It was the first new Winamp build in years, and it came a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Software
Firefox

Mozilla is rolling out Google & Amazon Search Shortcuts to Firefox Users in US

October 18, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla is now rolling out Google and Amazon top site Search shortcuts to Firefox users in the US to make searching even faster.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Mozilla adds Native Windows 10 Share Support to Firefox

October 17, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has added a Share button to Page Action Menu for Windows10 Share feature and is available in Firefox 64.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox 64 updates about:addons to Card UI

October 16, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla is doing a makeover of Firefox’s about:add-ons or add-manager interface in Firefox 64 with Card UI and other changes

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox
Choose Firefox Nightly

Mozilla registers Firefox to handle mailto links in Windows

October 15, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Choose Firefox Nightly

Firefox 64 got support to handle mailto links in Windows and can be set default mail client in Windows 10 so that email links can open on Gmail in Firefox..

Posted in: Firefox, News
News
Picture in Picture option on Context menu

Vivaldi 2.1 adds Chrome’s Picture in Picture mode

October 13, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Picture in Picture option on Context menu

Like Chrome’s Picture in Picture mode? It’s now available in Vivaldi 2.1 snapshot and is working for YouTube.

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
News

Windows 10 1809 offers a setting to disable reopening of Programs after restart

October 13, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Finally, Microsoft offers a setting/option in Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) to disable reopening of apps after Windows restart.

Posted in: News
Firefox

Mozilla removes RSS feed and Live Bookmarks support from Firefox 64

October 12, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has removed RSS/Atom feed and live bookmarks support from Firefox 64, which is scheduled to release in December 2018.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox 64 to always autofill bookmarks irrespective of their Visited Status

October 11, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has updated autofill algorithm in Firefox 64 for the address bar to always autocomplete bookmarks regardless of their visited status

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Has Windows Update installed KB4465477 before KB4464330? Oh! Yes

October 10, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re confused whether SSU KB4465477 installed or not, on Windows 10 version 1809 along with KB4464330, take a look at this article for some clarity.

Posted in: News
Google Chrome
Chrome Tab Audio Muting UI Control flag removed

Chrome: Tab Audio Muting flag that lets you mute tabs with a single click has been removed

October 10, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome Tab Audio Muting UI Control flag removed

You can no longer mute a tab by clicking on the speaker icon as Google has removed Tab Audio muting UI control flag from Chrome 71, the flag is still available though for use in Chrome 70 version.  Chrome’s Tab Audio Muting UI Control Flag Removed The flag that existed for last four years has …

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
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