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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.

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Opera 55 brings Material Design Settings

May 21, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Upcoming Opera 55, currently on developer version, comes with new material design settings page. Like the Chrome material design Settings page, the new settings page in Opera browser consists of two categories: Basic and Advanced.

Posted in: News, Opera
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KB4103722 and KB4103720 for Windows 10 1703 & 1607 released

May 18, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Direct Download links for Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4103722 for version 1703 and KB4103720 for version 1607

Posted in: News
Freeware
Free Download Manager dark theme option

Free Download Manager gets Dark theme

May 14, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Free Download Manager dark theme option

Free Download Manager by default comes with a light theme interface, a new update for FDM has added dark theme option. Learn how you can enable dark theme for Free Download Manager in this article.

Posted in: Freeware, News
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Avast Preps ‘UI failed to load’ Issue Fix on Windows 10 1803

May 12, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast users using latest version 18.4.2388 on Windows 10 1803 are getting ‘UI failed to load’ error. Avast is aware of this and will soon release a hot fix for the same, meanwhile, you can try the instructions mentioned in this article to see the issue goes away on its own.

Posted in: News
Firefox

Multiple Tab Selection comes to Firefox 62

May 12, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla now allows to select multiple tabs in Firefox browser by using Ctrl key. Multiple Tab Selection feature targeted for Firefox 62, allows user to perform various actions such as mute or close selected tabs, bookmark, reload, Pin and Move them to new Window, send the selected tabs to other device to access later.

Posted in: Firefox, News
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Gmail’s Smart Compose helps you write emails faster

May 9, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

What is Smart compose in Gmail? What are the benefits of using it? How to enable it? Find out how in this article.

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How to

Microsoft fixes Chrome Freezing Issue in Windows 10 April 2018 Update

May 9, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Is your Chrome browser freezing or hanging in Windows 10 after installing April 2018 Update? Microsoft released a cumulative Update -part of May Patch Tuesday- which contains the fix. So go ahead and download KB4103721 the update by visiting Windows Update, you need to restart your computer to install the update.

Posted in: How to, News
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KB4103721 for Windows 10 version 1803 released

May 8, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update KB4103721 for Windows 10 version 1803 (April Update 2018) and is available for download via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog site. Direct download links for the update have been provided in this article.

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Opera 54: Update & Recovery Option in Menu

May 8, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

For the Opera Update to be visible and the reset browser settings button to be easily reachable and accessible, Opera Software has added Update & Recovery option to the O menu in new Opera 54 developer version.

Posted in: News, Opera
Google Chrome

Chrome Tests Rich Entity Suggestions in Omnibox

May 5, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Google is now testing the redesign of omnibox suggestions by displaying images and descriptive text. Chromium team calls the feature as ‘Rich Entity Suggestions ‘and is available behind a flag for testing in dev and Canary version of Chrome.

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, News
Firefox

Firefox 61: Recent Downloads in Highlights on New Tab Page

May 5, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Highlights section on Firefox New Tab Page to show recent downloads. The downloaded item under Highlights provides options to open file and containing folder, Go to download page, Copy download link, Remove from history and Dismiss.The feature is targeted for Firefox 61.

Posted in: Firefox, News
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Offline Installer

May 2, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 offline installer for Windows 7 Sp1, windows 8,1 and for Windows 10 versions 1709, 1703, 1607. Do note, NET 4.7.2 comes included with Windows 10 version 1803 (April Update 2018)

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