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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

Chrome history page gets Ctrl+A support

February 21, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Finally, Google has added the ability to Chrome history page to use Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut for selection of multiple history items and you can delete them after selecting.

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Freeware

Avast Free Antivirus 2018 adds Anti-Exploit Module

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast Free Antivirus 2018 (v18) released with anti-exploit module, improvements and bug fixes and available for download, offline installer link included..

Posted in: Freeware, News
How to

AVG Free Antivirus 2018 v18.1 with Exploit protection

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

AVG Free Antivirus 18.1 enables exploit protection, brings improvements and bug fixes and with from this version, the AVG installers are Zen Free.

Posted in: How to, News, Security
Firefox

Firefox 60: completely disable Firefox Sync

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Upcoming Firefox 60 offers a preference in about:config, when enabled fully disables Sync in Firefox browser and this also removes ‘sign into sync’ item from menu and Firefox Account from Settings.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox 60: Always Open address bar results in a new tab

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Upcoming Firefox 60 offers a preference in about:config to open address bar or URL bar results such as search suggestions and URLs in a new tab

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox 60: Mozilla moves Cookie Settings to Site Data Section

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

In upcoming Firefox 60, Mozilla has moved Cookies Settings into Site Data section & removed the individual cookie management from preferences, but still you can able to remove individual cookies from Firefox browser, find out how.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, News, Tips and Tricks
News

Opt-out of Stylish Extension Tracking

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Stylish extension for Chrome is tracking your browsing history and sharing data with Similar Web (analytics company), here is how you can opt-out from Stylish tracking.

Posted in: News
News

Vivaldi 1.15: Default Search Engine for Private Windows

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Snapshot version of Vivaldi 1.15 has been released and allows to set a particular search engine Vivaldi ships as default in Private browsing mode.

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
News

Vivaldi 1.15: Set an image as Vivaldi Window background

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Snapshot version of Vivaldi 1.15 has added the ability to set desired image as Vivaldi browser window background

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox

Malwarebytes Extension for Firefox

January 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Malwarebytes Extension for Firefox now available on Mozilla add-ons site and offers Protection against malware, scams and deceptive advertising on the web.

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Opera 50 released, here is what’s new

January 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 50 stable released on Dec, 4, 2018 integrates anti-Bitcoin mining tool, upgrades VPN service, debuts Save Page as PDF feature, updates VR Player &

Posted in: News, Opera
News

Opera 51 adds option to run Flash on All sites

January 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 51, the next version of Opera browser in development, offers a new option to run Flash on all sites without request, you can find this option in Opera

Posted in: News, Opera
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