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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.

Firefox

Firefox 59 : Mozilla removes Firefox Health Report

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has removed Firefox Health Report (about:healthreport page) in Firefox 59.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox Screenshot tool gets ‘Copy to Clipboard’ Option

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has added copy image to clipboard option to Firefox Screenshot tool

Posted in: Firefox, News
Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge gets option to mute a tab playing audio

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Finally, Microsoft has added the tab muting option to Microsoft Edge, so you can now mute a tab in Edge that is playing audio.

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
News

Microsoft to Retire Reader App in Favor of Edge

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft is going to discontinue Reader app and it won’t be available to use on Windows 10 after February 15, 2018

Posted in: News
News

Opera 49 released, here is what’s new

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 49 comes with easy setup, VR 360 Player and snapshot editing tool. Find out all the new features Opera version 49 has got in detail.

Posted in: News, Opera
News

Opera 51: Video Pop-out with Back to Tab button

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 51 features back to tab button for Video Pop-out to return to original video playing tab and collapses open tabs list in Tab menu by default.

Posted in: News, Opera
News
Avast free antivirus bundled with CCleaner installer

Beware, CCleaner will install Avast if you don’t Pay Attention

November 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast free antivirus bundled with CCleaner installer

Pay attention while installing CCleaner, otherwise it may install Avast on your computer, carefully uncheck to opt-out

Posted in: News
News
Adobe Reader XI and Adobe Acrobat End of Support

Adobe ends Support for Reader XI and Acrobat XI

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Adobe Reader XI and Adobe Acrobat End of Support

Adobe has ended support for Adobe Reader XI and Adobe Acrobat XI products on October 15, 2017, so you no longer receive updates or security fixes for these.

Posted in: News
Freeware

Avira Free Antivirus 2018 Offline Installer

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avira Free Antivirus 2018 released with a new user interface and next generation AI technology, you can find the offline installer for it here

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
Freeware

CCleaner 5.36 adds Emergency Updater and changes Cleaning rules

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

CCleaner 5.36 has got emergency updater and no longer cleans recently used files and browser sessions without user explicit consent.

Posted in: Freeware, News
Firefox

Downgrading from Firefox 57 to 56 causes no issues or data loss

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You can downgrade from Firefox 57 to 56. Mozilla has taken precautions to avoid data loss or other issues that surface after the downgrade. So Firefox Quantum

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox
Firefox profile path in about support page

Firefox 58 : about:support shows Profile Path

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox profile path in about support page

In addition to open folder button, upcoming Firefox about:support page to display profile path also

Posted in: Firefox, News
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