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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.

News

Malwarebytes 3.2 Beta available with Memory Improvements and Bug fixes

July 30, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

A new beta version of Malwarebytes 3.2 is available for testing. This beta improves memory usage (this has been mostly discussed topic after the … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Opera 48 gets Screen Capture tool

July 24, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Browser vendors these days are adding screen capture feature to their browsers, after Vivaldi and Firefox (with name Firefox screenshots still not available in stable … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Google Chrome

Google adds Arcade mode to chrome://dino page

July 20, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Sometime back, Google has made it possible to play the dinosaur game in Chrome even online, you need to visit chrome://dino page whenever you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox

Firefox 56 : Mozilla replaces New Tab Page with Activity Stream

July 20, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Firefox browser New Tab Page has been replaced by Activity Stream, which is now landed as system add-on in version 56 and no longer … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Freeware

First Look at IObit Advanced SystemCare 11

July 13, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

IObit has released the first beta of Advanced SystemCare 11 and is available to public for download. Current Advanced SystemCare 10 has FaceID and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News
Vivaldi Reader Mode example

Vivaldi makes Alt+R as default Keyboard Shortcut for Reader Mode

July 11, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi Reader Mode example

Vivaldi has got Reader Mode feature with version 1.5, and user can be allowed to assign any keyboard shortcut for the same and use … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox

Firefox 55: Mozilla to Ship Streamlined Stub Installer for Windows

July 6, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Generally, Firefox is available as a small installer on its download page. Mozilla has redesigned the Stub Installer for Firefox and will be available … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Opera 48 now lets you Import Favorites from Edge browser

July 4, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently Opera has added Export bookmarks feature in version 47 and now version 48 has brought Edge favorites import facility. Till now Opera browser has … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Firefox
Firefox compact new tab page

Firefox 56 gets Compact New Tab Page

June 30, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox compact new tab page

Mozilla to ship compact new tab page with Firefox 56.  For some time now Mozilla hasn’t exposed compact new tab page they’re working to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox
Firefox restore tabs from last time button tab bar

Firefox 56: Restore Previous Session from tab bar

June 29, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox restore tabs from last time button tab bar

As we reported some time ago Mozilla has added session restore button to the tab bar in version 56 of Firefox browser, but disabled … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Freeware

IObit Uninstaller 7 review

June 28, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The first beta of the next version of IObit Uninstaller 7 is now out and available for testing. The UI remained the same, but the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News
Avast dashboard shields are off resolve or ignore message

Latest Avast 2017 removes Status Monitoring

June 27, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast dashboard shields are off resolve or ignore message

Status monitoring which was available in Avast and accessible through Settings –which allows to disable individual shields — has been removed in Avast 17.5.2302. … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
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