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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

Google Chrome: Import/Export Passwords Feature is here

August 9, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chrome now has passwords import and export feature built-in, but behind a flag. Google Chrome till now allows to view saved passwords by visiting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox

Firefox 48.0.1 release Imminent, Likely to Increase e10s Activations to 10% for Eligible Users

August 9, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

e10s release is going as per Mozilla plan. Initial phase of e10s release has been already out to 1% of the eligible users with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News
Avast is in Passive mode

Avast’s Passive Mode allows it to run with Another Antivirus

August 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast is in Passive mode

Inspired from Windows 10 Anniversary update’s limited periodic scanning feature, which allows Windows Defender to offer additional protection to your existing antivirus by scanning … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast Patches Windows 10 Anniversary Update BSOD

August 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve reported yesterday that Avast is causing BSOD on Windows 10 AU installed systems, well Avast has patched the problem by issuing an emergency … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast causes BSOD with Windows 10 Anniversary Update [Fixed]

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

It is always recommended to uninstall third-party Antivirus before installing major update such as Anniversary Update on Windows 10, guess what happened! Avast users … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware

Revo Uninstaller 2.0 (free version) adds full 64-bit Support

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Revo Uninstaller Free version that hasn’t been updated for three years has finally got an update: Revo Uninstaller 2.0 has been released with support … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
Firefox

Firefox 51: Do One-off Searches from Awesomebar

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The new awesome bar design rolled out to Firefox 48 release received some criticism, how about this? Latest Firefox 51 Nightly awesome bar shows … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Google Chrome

Chrome 52: Mac gets Material design, Windows to get with Chrome 53

August 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google has began transitioning its Chrome browser desktop products to material design, Chrome 52 stable released today has brought the new design for Mac, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
News

Classic Shell is now Safe to download after Fosshub hack

August 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

One of the main download mirrors of Classic Shell, Fosshub has been hacked yesterday and for a few hours, it has served a malicious … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

.NET Framework 4.6.2 comes out of Preview [Offline Installer]

August 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released the final version of .NET Framework 4.6.2 and is available for download. FYI, .NET 4.6.2 is already part of Windows 10 Anniversary … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Firefox
Firefox 48 security settings for downloads

Why You Should not Disable Download Protection in Firefox 48?

August 3, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 48 security settings for downloads

Mozilla has integrated Google Safe browsing v4 in their browser code and starting from Firefox 48 onwards, the browser protects users against potentially unwanted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
News

Opera 39 final adds Personalized Newsreader, includes Memory Improvements

August 2, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 39 stable, based on Chromium 52 has been released and available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Opera 39 introduces personalized newsreader, reduces … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
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