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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

Opera 40 Improves Video Pop Out feature

August 2, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Today  Opera software has released Opera 39, yesterday, Opera desktop team has released another update to the developer version of Opera 40. This update … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
News

Snagit 13.0.2 lets you Override other hotkey assignments

August 1, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

After Snagit 13.0.1, another minor update for Snagit – Snagit 13.0.2 – has been released and available for Windows, with bug fixes and new tweaks … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Software
Firefox

Firefox Hello to be removed from Firefox 49

July 31, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has introduced WebRTC based Firefox Hello feature, codenamed loop in Dec 2014, this feature lets you share page you’re browsing with others and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Firefox Unbranded Builds now Available for Download

July 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Mozilla releases Unbranded versions of Firefox for developers to test unsigned add-ons. When the extension signing announcement was made, Mozilla said it will release … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Latest Avast with Background Service not Running Issue [Fixed]

July 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Following the first Nitro Update, after a month, Avast has released a second program update (FYI, Avast now follows monthly cycle to release new … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Kaspersky 2017 Products Offline Installers & 30-day Trial Download Links

July 29, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Kaspersky 2017 products — Kaspersky Internet Security 2017, Kaspersky Total Security 2017  and Kasperksy Antivirus 2016— have been released and available for purchase or … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security, Software
Firefox

Servo Nightly Build for Windows now available; Warning: Not Working

July 28, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

First Nightly build of Web rendering engine — Servo– written in Rust language is now available (officially not announced yet) for Windows as well, a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Avast Components menu: Install/Uninstall Components from Settings

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With the Nitro Update avast has announced it will follow a monthly cycle to release new versions, since the Nitro has been released a … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome
Urgent Chrome update

PSA: Fake Urgent Chrome Update making rounds, do not open Chrome-update.bat file

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Urgent Chrome update

Many Chrome users reported on twitter, Google product forums and on reddit that while they’re browsing certain sites they’ve suddenly seen a new window … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
News

Opera 40 has the RSS Reader built-in with ChromeCast Support

July 20, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Finally the personal News Opera offers started to become more useful as an RSS Reader, Yes! With an update to Opera 40 developer, Opera software … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Freeware

CCleaner 5.20 adds Vivaldi browser Support

July 19, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Till now Piriform’s CCleaner  supports cleaning history of popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Microsoft Edge, but the popular … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
Freeware

Free Download Manager 5.1 final adds Windows 10 & Edge browser support, available for Mac as well

July 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Free Download Manager 5 comes out of Beta, stable version released. Free Download Manager 5.1, which has gone through alpha and beta phases in development, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
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