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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.

Freeware

Download Avira Software Updater

June 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Avira Software Updater is a free application in beta offered by security company Avira to keep your software up to date. Tired of updating … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
News

Opera 38 final now available with Battery Saver feature

June 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

After testing power saving mode  for Windows and Mac, in developer and beta streams, today, Opera Software has made the battery saver feature part of stable … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
News

Vivaldi 1.3 Snapshot adds Customizable UI Themes Support

June 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Thanks to a new snapshot, you can now make your own theme for Vivaldi browser and change the appearance of it. After Vivaldi 1.2 stable … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
News

Vivaldi 1.2 stable released, lets you make your Own mouse gestures

June 2, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi 1.2 stable version has been released and available to download for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. The release version has brought editable mouse … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
News

Opera 39 offers VPN in Normal and Private browsing mode

May 31, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera’s browser VPN is back and available in normal browsing tabs like before. When Opera Software has announced browser VPN feature, the feature was … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
News

Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Ship Limited Periodic Scanning Feature

May 27, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s Malicious software removal tool detects malware on 1 to 2 million PCs, even those running other antivirus software, that tells some malware still … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome

Pocket Chrome Extension Update brings Fresh New Look and Faster Saving

May 26, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Pocket for Chrome Extension, which lets you save videos and articles you find interesting on web to your Pocket account to watch or read … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox
Firefox tabs options with and without don't load tabs until selected preference

‘Don’t load tabs until selected’ preference removed from Firefox Tabs’ Options

May 25, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox tabs options with and without don't load tabs until selected preference

To avoid e10s performance problems, Mozilla has removed restore tabs on demand checkbox from Firefox 48. With Firefox 13 release, Mozilla has set their browser … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News
Vivaldi download panel displaying remaining time

Latest Vivaldi Snapshot shows the remaining time in download Panel

May 24, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi download panel displaying remaining time

Chromium-based Vivaldi browser till now in both stable and snapshots, doesn’t show the estimated time remaining for a download to complete in download panel, … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Freeware

Classic Shell update adds Windows 10 Redstone Support

May 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft to launch Windows 10 Redstone or the Anniversary Update to the public in summer, currently already available to insiders. Good news to those of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News

Opera launches Personal News Feed

May 20, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Following Power Saver and browser VPN features, Opera software has added yet another new major feature to its its browser, the company has introduced … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Google Chrome
Windows Chrome with material design activated

Material design is now enabled by default for Chrome Dev/Canary on Windows

May 19, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Windows Chrome with material design activated

Google has enabled material design by default for the Chrome browser on Windows for Dev/Canary. The latest update for Chrome on dev has brought this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
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