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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
Chrome Unknown Installer Error

Google Fixes Chrome Standalone Installer’s ‘Unknown Installer Error’

January 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome Unknown Installer Error

Till now we’re familiar with the Chrome installation failed error that occurs when installer fails to start, that happens when you try to install … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox

Mozilla disables On-Screen Keyboard Support for Windows 8 & 8.1 in Firefox 44

January 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has decided to pull  On-screen Keyboard support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 from upcoming Firefox 44 (currently in beta) because of a bug that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Windows 10 build 11099 fixes Apps defaults getting Reset Issue

January 14, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 11099 to insiders in the fast ring and is available to download. As Gabe Aul already said no … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Firefox
Always or never options for using tracking Protection in Firefox

Firefox Nightly offers Options in Preferences to enable Tracking Protection in Normal Mode

January 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Always or never options for using tracking Protection in Firefox

Current Firefox version’s Private browsing mode has tracking protection enabled by default (but not in normal mode or non-private windows), recently, in Nightly build, Mozilla has removed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News
Customize News Merged Opera Start page

Opera 36 features New Start Page Layout, Extension Expander and Windows 10 UI improvements

January 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Customize News Merged Opera Start page

Opera 36‘s first developer update (based on Chromium 49) for 2016 is here with new features and improvements. Opera has changed the start page layout, … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Google Chrome

Smooth Scrolling to Ship with Chrome 49 for Windows and Linux

January 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Finally, Chrome has got the smooth scrolling feature which will be available to Windows and Linux platforms with Chrome 49 stable. If you’re using … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox

Mozilla re-enables SHA-1 Certificates in Firefox

January 7, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently, Mozilla announced they’ll phase out support for SHA-1 certificates in Firefox browser, on January 1, 2016. Firefox 43 has started rejecting new SHA-1 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
Firefox
Firefox about debugging page with load temporary add-on option

Firefox lets you load unsigned add-ons temporarily

January 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox about debugging page with load temporary add-on option

Firefox 45 or later, stable or beta versions allow developers to test add-ons that were not signed by Mozilla. From Firefox 44 onwards, stable … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News
Check AVG Web TuneUp Permissions list

Disable or Uninstall AVG Web TuneUp Chrome Extension If you’ve Installed It

December 29, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Check AVG Web TuneUp Permissions list

AVG Web TuneUp Extension is not safe to use and it hijacks Chrome Search and new tab settings. Google Security Researcher has found multiple … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware
Free Download Manager 5 Beta UI

Free Download Manager 5.1 Beta Released

December 26, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Free Download Manager 5 Beta UI

Free Download Manager version 5.1 beta for Windows and Mac has been released and available to public for download from FDM website. Back in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
Firefox
Tab groups add-on available on AMO

Mozilla officially recommends this add-on as the Tab Groups Replacement

December 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Tab groups add-on available on AMO

This is the best tab groups replacement add-on we found so far. As you all know Mozilla is going to remove Tab Groups aka … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Freeware

CCleaner 5.13 improves the Registry Cleaning In Windows 10

December 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Piriform has released  CCleaner v5.13 and is available to download from their website. If you use registry Cleaner tool included in the CCleaner or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
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