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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
Silent Tabs for Users

Vivaldi gets Tab Audio Indicators and Muting Support

December 3, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Silent Tabs for Users

You can now mute tabs in Vivaldi also. It didn’t take that long for Chromium-based Vivaldi to get Tab Audio Indicators as well muting support. Latest … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
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Avast 2016 R1 SP1 release fixes Bugs

December 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After recent Avast 2016 release, Avast software has released an update for it, Avast 2016 R1 SP1 is now available which comes with fixes … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome

Chrome 47 offers a flag to disable defer media playback in background tabs

December 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Thanks to a flag, Google Chrome browser now autoplays video/audio in background tabs again. Google has promoted Chrome 47 to stable channel and is now … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
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Make Windows Defender in Windows 10 to block Adware

December 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

One more reason to stick with Windows Defender is it now detect and blocks adware as well, you need to turn on PUA Protection … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security, Tips and Tricks
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 released [Offline Installer]

December 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released .NET Framework 4.6.1 and Visual Studio 2015 update 1 and are available to download from MS Download Center. You can install … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
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Adobe to remove Flash Player Distribution Page

December 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Flash Player offline installer links download page to get disappear from the web. Visiting Adobe Flash Player website and downloading flash is a pain as … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
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Opera 35 dev update offers Separate Search box and enables Simple Settings page by default

November 26, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A new update for Opera developer 35 has been released an available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux. Opera developer 35.0.2060.0 has removed mute … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Firefox

Latest Firefox 45 (Nightly) breaks some Add-ons

November 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Current Nightly, which on version 45 has caused some add-ons to stop functioning. Some of the affected add-ons were: AdBlockPlus, Classic Toolbar Buttons, OmniSidebar, FindBar … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Tab Groups add-on for Firefox Now Available to cover the Loss of Panorama

November 23, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Tab groups add-on which has been built to replace Panorama works in Firefox 45 or later versions. Mozilla will remove Tab Groups from Firefox … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
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You can now drag and drop files into Google Drive

November 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Drag files from desktop onto Google drive website to upload. Google Drive already allows you to upload files, images and videos on the web, now … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Freeware

7-Zip 15.12 stable released with RAR5 Support

November 20, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

7-Zip 15 comes out of beta, release version 15.12 is now available with new features and RAR5 archive extraction support. Developer of the program … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News

Vivaldi Snapshot based on Chromium 47 adds Trash folder for bookmarks and notes, allows Panel Hiding

November 20, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After releasing beta version, Vivaldi has released two snapshots, the new Vivaldi 1.0.330.3 snapshot based on Chromium 47 (this is the second snapshot, first … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
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