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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.

Firefox

Firefox 45: Restore Default Search Engines button now also resets the selected Search engine to default

November 19, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla fixes the default Search Engine Restore Issue in Firefox 45. The latest Firefox 42 and earlier versions had a restore default search engine bug … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Freeware

Advanced SystemCare 9 Free Adds Windows 10 Reinforce Feature

November 18, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

IObit has released Advanced SystemCare 9 final and is available to download with full support for Windows 10 Operating System. Advanced SystemCare 9 Free … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News

Opera 35 dev lets you mute individual tabs or all tabs in the browser

November 18, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 35 adds a Mute button for a tab or whole browser. Chromium based Opera already displays Audio Indicator on tabs with active music … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
Freeware

Avira 2016 adds PUA Shield to Browser Safety

November 18, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avira Free Antivirus 2016 released with PUA shield. Germany-based security company Avira has released Avira 2016 products, claims they’re super secure, super fast and super … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
News

Windows 10 November Update adds ‘Scan with Windows Defender’ Context Menu Option

November 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recent Windows 10 November Update (Threshold 2) has added ‘Scan With Windows Defender’ option to right click menu. When Windows 10 was launched on … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Firefox

Mozilla removes about:permissions from Firefox 45

November 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

about:permissions page aka the built-in permissions manager in Firefox, which was introduced with Firefox 6, has been removed in Firefox 45 (which is currently in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Google Chrome

Chrome’s Clear Browsing Data dialog now shows how much data you’ll lose

November 14, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chromium team has added ‘Browsing data volume counters’ to ‘Clear browsing data’ dialog, as a result, you can now know what and how much data … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
News

Why you’re not getting the ‘November Update’ for Windows 10?

November 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has pushed a major update ‘November Update to Windows 10‘, which is now available to download via Windows Update. If you’re already on … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
News

Avira Browser Safety Extension now blocks Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUPs)

November 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avira Browser Safety Extension has now P.U.A Shield built-in. ABS extension, once installed in browsers like Chrome, Firefox or Opera (not yet supported in Internet … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB3105211 / KB3105213 for November now available to download

November 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

As part of Patch Tuesday Microsoft has released Cumulative update KB3105213 for Windows 10 (November 2015) and is available to download via Windows Update. This November … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
News

Gmail now Searches for Missing Emails in Spam Folder Also

November 10, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Even some emails or newsletters from known senders sometimes reach spam or trash folder in Gmail, finding the missing emails using search in Gmail … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
News

Bitdefender releases Cryptowall 4.0 Vaccine

November 9, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

No antivirus can detect Cryptowall 4.0, protect from it using Vaccine released by Bitdefender. The fourth version of Cryptowall ransomware, Cryptowall 4.0 has surfaced, this … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
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