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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

Vivaldi browser Beta Candidate is here

October 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi beta is almost here with the beta candidate release

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox

Mozilla removes Download Manager (S3) add-on Over Spying Concerns

October 24, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Download Manager (S3) Firefox add-on previously known as ‘S3 Download Statusbar‘ hosted on AMO and available till yesterday, has been pulled down by Mozilla … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Microsoft is working on a fix for KB3105208 update’s BSOD issue

October 23, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has removed KB3105208 update delivered for Windows 10 build 10565 from Windows Update, they’re working on a fix.

Posted in: News
Firefox

Firefox 44: Mozilla adds Do Not Disturb button for Notifications in Nightly

October 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

DO Not Disturb setting in Firefox allows users to disable all website notifications for the active session. Mozilla has added this feature to Nightly channel.

Posted in: Firefox, News
News

Opera 34 dev update adds ‘Download in Progress’ warning dialog

October 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Opera 34 now warns you on closing the browser when any downloads are in progress, you need to enable a flag for that though

Posted in: News, Opera
Freeware

KeyScrambler Personal 3.8.2 adds Vivaldi browser Support

October 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

KeyScrambler personal now works with Vivaldi browser also

Posted in: Freeware, News
Freeware

Unchecky Now clears Adobe offer Checkboxes in browsers

October 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Unchecky now unchecks the checkboxes for offers in the browsers too, so you less likely to install McAfee crap offered with Flash or Reader from Adobe website.

Posted in: Freeware, News
Google Chrome

‘OK Google’ feature removed from Chrome 46

October 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

OK Google voice search option has been removed from Chrome 46 Settings from Windows, Mac, and Linux, platforms, the feature is still available on Chromebooks,

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome Notification Center to be removed from Windows, Mac and Linux

October 15, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google has decided to remove the notification center from Chrome browser, this comes into effect with an upcoming release

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
News

From build 10565+, Windows 10 can be activated with Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 Key

October 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Microsoft allows users to activate Windows 10 with a Product key from Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 after upgrade or during clean install, applies from build 10565+

Posted in: News
News

Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.0 Final

October 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Stable version of Malwarebytes 2.2.0 has been released with full Windows 10 support, improvements and bug fixes.

Posted in: News, Security
News
OneDrive removed from device popup

Fix ‘This device has been removed from OneDrive’ Error

October 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
OneDrive removed from device popup

OneDrive on Windows started troubling users with an error message ‘This device has been removed from OneDrive To use OneDrive on this device, click … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
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