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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.

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Dropbox installs to Programs Files on Windows

April 23, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Dropbox team is testing a new experimental build, which installs Dropbox to Program Files on Windows. This only happens when you run the installer … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
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Avast free antivirus setup welcome dialog with Skype install option pre selected

Beware! Latest Avast Free Antivirus Installs Skype If you don’t pay Attention

April 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast free antivirus setup welcome dialog with Skype install option pre selected

Security vendor Avast has teamed up with Microsoft, latest Avast antivirus 2015 R2SP2 automatically installs Skype if you don’t have it installed on your … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
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Dropbox tests New Installer for Windows with Helper for Updates Included

April 10, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Dropbox has started testing a new Windows Installer (offline version is only available at the moment) that has helper for updates included. Means, if … [Read more…]

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Firefox

Noise Control Add-on Shows Audio Indicators for HTML5 Video Playing Tabs in Firefox

April 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chrome natively shows audio indicators for music playing tabs in its browser, Firefox users miss this feature, fortunately, Noise Control add-on now shows audio … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
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Opera 30 developer introduces Tab Cycler, improves Tab Menu

April 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A week back, Opera 30 has entered the developer stream, today another build for it has been released. With this update, for new users … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Opera
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Vivaldi Tab Stack tiling in action

New Vivaldi Snapshot with auto-update and Tab Stack Tiling Features is available

March 27, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi Tab Stack tiling in action

On Monday, a weekly snapshot based on Chromium 41 has been released for Vivaldi browser with auto-updater included for Windows (32-bit) to check and … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox

Mozilla adds Safe Mode button to Troubleshooting Information Page in Firefox

March 18, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

To open Firefox browser in Safe Mode (which starts the browser with all the add-ons disabled), you need to hold the shift button and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Google Chrome

Chrome dev version has stopped working on Windows, loads blank Pages

March 14, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chrome dev version not working on Windows. Chrome dev version on Windows has received an update on 10th of this month, after installing that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome displays Answers to Some Queries directly in the Omnibox

March 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Omnibox, combination of the address bar and search box is turning to be more useful for Chrome users, Chromium team is currently testing showing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
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You can now install Extensions in Vivaldi browser from Chrome Web Store

March 10, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi browser is still in technical preview, its company started to add features to it, are you missing extensions? Don’t worry! You can install … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1 Beta Available with New UI for Testing

March 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

As we’ve reported major UI changes coming to MBAM version 2.1, Malwarebytes Corporation has released the first public beta of Malwarebytes anti-malware 2.1.0 with … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast Free Antivirus 2015 R2 Final Released

March 3, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast software has released Avast 2015 R2 and is available to download from their website. This release brings new design for chrome Avast Online … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
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