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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 click to play plugin blocks

Mozilla to enable Click to Play for All Plugins to give More Control to Firefox Users

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox click to play plugin blocks

Mozilla has decided to give more control to the user by forcing click to play plugins enabled by default even for all versions of all plugins (those including the current ones) except for current version of Flash. Till now Mozilla

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
Google Chrome

Google makes SSL Search default in Chrome

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google is enhancing the security for Search in Chrome by sending the searches from address bar over SSL for not-signed in users where till yesterday this encryption being offered to signed-in users only, now Google has turned on SSL protection

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
News

Beware! ComboFix Infected with Sality Virus, don’t Use it for Now

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The ComboFix tool from BleepingComputer.com which supposed to remove viruses and other threats has been badly infected with Sality virus. Bleeping Computer acknowledged this and asking affected users who used their tool recently to scan with virus scanner and lists

Posted in: News, Security
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7

IE10 Automatic Update Blocker Toolkit for Windows 7, Now Available

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7

It seems Internet Explorer 10 final for Windows 7 is imminent as today Microsoft made IE10 Automatic Update Blocker Toolkit available for Windows 7 on their Download center for download. This toolkit is aimed for organizations which wants to prevent

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
Freeware

Dropbox 1.6.13 Released Quickly After v1.6.12

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Stable version 1.6.12 followed by 1.6.13 have been released one after another for Dropbox for Windows, Linux and Mac. Dropbox v1.6.12 fixed Overlays not updating in Finder on Mac where no changes for Windows and Linux users and Dropbox version

Posted in: Freeware, News
Freeware
IObit Unlocker Portable

Download IObit Unlocker Portable

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
IObit Unlocker Portable

Version 1.0 for Portable version of IObit Unlocker has been released by PortableApps.com and is available for download from its website. Its true that IObit is not offering portable for their Unlocking tool, however PortableApps.com with the permission of IObit

Posted in: Freeware, News
News

Dropbox 1.7.2 Notifies through a Popup when someone Shares links or Folders with you

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Dropbox began testing an experimental build version 1.7.2 with a new feature which after installing its client on Windows and Mac notifies the user from the system tray through a popup in real-time when someone shares a link or folder

Posted in: News
News

Ditch Java for your Sake, Another Zero-day Vulnerability Found in Java

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Java is not safe to use right now, you’ve been warned to immediately disable Java or even better uninstall it from your Computer as new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered which being exploited in the wild. Two hackers who maintain

Posted in: News, Security
News

ESET Smart Security 6 and NOD32 Antivirus 6 Released

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

ESET has released version 6 for their Antivirus and Smart Security products with Social Media Scanner included with other new features, both are available for download from their website -where ESET NOD32 Antivirus v6 includes optional anti-theft and ESET Smart

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware
JavaRa 2.1 released

JavaRa 2.1 Update gets the ability to clean JRE Temp Files

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
JavaRa 2.1 released

JavaRa 2.1 has been released with new features and bug fixes and is available for download from developer website. JavaRa, a portable tool that lets you remove Java older versions and allows you to Remove Java completely including registry entries

Posted in: Freeware, News
Firefox

Firefox 19 to Alert Users for Awesomebar Search Provider Changes

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Mozilla started protecting the hidden preference “keyword.URL” of Firefox browser which generally is targeted by third-party programs to change awesome bar search provider with theirs with/without user consent, not any more! as upcoming Firefox version warns if a program or

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
News

Rename feature of Microsoft Account Email Address has been Disabled

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

At present you can’t change your Microsoft account email address because this feature has some issues which Microsoft is working to fix. If you’re trying to rename Microsoft account email address of Hotmail to @Outlook.com and getting an error which

Posted in: News
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