Submitted by Deepesh Agarwal on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 13:58
Watching high-definition (HD) video on an under-powered computer results in skipped frames as the computer is not able to process all the data and the video output gets jittery becoming unwatchable, I faced the similar problem and to my surprise simply changing the video player software provided the solution.
While hunting for a solution to play smooth HD video on my PC I found excellent media player software - Splash Lite, marketed as the next generation media-player the software do provide unparalleled features like advanced picture post-processing engine, simplistic user-interface, fast, smooth and jitter free video playback without requiring any additional codec.
Granola a free utility for Windows and Linux computers lets users save money on electricity bills by smartly managing CPU power. Utilizing proprietary algorithms for saving energy in a wide variety of workloads without affecting the performance of the system, Granola makes use of dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) technology to provide various power and performance settings for just about any modern processor with no noticeable performance loss. 
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Everybody knew that Adobe Creative Suite 5 cracked version will be out within days after it starts shipping, but pirates have once again scored releasing the fully cracked Adobe CS5 Master Collection (the costliest version with all features) while users who paid are still waiting for their 
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One of the biggest limitation with videos hosted on one-click file-sharing websites like Rapidshare, Megaupload and Hotfile has been that you are not able to watch the video until all volumes of a split-archive gets downloaded, but we now have a solution to this in form of free Windows utility ilivid player which allows users to watch the video while it’s downloading to their computer. 
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If you own a printer I am pretty much confident that you must have encountered the dreaded issue of a stuck printer job, getting rid of a stuck print job is not as straight forward as it sounds and the worst part is that subsequent print or fax jobs sent to the queue will not print until the first job (which is unfortunately stuck) is cleared from the spooler queue this is also known as printer spooler restoration. 