If you download a lot of video files then you will probably encounter MKV files at sometime. MKV stands for Matroska Video and has been increasing in popularity in recent times. The MKV container format is seen as being a pioneering development of open source in multimedia. Many encoders are beginning to shift to MKV files due to the ongoing development of the MKV format. It is able to support high quality video and audio at low file sizes which saves a considerable amount of money, in terms of bandwidth, for companies all over the world.
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November 22nd, 2009Free Megaupload Premium Direct Download Links
November 21st, 2009
Megaupload is one of the leading file hosting sites on the internet today. If you have had to download from megaupload before you would surely know that there are limitations set in place for free users while premium users get all the juicy benefits! Now you can experience megaupload premium features yourself using a neat little trick I found at Renjus Blog. By applying this trick you can download megaupload files with direct download links for free! This means you wont have to enter any captchas before downloading. You can download without having to wait for the countdown timer to hit zero. You will even get full download speeds and be able to download several megaupload files simultaneously. Keep reading to find out how!
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Check Windows 7 Startup Programs
November 21st, 2009Here is another great little utility program which allows you to check all the different Windows 7 startup programs. What this means is that you can get a list of all the different processes and programs which are loaded upon Windows 7 Startup. This can be a very useful utility which can help you to identify unneeded programs that are loaded with Windows 7. You will have to remove those Windows 7 startup programs yourself though. You could also uninstall any programs that you do not use anymore but which are still loaded upon startup. You could also identify which program causes an error upon loading by identifying all of your Windows 7 startup programs. There are many uses for this application and I have only pointed out a couple of possible scenarios where this program may be used.
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How to Change Windows 7 Owner Name
November 21st, 2009Wondering how to change Windows 7 Owner Name and Organization? If you bought a new computer with Windows 7 pre-installed or bought a second hand computer with Windows 7, you will surely want to change the original Windows 7 owner name and organization. Maybe you want to change the owner name for your home computer to your businesses name to use at the office? There are many reasons why you would want to change your Windows 7 owner name and information, as I pointed out. Windows 7 does not have any built in functions that allows you to change Windows 7 owner name but with a small freeware utility you can change your Windows 7 owner name and information in a matter of seconds.
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Spice up your Windows 7 Taskbar with Taskbar Meters
October 31st, 2009
Here is a nice little application that I stumbled across when browsing CodePlex today, Taskbar meters. Taskbar Meters adds two(soon to be three) meters into your Windows7 taskbar that keep you informed of your CPU and memory usage. A third meter for hard drive usage may soon be added as well. The main advantage that I see is that you dont need to open windows task manager or any other 3rd part software to see your system usage data. You can easily identify the usage by glancing over the windows taskbar and visually seeing the level of usage of each CPU and memory.
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