Laptop shuts down without warning at 30-40% battery (not plugged in)

Laptop battery discharges from 100% to 40-45% within half an hour and at around 30-40% battery level, it shuts down without any warning.I bought this laltop around 1 year 10 months ago.HP battery check gives this result (status is Calibrate (21) , full charge capacity is 1440mAh,..) Can this be an issue of overheating or the battery.??

Typically that's a sign that the battery needs replacing. How old is the battery?

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    Good morning,
    You may wish to perform a reset of your SMC and see if that helps. You can find the instructions on how to perform this in [Apple Support Document 303319 : Resetting MacBook and MacBook Pro System Management Controller (SMC)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319|Resetting MacBook and MacBook Pro System Management Controller (SMC)].
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    stevenray1 wrote:
    1. I'm not sure how to match the path you listed re: the '1.3 battery update' to what's on my MacBook. Maybe I just don't understand how to interpret it, but I don't have a root folder (or any other folder) identified as 'MacBook.' When I used Spotlight, I also didn't come up with a BatteryUpdater.bundle. A file named BatteryUpdate2007001.pkg was all that Spotlight turned up.
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    50ºC
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    iMac 9,1 shuts down without warning.
    EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
    Report generated 2 Feb 2015 13:25:46 CET
    Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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        YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch  [Click for support]
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        Feb 2, 2015, 01:02:57 PM    Self test - passed
    Any suggestions as to what might be wrong? I cannot seem to run AHT (no reaction when booting with D-key pressed)    
    Thanks!

    EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
    Report generated 3 Feb 2015 10:03:09 CET
    Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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            BANK 0/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
            BANK 1/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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        Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
            Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
            Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
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        Mac App Store and identified developers
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        [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (8.0 18608.898384) [Click for support]
            /Applications/spotflux.app
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        [loaded]    com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun (1.0) [Click for support]
            /Library/Application Support/Hotspot Shield
        [not loaded]    com.anchorfree.tun (1.0.1) [Click for support]
            /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.16) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.16) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.16) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.16) [Click for support]
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        [not loaded]    com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
        [not loaded]    com.Belcarra.iokit.USBLAN_netpart (2.0.2) [Click for support]
        [not loaded]    com.Belcarra.iokit.USBLAN_usbpart (2.0.2) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
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        1Password
        Video Converter
        FastestTube
        Twitter for Safari
        Open in Internet Explorer
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        Cameras  [Click for support]
        Clusters  [Click for support]
        Déjà Vu  [Click for support]
        Disctop  [Click for support]
        Fan Control  [Click for support]
        Flash Player  [Click for support]
        Flip4Mac WMV  [Click for support]
        GoPro  [Click for support]
        Growl  [Click for support]
        Java  [Click for support]
        MacFUSE  [Click for support]
        Perian  [Click for support]
        SwitchResX  [Click for support]
        YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch  [Click for support]
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