What Is It? This game is similar to other racing games we’ve covered, like AG Drive. The hook here is the ability to “drift” popularized in movies like The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The race scenes have backgrounds based in Japan. One feature I liked about the game is you can control it with either the accelerometer or thumb controls. I’m always a fan of steering by moving the iPhone or iPad; I feel more involved in the game....

Sound Serum isn’t your usual music streaming site Sound Serum is an online music library chock full of creative commons licensed electronic music. This means that if there is a song that you like, you can download it without any worry of the RIAA coming after you. Sound Serum incorporates a Java based music player that works directly in your web browser. The interface is simple, and as you know us groovyPost’ers are huge fans of simple....

Start Chrome in Incognito Mode by Default First, right-click the desktop icon or from the Start menu rename the icon something that you can easily recognize. Here I’m calling it Chrome Incognito. Then right-click the icon again and select Properties. In the Target field, scroll to the end and after the closing parentheses, Type: On my computer, the target now looked like: The path may vary so don’t just copy and paste the above....

The tablet is made by Samsung and, according to reports from the conference, it’s not at all an ordinary tablet. How can we get one? Well unfortunately, that probably won’t be possible unless you want to spend some cash on Ebay. The new Windows 8 Tablet is was made specifically for this event, for developers and it will almost certainly remain that way. Even the name of the tablet says that: Samsung Windows 8 Developer Preview PC....

Apple has been sending out invitations to the media for a September 12, featuring the image above. A pretty good clue that the new device will be called “iPhone 5” is the 5-shaped shadow in the image. According to various reports on the web, Apple won’t be showing its new smaller iPad at the event. I’m guessing they will want to milk as much press out of the product launches as possible and not dilute the iPhone 5 launch....

Nexus 7 Design Differences This is an aesthetics and subjective of all area, as beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. The new design looks more modern, with the Nexus logo on the back looking better in the new position. This makes it seem like it’s designed more for landscape view — which is the way a lot of people use it anyway. Screen Display If you were to go by that alone, there is absolutely no contest here....

Make Your Computer Wake You Up to Any Media Launch Task Scheduler in Windows and create a new Basic Task. If you’ve never used Task Scheduler before, check out my article on making Windows run Disk Cleanup automatically. Here I’m using our favorite free and light-weight media player, VLC. Of course, you can use whatever program you want, but I wouldn’t expect consistent results from the bloated and problematic iTunes. In the Start a Program section of the Wizard put in the path to VLC, then the path to the music, video, or podcast you want to play....

Was it inspiration from Twitters trendy fail whale? Apparently Twitters success despite its many, many, many technical difficulties has led to a new hip error 404 page. Remember when we talked about the new and upcoming Digg? It’s live, and here is the new fail ox which accompanies the new design. Unfortunately, the Ox-cart isn’t the only thing that is failing around Digg these days. The new Digg dubbed “V4” or “version 4” has some serious bugs, and the Digg user-base is taking up some big issues with it....

So what does that mean? When people start talking about trillions of dollars, my mind starts to fog over. Trillion is a hard concept for me to wrap my head around. If someone said that a stack of 1.3 trillion one-dollar bills would reach to the moon, I’d believe that. And if someone told me a stack of 1.3 trillion one-dollar bill would reach to Mars, I’d accept that too....

This, in my opinion, is no way to live. Unlike your home’s electrical wiring, your wired/wireless network is fun, easy, and safe to tinker with. If there’s a modem and a router in your house, then you have a network. And with that network, you can do much, much more than simply connect to the Internet. Or, at the very least, you can do so more quickly and safely....

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Demo On the Windows 10 demo site, you can get an idea of how all of its new features work. It features video walkthroughs, Q&As, and device specific demo’s. It allows you to get an idea of what you can expect from Windows 10 on different devices. Want to compare how Cortana or Microsoft Edge works on the desktop, tablet, or Windows Phone? It just takes a couple of clicks....

The graphics in Give Up, Robot aren’t anything complicated or special. None-the-less, they have an alluring value that sucks you in much like a 60’s disco party. The music that plays in the background is pretty similar, and the computer voice that plays when you complete, or fail, each level only adds further to the ambience. Each level is a basic puzzle, your goal is to get your robot character from one side of the screen to the other....

The project itself is hosted by an independent developer, and it seems to really be picking up some steam. Already it has over 350 Freeware games and over 30 game Demos. The service doesn’t cost anything to use. All you have to do to use Tiggit is download, install and then boot the games up. The games are downloaded and installed by the launcher, so there isn’t anything complicated about it....

A blockchain is a chain of data blocks stored in a “database” on a peer-to-peer network of multiple “nodes”. These nodes are computers that verify and confirm every new transaction that gets added to the chain as an additional block. In order to understand the blockchain and the information that gets added to it, it’s important to know how the transactions work and how they’re verified. What is a Blockchain?...

In this article, you’ll learn how to access and use Google Drawings. We’ll also explore a few very useful applications for Google’s seemingly simple online drawing application. What is Google Drawings? There are two quick ways to access Google Drawings. The first is simply to visit the Google Docs URL for it. Or, you can visit Google Docs, navigate to the folder where you want to create a drawing, and select the New button in the left navigation pane....

What exactly is mDNSResponder.exe? MDNSResponder, also known as Bonjour, is Apple’s native zero-configuration networking process for Mac that was ported over to Windows and associated with MDNSNSP.DLL. On a Mac or iOS device, this program is used for networking nearly everything. On Windows, this process is only necessary for sharing libraries via iTunes and other Mac applications like the Apple TV that were ported to Windows. Bonjour allows different computers running iTunes to communicate with each other regardless of network configuration, this is because it enables automatic network discovery....

According to it’s description in Process Explorer “This service spools print jobs and handles interaction with the printer. If you turn off this service, you won’t be able to print or see your printers.” Spoolsv.exe is the Windows Print Spooler, its description in Task Manager will vary depending on what version of Windows you are using. Under normal conditions, a print spooler acts as a queue for sending documents to the printer....

If this has happened to you, you might be interested to know that technology exists to combat it called VSync. Let’s dive into the basics of VSync, explaining exactly what it is, whether you need it, and how to enable it in Windows 10. What Is VSync? VSync, otherwise known as Vertical Syncronization, is designed to create a smooth experience for gamers by matching the frame rate used in-game with the frame rate that your monitor supports....

What is Wi-Fi 6? Wi-Fi 6 connects Wi-Fi Certified 6 devices. This certification, which is handled by the Wi-Fi Alliance, strives to produce higher data rates and increased capacity in environments that have many connected devices. In doing so, it also hopes to improve power efficiency by allowing compatible devices to wake and sleep, depending on your needs. Fundamentally, the developers of Wi-Fi 6 hope to provide a foundation for current and emerging uses and technologies, from ultra-high-definition movie streaming to business-critical applications that require both high bandwidth and low latency....

The latest version of Office has several dozen features not seen in predecessors and I’ll introduce them starting with my favorite one. The first feature I want to talk about is Word’s newly granted ability to edit PDF files. This might seem insignificant, but I can tell you it is probably the single most useful upgrade added to any individual app in the new 2013 suite. Previous versions of Word required add-ins to have this functionality....