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Best of PCWorld Sep 02, 2016 Samsung halts Galaxy Note 7 shipments after reports of exploding devices, may issue recall After reports of the Galaxy Note 7 "exploding" Samsung halted shipments of the device in the company's home country. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Alienware fills its new laptops with GTX 10-series graphics • 15% off Amazon Tap Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Deal Alert • HP's Pavilion Wave PC is made to be pretty and powerful • KDE Connect links your Android phone with your Linux desktop • Lenovo's Yoga Book makes it easy to be creative on the go • Acer's Predator 21 X is the first laptop with a curved screen • $59 for a $4,099 CompTIA-IT Certification Career Advancement Bundle - Deal Alert • Acer's convertible Chromebook R 13 is designed to welcome Android apps • Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10 • Intel's Kaby Lake chip is a must-have for 4K video fiends • Broken promises: Games that never made it to SteamOS and Linux • 10 light, fun games to bring on your next trip • Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB hard drive review: Vast and amazingly fast (for a hard drive) White Paper: Veritas 8 Tips to Stay Ahead of the Top 2016 Data Protection Trends Data protection has never been more in the forefront, as information increasingly is the lifeblood and differentiator in a constantly changing world. Read More ▶ Alienware fills its new laptops with GTX 10-series graphics Alienware used PAX West to announce revamped 13, 15, and 17 laptops, with new chassis and thermal designs plus GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080 GPUs. Read More ▶ DEALPOST 15% off Amazon Tap Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Deal Alert The Tap is a more portable version of their popular Echo speaker. The tap lasts for up to 9 hours on a single charge and is Alexa-Enabled, so you just "tap" and ask it to play your favorite music from most streaming music services, check sports scores, request an Uber, order a pizza, and much more. Read More ▶ HP's Pavilion Wave PC is made to be pretty and powerful HP's Pavilion Wave is like no other computer you've seen. Clad in tasteful fabric, this PC of the near future wants to blend into your home and be the hub of your digital lifestyle. Read More ▶ KDE Connect links your Android phone with your Linux desktop Receive your Android phone's notifications and reply to SMS messages from any Linux PC. Read More ▶ Lenovo's Yoga Book makes it easy to be creative on the go Lenovo's Yoga Book breaks away from traditional laptops with its versatile touch surface, which makes it easy to type, write, or draw digitally. It's also very lightweight and has a 360-degree hinge. Read More ▶ Acer's Predator 21 X is the first laptop with a curved screen Acer's Predator 21 X is stuffed with cutting-edge tech: a curved screen, a Kaby Lake CPU, and even Tobii eye-tracking. Dual GTX 1080 GPUs in SLI mean it's ready for the most intensive gameplay. Read More ▶ DEALPOST $59 for a $4,099 CompTIA-IT Certification Career Advancement Bundle - Deal Alert This bundle of courses will prep you for the Network+, Security+, Cloud Essentials, and Cloud+ exams, and is available for only $59-- a significant markdown from its $4,099 value. Read More ▶ Acer's convertible Chromebook R 13 is designed to welcome Android apps Acer's versatile Chromebook R 13 is one good device to run Android apps because it can be a laptop or tablet. Read More ▶ Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10 Both the latest AMD Zen and Intel Kaby Lake microprocessors won't be officially supported by either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 -- just Windows 10, Microsoft says. Read More ▶ Intel's Kaby Lake chip is a must-have for 4K video fiends Intel's Kaby Lake chip brings a modest bump in performance and some amazing video optimizations, as the third chip on the company's aging 14-nm process. Read More ▶ Broken promises: Games that never made it to SteamOS and Linux Many PC game developers have touted future support for SteamOS and Linux, but far too often that support has never arrived. The list of games that failed to make good on that promise may surprise you. Read More ▶ 10 light, fun games to bring on your next trip These travel-themed games are not only entertaining, but also immune to a so-so internet connection and the limitations of your portable device. Read More ▶ Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB hard drive review: Vast and amazingly fast (for a hard drive) The Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB is pricey, but this large-capacity hard drive also reads and writes data far faster than the average HDD. It can't match an SSD, but it makes a great companion for one. Read More ▶ White Paper: AVI-SPL Collaboration Solutions in a Cloud-Centric World Cloud is transforming how communications and collaboration capabilities are purchased and consumed. It delivers revolutionary changes in cost savings, risk reduction, business agility, and ease of management. Read More ▶

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