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Best of PCWorld Oct 07, 2016 How to know when your SSD could die SSDs have a finite lifespan. Here's how to tell how "old" your drive is, and whether you need to prepare for an untimely death. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Oculus Rift's new software drops the price of VR-ready PCs to $500 • 15% off Amazon Tap Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Deal Alert • Intel Kaby Lake Review: What optimization can do for a 14nm CPU • Everything at Google's hardware event: Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, and more • Hands-on with Pixel, the most Googley Android phone ever • 8 times Google savagely burned Apple during the Pixel announcement • $59 for a $4,099 CompTIA-IT Certification Career Advancement Bundle - Deal Alert • Asus ZenBook 3 review: This MacBook clone is powerful but too faithful to the original • 16 useful Windows 10 tools that help you get more done • Origin Omni review: The first true enthusiast all-in-one PC • Could Cortana 2.0 be a chatbot? Microsoft's new AI chief hasn't ruled it out • Tested: Gears of Wars 4 PC benchmarks yield glorious graphics options galore • This Chrome extension mutes all tabs unless you whitelist them White Paper: Paychex 4 Critical Steps to Effective Recruiting, Tracking, and Qualifying Top Talent This step-by-step guide will provide instructions on how to address your recruiting, tracking, and qualifying processes. Read More ▶ Oculus Rift's new software drops the price of VR-ready PCs to $500 Oculus Rift's new asynchronous spacewarp feature helps lower the cost of entry for VR-ready PC hardware. 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 ▶ Intel Kaby Lake Review: What optimization can do for a 14nm CPU There's no die shrink, but Intel's 7th-gen chip brings both a decent performance boost and buttery smooth support for advanced video playback. Read More ▶ Everything at Google's hardware event: Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, and more The hardware came fast and furious at Google's Oct. 4 hardware event, but beneath the Pixel phones and Google Home lay software connecting it all. Read More ▶ Hands-on with Pixel, the most Googley Android phone ever Has Google improved its build quality? Sure. But the headline stories for the Pixel phones are Google Assistant and a better camera experience. Read More ▶ 8 times Google savagely burned Apple during the Pixel announcement Google wasn't afraid to play a little dirty during its big fall hardware event on Tuesday. 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 ▶ Asus ZenBook 3 review: This MacBook clone is powerful but too faithful to the original You get great performance in this compact ultrabook, thanks to a 15-watt Kaby Lake processor and other high-end parts, but its single port for data and charging limits its general appeal. Read More ▶ 16 useful Windows 10 tools that help you get more done Microsoft has stuffed Windows 10 full of productivity-enhancing tools and features that streamline common pain points. Read More ▶ Origin Omni review: The first true enthusiast all-in-one PC Origin PC's Omni all-in-one gaming PC packs an 8-core Core i7 CPU and the mighty Titan X Pascal. Read More ▶ Could Cortana 2.0 be a chatbot? Microsoft's new AI chief hasn't ruled it out As Microsoft considers bringing its successful Chinese chatbot to the United States, Cortana's new chief says that there will be more than one kind of intelligent agent in Microsoft's future. Read More ▶ Tested: Gears of Wars 4 PC benchmarks yield glorious graphics options galore Gears of War 4 lands on the PC the same day as consoles thanks to Xbox Play Anywhere, and it's clear this port is no second-class citizen. Read More ▶ This Chrome extension mutes all tabs unless you whitelist them Silent Site Sound Blocker lets you control which sites can shout at you. Here's how. Read More ▶ White Paper: Paychex Build Your Applicant Tracking Case Get The Support You Need Now Help your team identify qualified candidates by promoting engagement with social media tools, RSS feeds, share functionality, and email subscriptions, all with one unified Applicant Tracking System. Read More ▶

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