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How to prevent ‘Porch Pirates’ from stealing your packages

Posted on March 4, 2026

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Are you familiar with the term “Porch Pirates”? You really need to be if you shop online.

Porch pirates are thieves who walk, bike or drive through residential neighborhoods checking all the front porches for packages that have been delivered but not yet retrieved by their recipients.

If they happen to spot a package sitting on someone’s porch they’ll sneak over and grab it, then hurry away from the scene as quickly as possible.

Believe it or not, porch piracy is a big deal in today’s world. [Read more…]

Q&A: What do repair shops do with abandoned computers?

Posted on March 3, 2026

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Question from Melina: I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while now.

I know that computer repair shops must end up with a lot of older computers that the customers don’t want returned to them.

What do the shops do with those old computers when the customers abandon them and just buy a new computer? [Read more…]

How to turn off ‘Autocorrect’ in Windows 10/11

Posted on March 3, 2026

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Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a nifty Autocorrect feature that really comes in handy for people who happen to be poor spellers and/or poor typists (like me for instance).

Lots of folks love Autocorrect and rely on it to help keep their documents as error-free as possible.

However, plenty of other folks find it extremely irritating because, well…it it often “corrects” misspelled words incorrectly.

If you happen to fall into the second group, you can easily disable the Autocorrect feature. [Read more…]

Q&A: Do they make external enclosures that work with older hard drives?

Posted on March 2, 2026

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Question from Alvin: My mom’s (really) old desktop computer won’t come on so she bought herself a new laptop to replace it.

Now she wants me to get the files off her old hard drive for her, but I don’t have a desktop PC to install it in.

I read your post about converting a spare internal hard drive into an external USB hard drive, and it’s very informative.

I’m hoping you can help me choose the right kind of external drive enclosure? [Read more…]

Digital-First B2B: Strategies to turn technology into revenue

Posted on March 2, 2026

Let’s face it. B2B buyers don’t wait for sales calls the way they used to. They research. They compare. They scroll through LinkedIn feeds between meetings. By the time they speak to someone from your team, they already have opinions.

So where does that leave your business?

If your systems don’t support fast responses, if your content doesn’t show up where buyers spend time, and if your data sits in silos, you lose opportunities before you even know they existed. [Read more…]

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