Gizmodo

William English, Co-Creator of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 91

If you’re on a desktop right now, you’re probably using a computer mouse. In which case, you should raise a glass to William English. English, an engineer and researcher, died on July 26 at the age of ...
VnExpress International on MSN

Cambridge English fined $1.17M over computer-based IELTS scoring errors

Cambridge English, a co-owner of the IELTS exam, has been fined £875,000 (US$1.17 million) after automated scoring errors ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Computer problems 'frustrating' students taking English tests across New York

ALBANY -- Some students taking multiple-choice exams on computers had all the possible answers show up as "system error." Other schools couldn't log into the exams at ...
techtimes

Remembering Bill English: The Computer Mouse’s Evolution Through the Years

The computer mouse has been around, contributing to the growth and evolution of technology since the 1970s. Different variations and fuctionalities are made possible through this invention and it ...
Los Angeles Times

Bill English, wizard behind the scenes of seminal computer technologies, dies at 91

On Dec. 9, 1968, the then-small world of computer engineering was shaken to its core by a presentation of new technologies projected onto a screen in a San Francisco hall. The attendees at the ...
Hackaday

William English, Computer Mouse Co-Creator, Has Passed

We are saddened to report that William English, co-inventor of the computer mouse, died July 26 in San Rafael, California. He was 91 years old. Bill at the controls at Stanford Research Institute.
CNET

Computer says Irish woman doesn't speak English well enough

I try to avoid the word "seriously." Whenever I say it, Siri pipes up with, "How can I help you, Chris?" It's my vaguely British accent, you see. Just as Siri seems to be riven with slight ...
ZDNet

Computer mouse co-creator Bill English dies at 91

William English, one of the key engineers who helped create the mouse and a way to move images on a screen, has passed away. English died from respiratory failure in California on July 26 aged 91, ...
Engadget

Computer mouse co-inventor William English dies at 91

One of the pioneers of the modern computer interface has passed away: the New York Times reports that William "Bill" English died on July 26th from respiratory failure at the age of 91. Alongside ...
Silicon Valley

Bill English, co-inventor of the computer mouse, dies at 91

William “Bill” English, the engineer who helped create the first computer mouse, died July 26 in California. He was 91. With the mouse, English — alongside his partner, Douglas Engelbart, who died in ...
CNN

Bill English, co-inventor of the computer mouse, dies at 91

William “Bill” English, the engineer who helped create the first computer mouse, died July 26 in California. He was 91. With the mouse, English — alongside his partner, Douglas Engelbart, who died in ...