The computer mouse has become an essential part of personal computing, allowing users to interact graphically, that is, with the aid of their eyes, with virtual objects. While scrolling through a ...

On this day, 35 years ago, Xerox released the first commercially available computer intended for use with a mouse. The Star, as it was called, wasn’t a particularly big success, but Xerox’s work ...

Once upon a time, long before smartphones or even laptops were ubiquitous, the computer mouse was new, and it was thrilling. The 1984 Macintosh wasn’t the first machine to come with one, but it was ...

Since its inception in the mid-'60s, the "mouse," as it came to be known, has morphed and mutated into a diverse assortment of styles to accommodate efficiency, ergonomics and portability. In this ...

The first computer mouse was invented in the early 1960s by Douglas Engelbart during his time at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California. Engelbart, often described as a visionary, ...

One of the first computer mouses and a coding keyset created by computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart have sold for US$178,936 at auction. Like the two previous such Engelbart mouses that have gone to ...

The computer mouse was one of those ideas that changed the world. It was such an intuitive and easy way to instruct a computer, that widespread global adoption followed and the impact of the humble ...

One of the attractive features of early optical computer mice was their lack of moving parts. The idea is that fewer moving parts translate into less mechanical wear and longer life. But even though ...

The Microsoft Adaptive Mouse is far from your typical mouse in shape and design. A square black puck measuring roughly 2.3 by 2.3 by 0.8 inches (HWD), the mouse itself is smaller than almost anything ...

He was one of the computing pioneers who “showed what a computer interface could — and should — look like,” a colleague said. By Cade Metz William English, the engineer and researcher who helped build ...