In November 1970 a patent was granted for a device dubbed an “X-Y position indicator for a display system”.

Wearable tech is now being taken to new heights with a computer mouse that can be worn around your fingertip.The Mycestro 3-D wearable mouse, which is about the size of a Bluetooth earpiece, can be ...

Laptop users who work on the move usually find themselves having to use the trackpad more than they'd like. It's useful in tight spaces but it's not half as comfortable or useful as a real mouse. The ...

In just a few decades, the humble computer mouse has gone from cutting-edge technology to a rather ubiquitous device — and, in fact, one that seems a little outdated in an era of holograms and ...

Although today's small, lightweight laptops allow for ergonomic typing and browsing, many users still prefer a handheld optical mouse for navigation. When you need to make precise movements with your ...

You can share a keyboard and mouse across multiple Windows and macOS computers, if you know the right tools to use.

Dr. Douglas Engelbart is perhaps best known as the inventor of the computer mouse, but when he unveiled that device at a computer conference in 1968 he also introduced additional technology that would ...

A new user interface--the "mouse gesture"--is slowly winning converts among software developers who hope to simplify repetitive tasks in computer applications. Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the ...

In a magic trick that only geeks can pull off, researchers at MIT have found a method to let users click and scroll exactly the same way they would with a computer mouse, without the device actually ...

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 ...