If you’re using a computer, you’ll almost certainly need to use a mouse at some point. You can do quite a lot by using keyboard shortcuts, but a mouse or some other input device is required for most ...

No offense to [Douglas Engelbart] but the computer mouse has always seemed a bit of a hack to us (and not in the good sense of the word). Sure we’ve all gotten used to them, but unlike a computer ...

A normal computer mouse is an innovation many of us take for granted, especially those of us who use one all day, every day. This also means we may ignore the limitations of this device which has been ...

If we’re going to have to sit in an office for the best part of our working lives, let’s agree that we should at least be comfortable. So that’s why we put a stand-up desk to the test a couple of ...

Q: While shopping for a new computer, I have come across many radical mouse designs. I was prepared to purchase a standard optical mouse, but the abundance of fancier options makes me wonder if a ...

MICROSOFT wants to kill off your computer mouse with a smart pen replacement. The tech giant has nabbed a patent that enables the stylus for its Surface tablet (known simply as the Surface Pen) to act ...

I can’t count the number of times that I could have used a pen-style pointing device for my computer. Unfortunately the market is pretty limited for choices, focusing primarily on drawing tablets.

The pen has arrived. Not the pen that helped Shakespeare write his plays, but the pen that is supposed to simplify computing. Computers are being introduced that are used primarily by holding a pen ...

Recent technology developments confirm that pentop computing is set to make its mark in K-12 education. IN 1991, PenTop magazine (long since defunct) quoted Greg Slyngstad, then general manager of ...