If it had been up to Douglas Engelbart, his invention would have been called the "X-Y position indicator for a display system.” That's how the man who designed the mouse described what he'd made in ...

Unlike a keyboard that could last for some time, the lifespan of a computer mouse seems to be shorter than that. If this is the case, some users tend to just throw away this peripheral because they ...

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 ...