14 Sep 2004

About 20 years ago - lifetimes in computer years - Apple Computer introduced the mouse as a method of controlling one's computer tasks. Although the company did not invent the device, it...

5:49PM
10 Feb 2002

Weight: Laptops are in two categories, ultralite and regular. Ultralites are lighter and thinner but have limited built-in features. Regular laptops have features such as a large, bright screen;...

2:53PM
18 Dec 1997

Bill Gates has balls. Big ones. And he is not afraid to show them in public, which is why he has turned his mouse upside down and released Microsoft Trackball.


People fit neatly into...

6:00PM
13 May 1997

It is almost impossible to imagine a computer today without the mouse. Pointing, clicking, double clicking are things we all do with carefree abandon.

7:17PM
28 Jul 1996

In 1994, when Apple was riding high on a wave of publicity for the release of the Power Macintosh and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer, it released the touchpad, or...

8:47PM
28 Jul 1996

The mouse first appeared on a commercial desktop machine from Apple when the Mac OS made its debut in 1984. Apple has since pioneered efforts to mimic the mouse for space-conscious notebook users...

8:44PM

I KNOW computer mice are only a small, unimportant part of today's systems, but I'd like to know more about computer mice. In the past, many of the mice I've used with my PCs have always had...

5:22AM

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