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 ...

When we went from typing commands at a prompt to moving a mouse pointer around, it made computers much more accessible. There's no need to memorize a bunch of commands, you can usually figure out how ...

Nearly six decades after its invention, the design of the computer mouse has remained largely unchanged—with serious ...

Once the hacker is in, they gain full access to your computer, although they need to be within about 100 meters of you. They can take over your computer and infect it with malware.

You probably have a mouse for your computer, but do you have a computer mouse? One enterprising bedroom hardware hacker has managed to fit an entire laptop’s worth of components inside a mouse ...

The pointing device was "a major selling point of the Macintosh" when personal computing went mainstream.

After decades of heavy use, is it time for us to look beyond the long-serving computer mouse? We investigate the history of the mice and the alternatives.

Microsoft and Apple can thank Bill English's work on the mouse for computer interfaces they introduced in the 1980s.

A very rare piece of computer history is up for grabs at RR Auctions. The early three-button "X-Y" mouse, designed by computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart, is the direct ancestor of today's ...

Douglas Engelbart, one of the inventors of the computer mouse and a computer visionary, has died at the age of 88.