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

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Douglas Engelbart demonstrates the computer mouse for the first time on 9 December, 1968. In his left hand is a coding keyset.

Though the mouse didn't become the standard way to control a desktop computer until Apple released the Macintosh in 1984, it was first invented 20 years earlier by a visionary World War II veteran ...

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 ...