mouse

News.blog: Mouse-and-Qwerty-keyboard combo

News If, as so many of us do, you spend much of your day in front of a PC, you are likely to move your hand from mouse to keyboard countless times during a given stint at the computer. The Combimouse aims to eliminate the need for that back-and-forth by...

18 May 2006, 9:53

Apple's Mighty Mouse loses its tail

News Apple has released a Bluetooth-powered wireless version of Mighty Mouse, the company's only multibutton mouse. Last year's release of the original Mighty Mouse broke Apple's tradition of manufacturing only single-button mice, but until now, the...

26 July 2006, 9:53

This DVD player stars Mickey Mouse

News The company, known the world over for its cartoon characters, has entered the consumer electronics market with its Mickey Mouse-branded products, including a Mickey PC, ring tones for cell phones, video games and downloadable movies.

27 April 2005, 14:46

Microsoft gaming mouse gets laser power

News Microsoft rolled out a new set of peripherals on Tuesday, including a laser-based mouse with enhanced gaming performance features. However, the company's first-ever laser mice, dubbed the 6000 series, come at least a year after Microsoft's...

7 September 2005, 9:03

Apple releases its first multi-button mouse

News Breaking with longstanding tradition, Apple has introduced its first multibutton mouse for the Mac. Dubbed Mighty Mouse, the new £35 pointer has a 360-degree scroll wheel and can be programmed to recognise a click on either the left or right side.

3 August 2005, 10:05

Wave a futuristic goodbye to the mouse

News The mouse has had a good run but its time to say good-bye," said Underkoffler. Remember the Minority Report scenes in which Tom Cruise and others used their hands to manipulate data on giant computer screens?

8 May 2007, 12:05

Photos: Microsoft keyboard and mouse for Macs

News The Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac -- an Apple-optimised keyboard and mouse -- is expected to be available this summer. Among the features of Microsoft's Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac are a magnifier on the mouse (top left), a zoom slider on the...

1 June 2006, 8:42

News.blog: Can Bill Gates kill the mouse and keyboard?

News It wasn't exactly Minority Report, but Bill Gates' technology demonstration at Microsoft's CEO Summit on Wednesday may be remembered years from now as a harbinger of the end for the keyboard and mouse era.

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15 May 2008, 9:29

When is a mouse not a mouse?

News He explained that the sign for mouse had traditionally been a finger touched to end of the nose -- the same as for the animal -- but that it often confused people into thinking that a real rodent was loose in the room.

26 May 2004, 15:55

News.blog: Eyes may make mice extinct

News The mouse, like many of its technical counterparts, may become obsolete one day. The maker of eye-tracking hardware and software has created a mouse that's not a mouse at all, but a cursor controlled by eye movements alone.

7 August 2006, 10:13

New IE plug-in previews content from searches

News A free plug-in released on Wednesday for Internet Explorer allows users to mouse over Web search listings for an instant view of the content rather than having to wait for the full page to download. They can exit by moving the mouse back to the...

13 July 2005, 9:48

Logitech unleashes cordless desktop combos

News A day after releasing a new Web cam, Logitech announced a batch of mouse-and-keyboard combinations on Tuesday, including one that lets you control your desktop from 20m away. The diNovo package also comes with the MX 1000 laser cordless mouse...

17 August 2005, 9:12

Microsoft unleashes new breeds of mice

News Microsoft released an upgraded version of a wireless optical mouse intended for laptop users on Tuesday and plans to introduce two new desktop mice -- one laser and one optical -- by this summer. All of the new products rely on the company's High...

5 April 2006, 9:12

Microsoft demos Vista-friendly peripherals

News Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 Credit: Microsoft The Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 will cost $249.95 (£134) in the US, including a wireless mouse. The 7000 model will cost $149 (£80), including a wireless mouse.

14 September 2006, 11:17

News.blog: Has Jobs got his eye on Disney?

News That's a lot of mouse ears. They're as quiet as a mouse. When media giant the Walt Disney Co.acquired Steve Jobs' Pixar movie studio, the mega-deal made Jobs the largest individual investor in Disney.

28 February 2006, 9:25