A mouse is a small pointing device that a user manipulates in order to input information into a computer. By moving a mouse over a surface such as a mouse pad, a user controls an on-screen pointer in order to select, move, and activate various items....

In 1963 Douglas C. Engelbart (1925–), working at the Stanford Research Institute, was investigating different ways for humans to communicate with computers. He thought that a pointing device, something that a computer user could move by hand...

In computing, a mouse (plural mice or mouses) functions as a pointing device by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of a small case, held under one of the user's hands, with one or more...

A number of the latest computer mouse devices are described, with the phone number of the company, device type, features and list price also included. Some of the highly innovative designs described include one that is operated with one's feet. WITH TODAY's computers,...

"Joe, your mouse is dirty." "Will, how many times do I have to tell you? Herbie is not a mouse. He's a hamster. And he happens to be clean. He grooms himself constantly." Will smiled at his brother. "I'm not talking...

Bioethics: President Bush's veto of expanded funding of embryonic stem cell research will be condemned. But while others make it a campaign issue, Bush embraces research that gives the sick and disabled genuine hope.Despite the portrayal in the media and Democratic Party of Republicans as...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday proposed removing the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from Endangered Species Act protection in Wyoming but continuing protection for the mouse in Colorado as a threatened subspecies.The federal agency meanwhile announced a finding that the mouse is indeed...

Provides a comparison of computer mice: Logitech Optical and Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.