The mouse is one of the most essential hardware components of a computer. Without it, navigating most standard visual interfaces can be quite a hassle. Like any computer hardware, however, a mouse can ...

Your computer mouse might be on your desk all day, but it still picks up plenty of dirt. Here are the tools you'll need to keep it in top shape. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license ...

The memory address of your mouse is the IRQ number assigned to the device. IRQ, which stands for Interrupt Request, is the signal that the mouse sends to the computer to alert the computer of its ...

Connecting a wireless mouse to your Mac will likely require either Bluetooth or a USB dongle. A Bluetooth mouse will need to be connected to your Mac using the Bluetooth menu in System Preferences. A ...

The first computer mouse was invented in the early 1960s by Douglas Engelbart during his time at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California. Engelbart, often described as a visionary, ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...