As Microsoft prepares to mark its 50th anniversary, company veterans are reflecting on the pivotal role of the late Paul ...

However, by 1982, other companies like Mouse Systems, IBM, and Logitech had launched mice products for IBM-based personal computers. Microsoft decided it wanted to enter that small but growing ...

The pointer shipped with a then-standard PS/2 port but also worked with USB when using the included adapter. What you may not ...

For those too young to remember, the PS/2 sockets replaced the chunky DIN connector used for keyboards and the DE-9 serial connector used for mice. The color-coded sockets – purple for keyboards and ...

Microsoft invented the modern optical mouse ... because it required more computational power to work. The humble computer mouse has come a long way since its early days. But whether mechanical ...

Dvice recently published a visual history of the computer mouse, which is quite interesting. The first pointing device that relied on hand motions to move a cursor was created by the Royal ...