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 work ...

In 1972, Xerox released an advert for the Alto, introducing people to the world’s first computer with a graphical user interface, mouse, and distinctive portrait screen. In 1972, Xerox released an ...

One of the great pioneers of the computer age, credited with designing the first personal computer, has died at the age of 74. Charles Thacker, who built the first personal computer while a member of ...

Imagine trying to print a document in 1977. Are you at home? If so, forget it – your only hope of finding a printer is at work, where there might be a single dot-matrix device shared by the whole ...

On Dec. 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave the first public demonstration of a computer mouse. Today we look at the device’s history, as well as futuristic concepts for computer interfaces. Douglas ...

Here’s some facts about the mouse: PC gamers’ most important tool. From humble wooden devices for the primitive Xerox computer system in the early 1970s to the key to mastering the greatest games ...

The computer mouse has come a long way since it was first presented in the US 50 years ago. It's now on the desks of hundreds of millions of PC users around the globe. Here's some things you may not ...

The computer mouse has become an essential part of personal computing, allowing users to interact graphically, that is, with the aid of their eyes, with virtual objects. While scrolling through a ...

The co-creator of the computer mouse, William English, has died aged 91. The engineer and inventor was born in 1929 in Kentucky and studied electrical engineering at university before joining the US ...