Over the years, computer mice have gone through several versions. First we had the ball mouse prone to get all gummed up inside with lint. After the ball mouse came the optical mouse, which offered ...

I've been an optical mouse junkie for a long time now. Sadly, I ran out of replacement microswitches for my Intellimouse Explorer after they started to bounce. Left has been replaced five times, ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Ever have the urge to run a mouse across ceramic ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Logitech Inc. was set Wednesday to introduce a new mouse that uses a laser beam to track the movements of the device. The mouse, which Logitech claims will be the first such ...

Palo Alto, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced its first optical mouse reference design kits based on the company's patented LaserStream technology. Designed to accelerate time to market ...

[Neumi] wrote in with a sweet robotics hack. It’s a 2D laser distance sensor (YouTube) made with a cheap line laser and an optical mouse’s flow-sensor chip used as a low-resolution camera. In one ...

At first glance these look like a pair of pretty decent gaming mice; the grey steely look is like the cold dead eyes of a killer staring back at me, the organic shape reminding me of things you ...

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Whether the problem occurs sporadically or perpetually, a failing computer mouse always decreases productivity. In the early days of personal computing, mice had balls that sensed motion. Today's mice ...