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 ...

Forty years ago today — as Sheena Easton’s song 9 to 5 (Morning Train) dominated the music charts, California dealt with the immediate aftermath of the Westmorland earthquakes, and the world’s first ...

Douglas Engelbart’s work at the Stanford Research Institute is widely credited with leading to the development of the computer peripheral used by billions of people. The computer mouse predates the ...

A very rare piece of computer history is up for grabs at RR Auctions. The early three-button "X-Y" mouse, designed by computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart, is the direct ancestor of today's ubiquitous ...

We mentioned in an earlier “Today in Media History” that computer mouse technology can be traced back to the 1960s. But it wasn’t until April 27, 1981 that the mouse was introduced commercially as ...