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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and ...

The computer mouse was one of those ideas that changed the world. It was such an intuitive and easy way to instruct a computer, that widespread global adoption followed and the impact of the humble ...

The very first computer mouse, something that we’d recognize as an ancestor of modern pointing devices, was invented in 1964 at the Stanford Research Institute. Douglas Engelbart and his team crammed ...

Douglas Engelbart of the Stanford Research Institute is largely credited as the inventor of the computer mouse. His research on the mouse and making interacting with computers easier began in the ...

The man who invented the computer mouse, revolutionising the way people work, play and communicate, has died at 88. Doug Engelbart died from acute kidney failure at his California home after a long ...

One of the pioneers of the modern computer interface has passed away: the New York Times reports that William “Bill” English died on July 26th from respiratory failure at the age of 91. Alongside ...

Few gadgets are as iconic as the computer mouse, which has been a staple of the desktop PC since it emerged some 60 years ago. The design has gone through various evolutions in the decades since, from ...