Thirty years ago today, the first computer mouse to be used alongside a personal computer appeared. On April 27, 1981, the integrated mouse made its debut with the Xerox Star Information System. First ...

The Apple Lisa 1 was a commercial failure when it launched in 1983, but could now sell at auction for £25,000 The first ever computer to come with a mouse has emerged for sale for £25,000 Credit: ...

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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 ...

Engelbart died on Tuesday night, according to an email sent from his daughter, Christiana, to The Computer History Museum in California, where Engelbart had been a fellow since 2005. Ms Engelbart did ...

It rose from humble beginnings to become an essential piece of computer hardware. But as the computer mouse turns 40, there are signs that it could finally be heading for the big electronic scrapheap ...

The computer mouse is 40 years old. Hi-tech visionary Douglas Engelbart first used one to demonstrate novel ways of working with computers on 9 December 1968. The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in ...

The 40 years since the "dawn of interactive computing" represent a lost opportunity which has been hijacked by commercialism. The claim was made at an event to celebrate the anniversary of the world ...

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 ...