Hand To Mouse

The correct ergonomic controller makes computing more pleasurable and safer, says Dan Kaufman.

Of Mice And Men

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Quick Spin

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Track And Roll

The modern mouse may be a feat of engineering, but, as Dan Kaufman reports, it might be more than you need.

Microsoft Beware Of The Mouse That Roared

A Melbourne businessman, Mr Mark Goldstein, is suing Microsoft for more than $US1 billion, claiming the world's biggest software company stole his design for an ergonomically better computer mouse. Mr Goldstein and his wife, Liz, are the principals of Goldtouch Technologies, a small company base

Microsoft Traps Aussie Mouse, Says Inventor

A family business that began in Sydney has launched a $US1 billion ($1.6 billion) lawsuit against the world's biggest software company. Goldtouch Technologies - run by Australian Mark Goldstein, his wife, Liz, and their son, Matthew - has accused Microsoft of stealing its ergonomic computer mous

Is The Trackman A Better Mouse Trap?

I ONCE won a prize in a computer magazine competition. It was for being The Most Stupid Person Alive, and I won by a mile. I was also barred from ever entering again, given the likelihood of my being the annual winner for the rest of my life. My prize was a programmable mouse that had, if what passe

Going For Gold With Mouse And Split Board

MARK Goldstein performs some mental arithmetic: while there are only 42,000 steps in running a marathon, a 120-words-per-minute typist could strike over 200,000 character keys on an eight-hour shift. Conclusion: not unlike a marathon runner needing the right size shoe, using a computer is a phys

Slimline Mouse Is Finger-clicking Good

I HAVE always been a big fan of cheap ``clone" mice, working on the principle that, for $30 or $40, I could buy three or four of these essentially disposable items for every genuine Microsoft Mouse I might otherwise have purchased. I have also always been a fan of flat, or slimline, mice. T

Mouse Test Shows If Windows Needs Configuring

HOW many mouse clicks or keystrokes do you use to open a file in your word processor or spreadsheet? If it's more than four or five, your Windows setup needs configuration! First _ and remembering that we are talking here about what the software vendors would call a low-end machine _ ensure that y