In less than three weeks, consumers will start getting their hands on Windows 8, with its radically new “Modern” (formerly Metro) interface, and forming opinions about it. Some of them will be buying ...

I might be speaking for myself here, but ever since the 2002 sci-fi thriller, Minority Report, I've been wanting a desktop interface that I can control with my hands. Pictured below is Steven ...

Your commands, ideas, demands and concepts form the data your system processes and stores. Without user input, a computer simply takes up desktop space and waits for directions, like a lost motorist ...

Future Mac keyboards could have a pop-out key that doubles as a mouse. Apple has been granted a patent for a “deployable mouse key.” The tech giant says the computer mouse has become an essential ...

A mouse is just two buttons, and a two-dimensional motion tracking system, right? Oh, and a scroll wheel. And a third button. And…now you’re realizing that mice can be pretty complicated. [DIY Yarik] ...

A new Apple patent (number 20100281415) — invented by Timothy Wasko and Apple CEO Steve Jobs — is for a three-state icon for operations that’s designed to prevent inadvertent starting of an operation ...

Using ordinary computer keyboard and mice input devices may cause musculoskeletal symptoms [1]. Various new devices, which are marketed with the claim that they will reduce or prevent musculoskeletal ...

The Swedish-designed Penclic Mouse has already been making the rounds in Europe for a little while, but it looks like it's now finally ready to make the jump to North America. While there's still no ...

Apple is continuing to research creating an Apple Ring that could replace certain Apple Watch functionality — and maybe use a U1 chip to also identify what other device a user is pointing at. Building ...