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 ...

Meet Sphere: Transforming Touchscreen Motion-Sensing Mouse of the Future Despite all of its various reinventions the basic design of the mouse hasn't changed very much--it's still the same old ...

Here, we introduce analog pointing devices (hereinafter called APDs) that use Hall sensors, to enable free movement of the cursor on screens for portable device, etc. There has been a growing demand ...

Apple has been researching a new Magic Mouse for the Mac that would detect gestures — not on its surface, but on the table near it. Those rumors, though, have concentrated on the recurring issue that ...