The mouse hits 40-year milestone:

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December 09, 2008, 12:49:33 AM
The mouse hits 40-year milestone
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7768481.stm
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The humble computer mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary today.

On 9 December 1968 hi-tech visionary Douglas Engelbart first used one to demonstrate novel ways of working with computers.

The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in the demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one button.



The future computer mouse:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/puffbox/hyperpuff/audiovideo/technology/wide_av_hyper/7772383.stm

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Rob Skitmore of the London Science Museum predicts touch screens will not make the mouse redundant.


Paddy... :)
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