William "Bill" English, the engineer who helped create the first computer mouse, died July 26 in California. He was 91. With the mouse, English — alongside his partner, Douglas Engelbart, who died in ...

The computer mouse was one of those ideas that changed the world. It was such an intuitive and easy way to instruct a computer, that widespread global adoption followed and the impact of the humble ...

The result was a 90-minute presentation that used multiple live television cameras, a giant projector screen, and remote computer links – also a first – that introduced the world to graphic windows, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and ...

The mouse cursor has been one of the most essential elements of a computer user interface since the first computer mouse was introduced in the late '60s. Yet, in an era of touchscreen phones and ...