Optical mice are both user-friendly and compatible with a wide variety of computers. Like other mice, however, they are not immune to accumulated dust and debris. By keeping your optical mouse clean, ...

In the olden days, computer mice traced movement with built-in rubber trackballs. While these balls were a nifty way to control movement, the fact that they were made of rubber meant that they picked ...

Your computer mouse contains a lot of bacteria and maybe even viruses, especially if it hasn’t been cleaned in eons. All the sweat and dirt from your hands clogged up on a single device is not healthy ...

Palo Alto, Calif. — Delivering automatic frame-rate selection and excellent tracking control for optical mice used in desktop and notebook PCs, trackballs, and integrated input devices, Agilent ...

Optical mice supplanted roller-ball mice. So what happens when an upside-down optical mouse sensor is put in a mobile phone? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Even the best keyboards get dirty, but no one likes to use a dirty computer accessories. A wipe here and a spray of compressed air there will help you keep your peripherals clean, but this routine ...

Wanting to experiment with using optical mouse sensors but a bit frustrated with the lack of options, [Tom Wiggins] rolled his own breakout board for the ADNS 3050 optical mouse sensor and in the ...