Remember when a wireless computer mouse was really expensive? Well, they aren’t anymore and you have many choices when it comes to them these days. Below are 5 mice of varying styles, all wireless, and all good. Logitech Performance Mouse MX (up to 30% off through the above link!) The MX is a high-performance mouse with its biggest perk being that...

The most annoying part of using a laptop is the mouse, no question. It is something that the industry has always struggled with. In the early days of pointing devices on laptops, it started with an in-built trackball, and they were horrible. Placed just below the keyboard or in the LCD bezel itself, they routinely started to fail in as little as 3 months of...

A feature that some Windows users find annoying is that inactive windows cannot be scrolled until they are first activated. This functionality can be really handy if you are comparing two files side by side and want to scroll each one without having to jump from window to window. To add this functionality, simply install WizMouse which adds the following...

Quite often I listen to radio shows or music on my computer while working. So whenever I get a call or someone comes in my office I have to turn down the volume. I was having to reach for the speakers every time which can be cumbersome depending on what I am doing at the time, but now I use Volumouse. Volumouse provides you a quick and easy way to control the...

Inevitably, you will have the need to be able to navigate your computer without the use of a mouse. So when this situation comes up, you can know what to do by simply reading this article titled “How To Navigate and Use Computer Without [a] Mouse or Touchpad“. The article gives you a couple of methods which will allow you to control the mouse cursor...

David Risley, owner of PCMech, does use a trackball mouse on his Mac Pro. When I say trackball I’m not referring to the old-school mice (mouses?) that were around before optical. Rather I’m talking about the above-surface blood red colored plastic balls that look like the HAL 9000‘s camera eye. Every time I use Dave’s computer box I have...

After reading the title of this post, you are probably thinking to yourself: KVM. This tip is not about a KVM, rather a unique open source project called Synergy. From their about page: With synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen. You use the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers while you use all of the monitors on all...

Yesterday the computer mouse – something we all have – officially turned 40. If you want to check out the history of the mouse, Gearlog has got you covered. But for a PCMech article I’m going to throw in my personal experiences with Ye Olde Computer Mouse. The Big Question: Is the plural form “mice” or “mouses”? Answer:...