A recent story in the British press about hungry rodents being implicated in a computer failure reminded me of an incident that happened to me many years ago. I was working for a medical equipment ...

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

The mouse is one of the most essential hardware components of a computer. Without it, navigating most standard visual interfaces can be quite a hassle. Like any computer hardware, however, a mouse can ...