The Net lets anyone with a computer and a modem compete mouse to mouse with mainstream media. (Drudge's publishing empire is the living room of his Hollywood apartment.) But many of the Net's would-be Woodwards and Bernsteins are journalistic novices and wouldn't think, say, to ask court or police sources to confirm a rumor.
The diving itself is simple -- click to jump out of the airplane, hear the same silly "yeeeehaw" soundbite whether you're the male or female diver, then use a right-mouse-click to go from a spread-eagle position to a tuck, move the mouse left and right to perform various tricks, and finally click the spacebar to pull the ripcord.
Its aluminum body has an adjustable center of gravity to allow gamers to balance the mouse to their preference.
The main control surface is wide enough, in fact, that we could comfortably put three fingers on the top of the mouse, using the middle to control the mouse wheel and DPI sensitivity adjustment rocker (a nice touch in and of itself) without ever moving our index and ring finger from the all-important trigger buttons.
Do users really need to wiggle and click their mouse to open an animated door and walk over to a virtual bank teller to check our account balance online?
What if your child could learn how to code by simply sliding the mouse to make changes to demos in real time?
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It appeared to be the genes passed on to the mouse foetus that made all the difference - if a mouse could produce enough G6PD, it tended to survive, even when carried by an enzyme deficient mother.
Gamers do not just want to view their computer or television and be limited to a mouse or controller to feel connected with the game.
Most seriously, many Metro apps seem to allow you to click deeper into their various levels of content using the keyboard, but then require you to use the mouse just to get back up to a higher level.
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But we came around to the fact that learning to mouse is a feat in and of itself, and to make it as simple as possible, with just one button, was pretty important.
Right clicking requires a lifting of the left click finger, just like the Mighty Mouse, though all-in-all it feels much less frustrating to use than the Mighty Mouse, which almost seems to rage against the click at times.
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Over the phone, he instructed her to "right mouse click" to open.
Consider the status quo: To operate computers, most people peck away at keyboards and use a mouse to scoot a digital pointer across the screen.
Their game, Crop Master: Protector of the Green Earth, is a series of eco-inspired mini games which include dropping massive corks into polluting chimneys and having to click the mouse fast enough to spin a wind turbine.
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In this version of the future, which also happens to be touted by Microsoft and Cisco, you will never put down your mouse to pick up your phone to call a lead whose number is listed in your sales force automation application or to upsell a customer whose details are contained in your customer relationship management solution.
Real estate agents have used it to show off properties - potential buyers sitting at home in front of a computer screen can use the mouse to look at every corner of a room or to see what the view is like over the balcony.
Another alternative to the mouse as a pointing device is to use a gaze-tracking camera, which works out where you are looking and moves an on-screen pointer accordingly.
The SteelSeries Kana mouse was introduced to SteelSeries fans in the Designed by Gamers Campaign as Mouse 1.1, which gave more than 300, 000 gamers the design choice and where 60, 000 "Likes" determined the winning Black 1.1 design.
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The same hardware in Enable Talk could easily be adapted to make keyboard commands faster or even be used as an alternative to a mouse, just as the Leap Motion is aiming to do through a completely different approach.
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While holding the Smart Scan button on the left side of the mouse, the user simply swipes the mouse over the material to be scanned.
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"It's like a game of cat and mouse to see who can win, " he says.
Finally, consumers are able to mouse over products that are contained within images and click to buy them.
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Use this mouse to drag a folder jammed with files and it will seem heavier than dragging an empty one.
Today, we have an excellent example of why we should keep calm and carry on when it comes to mouse studies.
Police superintendent Keiji Goto logs onto his Toshiba laptop, opens his Netscape Internet browser and moves his mouse to the Yahoo!
Hover your mouse to the upper right hand corner of their update on your news feed and a small arrow will appear.
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By hooking up a keyboard or mouse to the USB port, users can easily edit Office files or connect to a printer to print.
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Their concern was two-fold: Many fear that cultivating human cells close to mouse cells might allow animal viruses to move into the human population.
And with a built-in browser, users can even surf the internet without a PC simply by connecting a keyboard and mouse to the MT93.
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As such, I'm eyeing up a Wacom tablet and using the pen input to mouse around -- but do you think it's a good idea?
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