These shortcuts are already natural enough that I never need to do anything remotely swipe-like with the mouse.
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But it isn't exactly efficient--more akin to typing a letter via hunt-and-peck with the mouse and the Mac's Key Caps instead of simply using your keyboard.
"Yeah, it is, " I replied, thinking about all the times I'd seen him pretend to shoot people with toy guns and with the mouse on his computer.
"We've improved the way you navigate to Start with the mouse by changing the Start 'tip' to be the familiar Windows logo, " the company said in a blog post.
The challenge with new input is to find devices that work together, simultaneously with the mouse, or things that are strong where the mouse is weak, thereby complimenting it.
Players have the ability to control their attacks and blocks in realtime with the mouse for the most precise and dynamic melee combat ever experienced in a multiplayer game.
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"You basically follow a dot with the mouse, your brain does a lot of work, and you get a final score, " said Jim Miller, USA Cycling's vice president of athletics.
Some are simple in their approach, such as the MotionCAPTCHA project that requires tracing a pattern with the mouse pointer or Capy, a service in beta for touch-based devices.
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The onscreen keyboard is one of the easiest to use we've ever seen, and we found ourselves able to hammer out huge swathes of text on the device without many errors -- and those that we did make were easily corrected with the mouse.
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Over the next couple of years Apple introduced user-friendly computers with the Lisa-the first pc with a mouse and a menu bar-and the Macintosh, which was pitted as a human alternative to that mechanical juggernaut IBM.
They feed mainly on fruit and vegetables, "with the odd mouse or locust thrown in for good measure", Mr Harris said.
Dr. Atzmon's vision and breakthrough technology led him to form Smartfish Technologies and launch a line of computer peripherals based on the company's ErgoMotion technologies, beginning with the Whirl Mouse, to promote a healthy PC lifestyle for work and play.
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With the new Air Mouse app, the user's natural hand movements can drive more powerful presentation delivery, more interactive classroom lectures, and more immersive motion gaming.
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When the team seeded areas outside the tubes with mouse nerve cells the cells went exploring, sending their threadlike projections into the tubes and even following the curves of helical tunnels, the researchers report in an upcoming ACS Nano.
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When they were injected into the tumour site, these cells apparently helped the mouse fight the cancer - with a treated mouse living 90 days or more longer than an untreated mouse.
From a design standpoint, the new mouse is a far cry from the round mouse with its color-coded side panels that look like they were attached with Elmer's Glue.
With CES 2013 coming to a frigid conclusion here in Las Vegas, we moseyed our way to the Genius booth and went thumbs-on with the Ring Presenter and the Ring Mouse 2.
Those that prefer their gaming on a slightly smaller scale also aren't out of luck, with OCZ releasing the mouse in both desktop and laptop versions, each setting you back about fifty bucks when they're released next week.
The result is an all-star cast of guest artists on Dark Night, including The Shins' James Mercer (who most recently worked with Danger Mouse on the Broken Bells album), Julian Casablancas of The Strokes and Iggy Pop, each of whom offers his own interpretation of the Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse songs.
We want to keep updating the Razer Naga with the best features, and keep arming gamers with the best MMO gaming mouse in the world.
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Now picture a health-care system where a doctor has medical records at his fingertips, can see x-rays with the click of a mouse, is able to learn and apply the latest diagnostic and surgical technique from anywhere in the world.
At the outset he recruited Allan Jones, who had worked at the genetics startup, Rosetta, that Allen had dabbled with, to develop the Mouse Brain Atlas.
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But he has emphasised in the past that it is not his job to play cat-and-mouse with the Iraqi regime, and that no number of inspectors can substitute for Iraq's willingness to co-operate in its own disarmament.
Although genomes from two different individuals were used, it is possible, in theory, that young eggs could be harvested and stored from a mouse and later used with mature eggs from the same mouse, in order to produce offspring that are clones of the original.
He secured a licensing agreement with the Walt Disney Company and scored a big hit with American-style playing cards adorned with the image of Mickey Mouse.
An address on an e-mail, for example, can appear over the text as a map with a move of the computer mouse.
But a concerted effort to do the same with a higher animal such as the mouse concerns welfare groups.
Of course, you don't make it to the top of the GPA food chain without connecting with a keyboard and mouse on the regular.
One interface feels better with a touchscreen and gestures, the other with a keyboard and mouse or touchpad.
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But moving licenses or financial assets can be done with the click of a mouse.
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